Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer)
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Longitude papers, 1862 - 1870
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/116
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and observations on transatlantic longitudes, a history of finding longitudes and methods to find longitude. The majority of the book is dedicated to eclipses, particularly the 1858 eclipse, with sketches and a photographic strip; the 1861 eclipse, with various French circulars, including methods of photographing the phenomena and a drawing of its various stages; the 1867 annular eclipse, with the Greenwich observations, an article in the 'Daily Telegraph' and Dr Weiss' report...
Dates:
1862 - 1870
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- Subject: Longitude X