Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning the results of the total solar eclipse, 21-22 December 1870. The papers include the 'Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society', observations of the eclipse and the observations of Lord Lindsay's party in Sicily. There is a paper by E.J.A. Gautier, with coloured plates on the observation; correspondence with the Treasury and the Royal Society, including letters from J.R. Hind, G.G. Stokes and W. Huggins; and a correspondence with Sir J.N. Lockyer and A.C....

Scope and Contents Correspondence relating to the transit of Venus, 1874. The correspondents include the Treasury; the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Colonial Department; the Agents General of New South Wales, Victoria and Southern Australia; the War Office; the Post Office; the Science and Arts Department; the Royal Society; the Royal Astronomical Society; the Nautical Almanac Office; and the Board of Visitors. There is also a report by Airy to the Treasury on telescopic observations of the transit of...

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Brief correspondence re: proposed article on 'Recent advances in telescope design' for Royal Astronomical Society's 'Occasional Notes'; 'Coma and the abbe sine-condition'

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence with the Admiralty and related papers:Correspondence between J.R. Hind and the Admiralty, 1891-1878, including a letter from the Shipmasters' Society concerning the new 'Nautical Almanac', correspondence on salaries and Civil Service Certificates.Papers concerning administrative matters, 1892-1899. The correspondents include A.M.W. Downing, the Admiralty, W.J. Harding, the Royal Astronomical Society, the Astronomer Royal, F. Nansen and the United...

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Personal correspondence of G.A. Wilkins with the Royal Astronomical Society and related papers.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with the Royal Astronomical Society regarding its centenary and other matters:Miscellaneous correspondence, 1921-1936, including letters concerning Mrs Oppotzer's plight and the sale of her husband's books and correspondence regarding obituaries of W.H.M. Christie and J.C. Kapteyn. There is also a 'List of reproductions of celestial photographs published by the Royal Astronomical Society', taken from 'Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society', February...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with the General Secretary and members of the Royal Astronomical Society regarding arrangements for committee and other meetings; the election of Fellows and Associates; the refereeing of papers for publication; the nomination of T.G. Cowling as President for 1965; a second volume of the 'History of the Royal Astronomical Society', covering 1920-1970; the nomination of F. Hoyle and A.R. Sandage for Gold Medals; and the future of the Royal Astronomical Society Club and of the...

Scope and Contents General correspondence with, among others, the University of Sussex; MacDonald and Co. (Publishers) Ltd; Queen Elizabeth College, London; Bernard Levin of the 'Daily Mail'; Donald Lynden-Bell, Pasadena; the University of Keele Astronomical Society; Sir Bernard Lovell; the University of Leeds; and the Lord Chamberlain's Office. The subjects include a book by Professor Sobolev of the U.S.S.R., congratulations on Sir Richard Woolley's award of the Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal, and a...

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence:Correspondence with the Powers-Samas Calculating Machine Co., 1932-1938.Correspondence with P. Ramsey-Kent, 1930-1931, concerned mainly with his 'Control Table of LogaritH.M.S.'.Correspondence with the Royal Geographical Society, especially A. Hinks, Secretary, 1933-1940, concerning the supply of almanacs for various expeditions to remote parts of the world.Correspondence with R.O. Redman, Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge,...

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A letter from the General Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society to Sir Richard Woolley acknowledging receipt of a communication.

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Three letters from E.C. Rubidge of the Royal Astronomical Society regarding the Royal Astronomical Society report on comets for 1964.

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Reports and correspondence regarding papers presented to the Astronomer Royal in order to obtain his opinion on their suitability for inclusion in Royal Astronomical Society publications.

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Photocopies of a letter from Arthur Cayley, Cambridge, to John Adams, 18 November [1873], 2 pages, containing a list of suggested names for the Royal Astronomical Society's Council, and of a list by Adams of proposed members of the Council, 2 pages.

Scope and Contents Letter from G. MacKinley regarding vacancies as the secretary of a learned society, 1889.Obituary notice for C.F.H. Magnon of Paris, 1888.Letter from Lord McLaren regarding Dr Copeland's visit to the Royal Astronomical Society, with a reply, 1888.Letter to Captain Sir F. Evans regarding appointments in the Royal Observatory and at the Cape, 1883.Letter from M. le Chevalier of Paris regarding a memorial to A. Rabelais, 1879, with a printed notice of the...

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Photocopies of minutes of meetings of the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee, Royal Astronomical Society, 10 November 1917 - 12 March 1920 (2 copies) and 14 November 1919, regarding the 'Einstein' eclipse of 29 May 1919.

Scope and Contents (1) Letters regarding the existence of Neptune, 1846-1878Duplicate copies of collected correspondence on the investigations of J.C. Adams and U.J.J. Le Verrier into the existence of Neptune and in particular of the ensuing controversy over the name of the planet. There are also other letters concerning the minor planets and mathematical formula for their orbits, the Moon's equation and lunar acceleration. The correspondents include J.C. Adams, Sir George Airy, F.N.M. Arago, J....

Scope and Contents (1) Correspondence, 1834-1895Correspondence regarding J.C. Adams and other subjects, as follows:Index to correspondence, 1895.C. Taylor's suggestion of a memorial to J.C. Adams at Westminster Abbey, 1892.D. McAlister's proposal for a publication of J.C. Adams's papers, with lists of important correspondence, 1892-1893.Notes on correspondence in the Royal Observatory records regarding the search for Neptune, 1834.Notes from J.F.W. Hershel's...

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous notices, including the following items:Night observing duties.Notice on attendance at the Royal Astronomical Society and similar meetings.Quarterly reports of the Association of Astronomers.Minutes of meetings of the canteen committee.Notes concerning the Library Committee.Notes on transit circle observing.Notes on the photographic zenith tube observing programme.Time Service notices.Minutes of Office...

Scope and Contents The third part of a series on the expedition on board HMS 'Himalaya' to observe the total solar eclipse in Spain on 18 July 1860. The papers consist of correspondence with various diplomats and other people, including C.B. Vignoles, Lord Wethersley and H. Winnecke, with instructions for observing the eclipse. There are accounts and methods for observing the eclipse, written in English, Spanish, French and German, and emanating from the Royal Astronomical Society, G.B. Airy, C.B. Vignoles and...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with the Director, Paris Observatory, 1886, regarding a proposal to hold a conference to discuss an astrographic chart of the heavens, with a draft programme of discussions and correspondence with G.G. Stokes regarding his attendance to represent the Royal Society and the Astronomer Royal's acceptance of the invitation to represent the United Kingdom.Correspondence with A.A. Common and W. Huggins regarding the Royal Astronomical Society Committee and its membership,...

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning the setting up of the Kiel Centralstelle, 1882.Letter to Kiel undertaking to transmit telegrams between Kiel and Rio and vice versa, 1883.Correspondence with L. Wells of the Eastern Telegraph Company concerning the transmission and payment of telegrams between London and Greenwich, 1883.Invitation to the Central Stelle Committee meeting in Vienna, 16 September 1883, with a list of subscribers and an agenda.Correspondence with Kiel...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and lists relating to the printing and distribution of Greenwich publications:Distribution lists for the following Royal Observatory publications, 1899-1914:1. 'Annual Photographic Results'2. 'Double Stars'3. 'Determinations of constants of Precession'4. 'Planets and Comets'5. 'Division errors of Transit Circle and proper motion'6. 'Eclipse paper, 1900 May 28'7. 'Sumatra Eclipse Report'8. 'Paris-Greenwich...

Scope and Contents (1) Papers regarding various overseas observatoriesPapers relating to the closure of Perth Observatory, Western Australia, 1912-1913, including letters from the Royal Society, the Royal Astronomical Society and Sir David Gill and correspondence with Downing Street and the Agent General for Western Australia.Papers relating to the comparison of Greenwich and Helwan Observatory photographs on the introduction of the new telescope at Helwan, 1909-1912.Correspondence with...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and other papers regarding the acquisition of moveable property by the Royal Observatory, including the following:Correspondence with A. Cowper Ranyard, S. Denman, W. Spottiswoode and S. Crompton, who sent various photographs to Sir George Airy, 1875-1876.Correspondence with J.P. Maclear and the Admiralty concerning the return of a spectroscope which the Royal Observatory had loaned to Maclear, 1876.Copy of a letter from Airy to Lord Lindsay thanking...

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous papers relating to the Royal Astronomical Society, including notices of meetings; agenda for the Council meetings; balloting lists for officers; correspondence regarding the lecture on O. Struve's 'Etudes' and the Pulkova Observatory; the results derived from Cambridge observations of occultations, 1830-1835; correction to lunar elements from Greenwich observations, 1750-1830; a lecture upon Lord Rosse's and W. Lassell's telescopes; U.J.J. Le Verrier's paper on periodical...