Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist)
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Papers on tides and chronology, 1876 - 1878
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/488
Scope and Contents
Works and correspondence concerned principally with the tides and chronology, including J.W. Bosanquet's views on ancient eclipses in 763 and 557 BC; other ancient astronomical events; part of a paper on sonnets by Shakespeare connected to astronomy; J.W. Bosanquet on Hebrew chronology, 997-818 BC; the section on the calendar from the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica'; preparations and correspondence for a polar expedition; a paper, in French, for a proposed international polar expedition by Count...
Dates:
1876 - 1878
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