Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist)
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Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:
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Arctic expedition papers, 1873 - 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/486
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding the preparations for the 1875 Arctic expedition, including accounts of the American Polaris expedition from the 'Hawaiian Gazette'; W. Deboos' diameter theory of navigation; W.B. Carpenter's paper on the 'temperature of the Atlantic'; and A. Taylor's paper on tides and waves. The papers also include hypotheses on Syrian chronology, the exodus of the Israelites and the position of Mount Sinai (Gebel Musa) by J.W. Bosanquet; a paper on the discovery of Mount...
Dates:
1873 - 1875
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Astronomical methods and instruments, 1871 - 1873
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/173
Scope and Contents
Letters and papers concerning new inventions; trials of existing and improved instruments, especially the transit circle, altazimuth and equatorial telescopes; improved techniques; and adjustments to various instruments. The correspondents include W.H.M. Christie, G.G. Stokes, J. Glaisher, Sir D. Gill, C.V. Walker, G.M. Whipple, W. De La Rue, W. Huggins, A.C. Ranyard, F.A.T. Winnecke, J.T.R. Robinson, A.V. Auwers, A. d'Abbadie, Y. Villarceau, J.R. Hind, W.B. Clarke and Sir W. Thomson. There...
Dates:
1871 - 1873
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Computations of wave lengths, 1866 - 1867
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/484
Scope and Contents
Computations on the wave lengths at spectral lines. There are computations and tables of J. Fraunhofer's wavelengths of light; Kirchoff's computations of the wavelengths of light, with conversions from Paris to metric measurement, and printed corrections to these computations, with conversion tables; and related correspondence with G.G. Stokes and H.E. Roscoe.
Dates:
1866 - 1867
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Correspondence and observations on solar eclipse, 1867 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/122
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and observations relating to the total solar eclipse of 17-18 August 1868. The first part of the volume deals with the preparations for an expedition to India to observe the eclipse, the acquisition of new instruments, the financial arrangements, and diplomatic approval from the India Office, including a letter from the Under Secretary, H. Merivale. There are pieces on the Austrian and French expeditions and discussions with Major J.F. Tennant on the observations to be taken...
Dates:
1867 - 1869
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Correspondence on academic works, 1847 - 1850
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/465
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers on various academic works, including W.H. Stevenson's thoughts on hydrogen, gas and water; E.W. Brayley's injury to book bindings by gas; and R.S. Poole's places of the sun and moon's longitude in regard to ancient Egyptian chronology. There are papers by F. Coxworthy on the influence of electricity in regard to various scientific phenomena; M. Faraday's galvanic experiments; Airy's essays on the route of the Israelites during the Exodus; a small map of North Canada...
Dates:
1847 - 1850
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Correspondence on chronometers, 1849 - 1859
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/599
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the location, identity, rates and purchases of various chronometers. The volume includes repairs to and complaints with chronometer makers; requests for chronometers for D. Livingstone and the Oregon expedition; a list of chronometer makers; a paper, in French, by Messrs Delamarche and Ploix on the influence of the magnetism of ships on the rates of chronometers; J Hartnup's 'importance of testing chronometers before they are used at sea'; and notes on the...
Dates:
1849 - 1859
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Correspondence on Government grants correspondence, 1887 - 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/241
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related papers concerning the Government grants administered by the Royal Society.(1) Correspondence on Government grants, 1887-1895Letter from G.G. Stokes requesting a £300 grant on behalf of D. Gill, 1887.Letter from M. Forster suggesting a meeting to discuss the merits of the claim, 1888.Letter from J. McLaren on behalf of W. Peck, 1888, regarding a grant towards a photographic survey of the northern skies, with Christie's...
Dates:
1887 - 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
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Correspondence on meteorological results, 1875 - 1878
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/704
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Meteorological Commission and Meteorological Society relating to the publication of meteorological results. The papers include notes for the Treasury Committee to report on certain questions relating to the Meteorological Committee; grants to the Meteorological Committee; a report of the Meteorological Committee of the Royal Society; comparisons, discussions and results of the Kew and Greenwich meteorological observations; the report of the Committee on the Greenwich...
Dates:
1875 - 1878
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Correspondence on solar eclipse expeditions, 1870 - 1871
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/131
Scope and Contents
Correspondence for the preparation of expeditions to Spain and Sicily to observe the total solar eclipse, 21-22 December 1870. The correspondence with the Royal Society, Royal Astronomical Society, the Admiralty and the India Office includes letters from R.C. Carrington, G.G. Stokes, Sir J.N. Lockyer, A.C. Ranyard, W. Lassell, W. De La Rue, W. Huggins, C. Pritchard, Sir E. Sabine, Admiral G.H. Richards and H. Merivale. There are lists for those participating, the expeditions' accounts and...
Dates:
1870 - 1871
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Correspondence on the Greenwich Dip Instrument, 1862 - 1867
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/680
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with G.G. Stokes, J.P. Gassiot and others on the Greenwich Dip Instrument. The papers include printed correspondence between Kew Observatory and Airy; a report of the Kew Commission of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; and readings from Airy's Dip Instrument, 1863-1864.
Dates:
1862 - 1867
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Correspondence on the Southern Durchmusterung, 1879 - 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 15/136
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of David Gill with various individuals regarding work on the Southern Durchmusterung, divided into sections by correspondent:Professor J.C. Adams, Cambridge, 13 March 1888.Dr A. Auwers, Berlin, 9 May - 1 June 1887.A.A. Common, Ealing, 20 June 1887 - 7 July 1899.Thomas Dollmeyer, London, 21 November 1882 - 9 November 1887.T. and P. Henry, Paris, 13 February - 20 May 1885.M.L. and W. Huggins, London, 22 January 1883 - 25 September...
Dates:
1879 - 1890
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Correspondence on the Standards Commission, 1849 - 1858
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/344
Scope and Contents
General correspondence on the Standards Commission. The correspondents include M. Biot, E.W. Brayley, A. de Morgan, W. De La Rue, M. Faraday, J.P. Gassiot, T. Maclear, E. Sabine, C.A. Peters and G.G. Stokes. The volume includes a galley proof titled 'Proposals to increase the gross weight of the Sovereign to 125 grains by making a small addition to the alloy, but preserving 113 grains of fine gold contained therein'; a copy of 'A Bill for regulating Weights and Measures'; a paper titled...
Dates:
1849 - 1858
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Correspondence on total solar eclipse, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/133
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the results of the total solar eclipse, 21-22 December 1870. The papers include the 'Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society', observations of the eclipse and the observations of Lord Lindsay's party in Sicily. There is a paper by E.J.A. Gautier, with coloured plates on the observation; correspondence with the Treasury and the Royal Society, including letters from J.R. Hind, G.G. Stokes and W. Huggins; and a correspondence with Sir J.N. Lockyer and A.C....
Dates:
1870 - 1879
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Correspondence on visitor admissions, 1866 - 1872
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/710
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding admissions to visit the Royal Observatory. The volume is divided broadly into requests by the Admiralty to visit the Royal Observatory, introductions on behalf of visitors, and personal requests to visit the Observatory. The correspondents include H.C.G.G. Lennox, G.H. Richards, F.J.O. Evans, R. Hall, J. Winlock, B.A. Gould, R. Grant, E.J. Stone, A.A. de la Rive, C.T. Bright, J.W. Lubbock, J.C. Adams, E.J. Routh, J. Glaisher, W. De La Rue, W. Farr, the Earl of Rosse,...
Dates:
1866 - 1872
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From the Management Group:
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Correspondence with scientific societies, 1865 - 1868
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/412
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with various scientific societies, with related papers. There are notices and council minutes for the British Association; reports of the Kew Committee; the report of the committee wishing to publish K.L.C. Rümker's stellar observations; papers relating to W.R. Birt's lunar committee; W. Thomson's report on tidal observations; W.R. Grove's address to the 1866 convention; and J.D. Forbes' address to the 1867 convention. Other articles include a description of the Kew...
Dates:
1865 - 1868
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Discussion of star places, 1847 - 1868
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/196
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on the position and identity of stars, variable motions of stars, computations of star's positions, lists of stars and comparisons of stars and nebula. There are brief papers by G.P. Bond on a companion star to Sirius and a list of new nebulae and star clusters, 1847-1863, as observed at Harvard Observatory, U.S.A. There are also French circulars on nebulae, a list of stars observed on the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, and French ephemerides of fundamental stars. The...
Dates:
1847 - 1868
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Letters from observatories, 1875 - 1878
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/152
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, an enquiry into the transfer of Edinburgh Observatory, requests for new instruments, and the current state of work carried out at various centres. The correspondents include Sir H. Grubb, Lord Lindsay, C.P. Smyth, L. Mallet, Sir C.R. Markham, G.G. Stokes, N.R. Pogson, R.L.J. Ellery, W. De La Rue, C. Pritchard and F.A.T. Winnecke. There are numerous reports from observatories at Adelaide (1875), Dearbourne...
Dates:
1875 - 1878
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Letters from observatories, 1880 - 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/154
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, with enclosed testimonials; the foundation of a new observatory in Hong Kong; work at Indian observatories; covering letters to reports; and observatory reports. The correspondents include J.L.E. Dreyer, E.J. Stone, C. Pritchard, Earl Rosse, Sir H. Thompson, E.J. Cooper, W. Spottiswoode, L. Mallet, N.R. Pogson, T.H. Huxley, E. Dunkin, O. Struve, G.G. Stokes, Earl Portsmouth, R.S. Churchill, Earl Kimberley,...
Dates:
1880 - 1890
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Mathematical and other papers, 1849 - 1850
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/428
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers on pure mathematics and other subjects, including A. de Morgan's thoughts on equations, area and probability; quadratic equations and the quadrature of a circle; J.W. Woollgar's use of the slide rule; J.D. Forbes on the probability of double stars, with an account in the 'Philosophical Magazine'; pendulum experiments by G.G. Stokes; Airy's report on sound navigation signals; a calculating machine; the properties of a circle; W.H. Smyth on the origin of the word...
Dates:
1849 - 1850
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Mathematical theories and calculations, 1873 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/440
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on various mathematical theories and calculations, mainly pure, but some applied, and miscellaneous papers on scientific matters. The correspondents include, among others, J.C. Adams, A.R. Clarke, F. Galton, E.J. Mills, E.J. Routh, B. Stewart and G.G. Stokes. The material includes two printed papers by M.F. Folie, in French, one translated as 'second note on the extension of the idea of an harmonic ratio', the other translated as 'On the evolution, or fundamental new...
Dates:
1873 - 1879
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1846 - 1897
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/247
Scope and Contents
(1) Letters regarding the existence of Neptune, 1846-1878Duplicate copies of collected correspondence on the investigations of J.C. Adams and U.J.J. Le Verrier into the existence of Neptune and in particular of the ensuing controversy over the name of the planet. There are also other letters concerning the minor planets and mathematical formula for their orbits, the Moon's equation and lunar acceleration. The correspondents include J.C. Adams, Sir George Airy, F.N.M. Arago, J....
Dates:
1846 - 1897
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1834 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/248
Scope and Contents
(1) Correspondence, 1834-1895Correspondence regarding J.C. Adams and other subjects, as follows:Index to correspondence, 1895.C. Taylor's suggestion of a memorial to J.C. Adams at Westminster Abbey, 1892.D. McAlister's proposal for a publication of J.C. Adams's papers, with lists of important correspondence, 1892-1893.Notes on correspondence in the Royal Observatory records regarding the search for Neptune, 1834.Notes from J.F.W. Hershel's...
Dates:
1834 - 1912
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1849 - 1850
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/371
Scope and Contents
Airy's miscellaneous correspondence with, among others, J.C. Adams, D.F.J. Arago, J.B. Biot, P.H.L. von Boguslowski, J. Challis, W. Cubitt, A. d'Abbadie, J.D. Forbes, J.S. Henslow, J.F.W. Herschel, M.J. Johnson, W. Lassell, U.J.J. Le Verrier, W.H. Miller, J.P. Nichol, G.A.A. Plana, J.C. Ross, the Earl of Rosse, H.C. Schumacher, G.G. Stokes, W.H. Smyth, C.P. Smyth, R. Sheepshanks, F.E.W.V. Struve and W. Whewell.
Dates:
1849 - 1850
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1851
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/373
Scope and Contents
Airy's miscellaneous correspondence with, among others, D.F.J. Arago, C. Babbage, G.P. Bond, J. Challis, A.R. Clarke, W. Cubitt, A. de Morgan, W. Denison, J.F. Encke, J.D. Forbes, J.G. Forchhammer, E. Gautier, B.A. Gould, P.A. Hansen, J.F.W. Herschel, G.B.I.T. Libri, G. Peacock, C. Pritchard, L.A. Quetelet, H.V. Regnault, the Earl of Rosse, G.S.G. Santini, H.C. Schumacher, P.A. Secchi, A. Sedgwick, R. Sheepshanks, W.H. Smyth, R. Stephenson, G.G. Stokes, W.S. Stratford, F.G.W. Struve, J....
Dates:
1851
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1862 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/381
Scope and Contents
Airy's miscellaneous personal correspondence on scientific and non-scientific topics, including a great number of obituaries and memoirs of fellow scientists. The correspondents include C. Abbe, J.C. Adams, A.V. Auwers, G.P. Bond, A. Caswell, W.H.M. Christie, A. d'Abbadie, A. de Morgan, W. De La Rue, H.A.E.A. Fay, J.D. Forbes, W.J. Foerster, J.G. Galle, B.A. Gould, W. Huggins, W.R. Hamilton, P.A. Hansen, A.S. Herschel, J.F.W. Herschel, J.R. Hind, A.W.V. Hofmann, U.J.J. Le Verrier, J.H.V....
Dates:
1862 - 1869
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