Halley, Edmond, 1656 - 1742 (astronomer)
Found in 60 Collections and/or Records:
Letter book, 1676 - 1712
Letter concerning corrections to the 'Nautical Almanac' for 1813 and a method for computing the geocentric places of the planets, 1809-09-22
The letters are primarily from Nevil Maskelyne but include three sent to Andrews by Margaret Maskelyne, following the death of her father.
Letters from Edmond Halley, 1934
List of manuscript books and papers of the late Dr Halley, 1765
A list of manuscript books and papers of the late Dr Halley which were sent to the Earl of Morton by his daughter Mrs Price; annotated with a note from Nevil Maskelyne stating that he had received them on 25th July.
Longitudes and latitudes, 1767 - 1769
Lunar calculations, 1751 - 1772
Lunar calculations and letters, 1674 - 1700
Mathematical booklet
'Resolution of Equations by approximations', 'Transformation of Series - Logs', 'Construction of Biquadratic Equations' (by Edmond Halley's method) and 'Of finding the Time of the Solstices'. The volume is undated.
Microfilms of RGO 1-3, 1979
Minutes of the Board of Visitors, 1710 - 1784
Minutes of the Board of Visitors, 1784 - 1830
Notes and observations, 1734 - 1756
Observations at Derby, London and Greenwich, 1671 - 1676
Papers of Edmond Halley, 1670 - 1767
The collection comprises observations, calculations, computations, tables and letters. The text is mainly in English, but also includes Latin and some French.
Papers on buildings and grounds, 1855 - 1861
Papers on Government superintendence, 1869 - 1873
Papers on Government superintendence, 1873 - 1875
Papers on magnetism, 1862 - 1872
Papers on small planets and satellites, 1881 - 1912
Papers on the Observatory's history, 1862 - 1909
Papers on the Observatory's history, 1811
Various papers on the history the Royal Observatory, probably written by John Pond.
1. Resumé of the careers of Nevil Maskelyne and Sir Jonas Moore, with a note on the death of James Bradley.
2. Summary of the history of the Observatory, John Flamsteed and Edmond Halley. This was originally the first part of no. 1.
3. Important dates in the history of the Observatory.
Personal correspondence, 1945 - 1952
Postcard with a printed image of Halley and 17p Halley’s Comet stamp affixed, 1986-11-03
Stamped ‘Edmond Halley Memorial Service Westminster Abbey’ and marked ‘Star Card no. M’ [sic.].
Problem on finding the longitude
'A problem proposed by Dr Halley' on finding longitude, and the course steered, with its attached solution. The author and date of the piece are not known.
Radio programmes: 'The Comet Man' and 'Cosmic Pursuits', 1986
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