Royal Observatory, Kew
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence on Abinger Magnetic Observatory, 1893 - 1937
Correspondence on chronometers, 1878 - 1899
Correspondence on the Comité International Météorologique, 1913 - 1927
Correspondence concerning the 'Comité International Météorologique et Commission Internationale de Magnetisme Semestre', with copies of quarterly summaries of days classified according to magnetic disturbance, sent to the Director of the Royal Meteorological Institute, Netherlands; a report on magnetic work undertaken, sent to the Cassiot Committee, 1924; and a list of the magnetic work undertaken at the Kew Observatory.
Correspondence on the Gassiot Committee, 1949 - 1961
Correspondence regarding meetings of the Royal Society's Gassiot Committee and various sub-committees, agenda and minutes of meetings, and reports on research programmes and work undertaken at the Kew, Eskdalemuir and Valentia Observatories on subjects such as atmospheric ozone, atmospheric radiation and temperature, solar radiation, meteorological observations and terrestrial magnetism.
Correspondence on the Gassiot Committee, 1961 - 1963
Agenda and minutes of meetings of the Royal Society's Gassiot Committee and sub-committees; reports on work undertaken at the Kew, Eskdalemuir and Valentia Observatories; and applications for grants.
Correspondence on the Greenwich Dip Instrument, 1862 - 1867
Correspondence with G.G. Stokes, J.P. Gassiot and others on the Greenwich Dip Instrument. The papers include printed correspondence between Kew Observatory and Airy; a report of the Kew Commission of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; and readings from Airy's Dip Instrument, 1863-1864.
Correspondence on the Royal Society, 1928 - 1948
Correspondence on the Royal Society, 1948 - 1949
Correspondence on time signals, 1884 - 1913
Correspondence on time signals, 1902 - 1936
Correspondence regarding time signals, 1879 - 1893
Correspondence with magnetic observatories, 1911 - 1932
Correspondence with magnetic observatories, including Eskdalemuir and Kew, regarding staff and other subjects, and with the National Physical Laboratory, regarding instruments.
Correspondence with scientific societies, 1865 - 1868
Correspondence with the Royal Society, 1937 - 1948
Kew Observatory papers, 1829 - 1911
Kew Observatory solar photographs, 1858 - 1872
RGO 67 largely consists of a good run of contact prints from glass plate negatives of the sun produced between January 1862 and January 1872. The most significant breaks are December 1862-May 1863 and August-September 1872. Additionally there are a handful of glass plate negatives and contact prints produced in 1858-9, and one further negative dated 1866. The sequence of images is essentially continued by RGO 51: RO and RGO Solar Plates Contact Prints.
Kew Observatory sunspot observations, 1858 - 1897
RGO 57 contains drawings of sunspots showing their development, size and grouping, with tables recording the number of sunspots for each year.
Papers on British and Empire observatories, 1874 - 1910
Papers on geodesy pendulums, 1874 - 1927
Papers on magnetic instruments, 1886 - 1913
Papers on magnetic instruments and tests, 1862 - 1867
Papers on magnetic investigations, 1872 - 1893
Papers on Royal Astronomical Society committees, 1885 - 1937
Papers on solar photography, 1880 - 1890
Papers on the Geodetic Association, 1883 - 1927
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