Gresham College
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
File
Astronomical papers, 1638-12 - 1719
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/69/D
Scope and Contents
Roughly datable items in hands other than Flamsteed's, mainly on astronomical subjects, including observing notes in William Crabtree's hand, 1638 (120r-124v); 'De inclinatione Magneticale', in an unidentified hand [c. 1640] (125r-126r); 'Ephemeris Anni Christi 1652' (127v-129v); a copy of an order concerning Gresham College, in Jonas Moore's hand [c. 1676] (130r-131r); predicted places of the Moon and Saturn for 1677-1678 (132r-133v); a diagram of a 1684 comet by Abraham Sharp (134r);...
Dates:
1638-12 - 1719
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Gresham College lectures, 1681 - 1684
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/38
Scope and Contents
Thirty-nine lectures delivered by Flamsteed as deputy to Dr Walter Pope, Gresham Professor of Astronomy, between 27 April 1681 and November 1684, with one undated lecture, 354 folios. There is a manuscript contents list giving lecture numbers and Flamsteed's pagination. The book has been trimmed in such a way that some words are missing from the lower edges of the folios.
Dates:
1681 - 1684
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Papers on societies and institutions, 1876 - 1912
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/223
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence relating to societies, 1876-1892, including the Ipswich Mechanical Institute; Blackheath School of Art; Société National des Sciences, Cherbourg; International Inventions Society; Meteorological Society of Australia; Trinity Historical Society; Royal Academia of Palermo; and the British Astronomical Association (on the foundation of the Association).Correspondence regarding requests for the Astronomer Royal to lecture or preside at meetings of the...
Dates:
1876 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).