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Print of a drawing, printed by Gebr. Rocca, Berlin.

Scope and Contents Various correspondence on Pallas and Ceres.1. Letter postscript by Dr Gauss, 7 April 1802, regarding the discovery of the asteroid Pallas by Dr Olbers.2. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, 19 May 1802, containing further information and ephemeris of the asteroid Pallas.3. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, 30 July 1802, containing ephemeris of the asteroid Pallas and details of its position.4. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, 18 November 1802, on the position and...

Scope and Contents Letters to Maskelyne and related papers on the minor planet Ceres.i. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, Germany, 20 February 1802, on ephemeris of Ceres, March-April 1802.ii. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, Germany, 3 April 1802, on ephemeris of Ceres, 21 April - 29 June 1802.iii. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, Germany, 30 January 1803, thanking Maskelyne for his present of Taylor's tables and giving corrections to the observed position of Ceres.iv....

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An undated essay on Olbers's method for obtaining the parabolic elements of cometary orbits translated by Tupman from the appendix to Dubois's French translation of Gauss's 'Theoria Motus'.

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Around 150 letters from various correspondents to Professor Humphrey Lloyd, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. There are numerous letters from G.B. Airy and Sir John Herschel. Other correspondents include well-known scientists, including John Couch Adams, A.D. Bache, David Brewster, Buys Ballot, John Challis and C.F. Gauss.

Scope and Contents Aberration in right ascension, 1822-1826, with the computation of star corrections in right ascension; some corrections for 1830; 'How to find the Sun's longitude when the aberration of a star is at its negative maximum'; some examples by Zach's tables, with the same example worked by Gauss' method; right ascension of Polaris measured telescopically, with its 'nutation' given by Zach's tables and Gauss' method; position of Polaris in 1812, with notes on the corrections for deviations from...

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A mathematical paper containing problems and equations and a list of candidates for election to the Royal Society: John Jeron Schroler, Lilienthal, Bremen; Joseph (Giuseppe) Piazzi, Palermo, Sicily; Dr Olbers, Bremen; and Dr C.F. Gauss, Brunswick. There are propositions and corollaries from Newton's 'Principia', in Latin and English, and from Aristotle's 'Rhetoric', in Greek and English.

Scope and Contents Letters to Maskelyne and loose papers relating to the discovery of Juno.1. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, 25 September 1804, regarding the discovery of the asteroid Juno (named here Hebe), with its elements.2. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, 16 October 1804, on the comparison between Pallas, Ceres and Juno and the elements of Juno.3. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, 7 December 1804, regarding corrected elements of Juno.4. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, 2...

Scope and Contents Various loose papers relating to the discovery of Pallas and Ceres.1. Rough calculations of Pallas, 1803.2. Rough calculations of Ceres, 1803.3. Other calculations of Pallas written on a Royal Society invitation, 1803.4. Another calculation of Pallas, 1803.5. Calculations of Pallas, 1803.6. Observations of associated stars, 1802-1803.7. Computations from observations of Pallas, 1802-1803.8. Rough calculations of Pallas,...