Ellis, William, 1828 - 1916 (astronomer)
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Miscellaneous meteorological papers, 1879 - 1897
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/128
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Letter from the Royal Meteorological Society to the Astronomer Royal regarding discrepancies in sunshine records at Kew and Greenwich, 1896.0Summary totals of sunshine at Bunhill Row, Greenwich and Kew, 1896.Undated, unsigned notes regarding the conditions, position, etc., of sunshine recorders [1896].Comparative record of sunshine at Greenwich and Kew, 1891-1896 inclusive [1896].Letter, probably to the Royal Meteorological Society, regarding difference in...
Dates:
1879 - 1897
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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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Papers on the galvanic longitude of Edinburgh, 1855 - 1858
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/636
Scope and Contents
Papers regarding the operation to discover the longitude of Edinburgh by means of electric telegraph. The papers include material on the arrangement of stars for observation; calculations of longitude at Edinburgh deduced from observations; and instructions and arrangements for those involved in the tests, including J. Washington, W. Ellis, C.V. Walker, C.P. Smyth, J.C. Clark and C.F. Varley. There are also letters on the longitude of Paris by U.J.J. Le Verrier, of Brussels by L.A. Quetelet,...
Dates:
1855 - 1858
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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