Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph Le, 1811 - 1877 (astronomer)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Miscellaneous scientific papers, 1873 - 1874
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/485
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous scientific works, including accounts of the Atlantic telegraph cable; reports on the trans-Australian telegraph line, with accounts from 'The South Australian Advertiser' and the plan of its route; proposals to connect the telegraph to Western Australia and Cape Borda; R. Mallet's paper on volcanic energy; a report of a committee to standardise electrical units; a photograph of Palmeira's seismograph; a catalogue of geological maps; the geology of Cumberland by J.C. Ward; C.X....
Dates:
1873 - 1874
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).
Sub-Series
Papers on determining galvanic longitudes, 1858 - 1859
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/638
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding the determination of longitudes by means of telegraph. There are papers on the difference in longitude between Paris and Greenwich, with observations and transits for clock errors; U.J.J. Le Verrier's determination of the longitude of Le Havre; A. Loussedat's determination of the difference in longitude between Toulouse and Montpellier; the longitude of Glasgow; and the difference in longitude between Altona and Schwerin. There are also papers relating to...
Dates:
1858 - 1859
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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- Subject: Atlantic Ocean X
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- Altona 1
- Australia 1
- Borda, Cape 1
- Cumberland 1
- Electricity 1
- Glasgow 1
- Le Havre 1
- Longitude 1
- Montpellier 1
- Newfoundland 1
- Paris 1
- Pyrénées 1
- Schwerin 1
- Telegraphy 1
- Toulouse 1
- United States 1
- Valencia Island 1
- Western Australia 1 + ∧ less
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