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Brisbane, Thomas Makdougall, Sir, 1773-1860 (baronet, Governor of New South Wales, and astronomer)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1773 - 1860

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Extract of a report on reducing the observations from Parramatta Observatory, 1829

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 224
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Includes correspondence relating to the reduction of observations (from astronomer Carl Rumker).

Dates: 1829
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).
 Fonds

Francis John Welsh Whipple: Notes and Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8075
Scope and Contents

Observations, notes and drafts, with related correspondence.

Dates: 1844-1943
Conditions Governing Access: 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).
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Letter from J.F.W. Herschel to Dr Thomas Young, 1829-01-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 222-223
Scope and Contents

On assisting [William] Richardson in reducing the observations taken at Parramatta Observatory under Sir Thomas Brisbane.

Dates: 1829-01-08
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).
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Letter from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1829-02-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 228
Scope and Contents

Informing him that the Admiralty had authorised the reduction of the observations taken at Parramatta Observatory under Sir Thomas Brisbane.

Dates: 1829-02-20
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).
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Letter from P.M. Roget of the Royal Society, 1828-02-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 220-221
Scope and Contents

Concerning the reduction of the observations taken at Parramatta Observatory under Sir Thomas Brisbane.

Dates: 1828-02-02
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).
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Reference concerning the reduction of observations from Groombridge and Brisbane, 1829

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 234
Scope and Contents From the File:

Observations and correspondence regarding miscellaneous astronomical matters.

Dates: 1829
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).
 Item

Reference concerning the reduction of observations from Parramatta Observatory, 1829

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 225
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Includes correspondence relating to the reduction of observations (from astronomer Carl Rumker).

Dates: 1829
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).