Messier, Charles, 1730 - 1817 (astronomer)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Determination of latitude and longitude, 1772 - 1806
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/159
Scope and Contents
Papers concerned with determining longitude and latitude at sea, with miscellaneous observations.
Dates:
1772 - 1806
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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Messier and Ptolemy's catalogues, 1867
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 59/47
Scope and Contents
Copies of two catalogues:
1. Messier's catalogue of nebulae arranged in order of right ascension for 1840, with constants for reducing the apparent places. A note by Tupman records that he has been unable to discover anything relating to the history of the catalogue, and that is was purchased in Berlin in 1867.
2. Translation of Ptolemy's catalogue by M. Halma, dated by Tupman 1867.
Dates:
1867
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).