Carrington, Richard Christopher, 1826 - 1875 (astronomer)
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Cards of visitors, 1835 - 1852
Personal and business cards of visitors to the Royal Observatory, including B. Donkin, J.V. Lamont, C.V. Walker, W. Siemens, W.H. Smyth, A. d'Abbadie, R.C. Carrington, G.P. Bond, B.A. Gould, W. Cassell and C. Brennicke. A large proportion of the cards belonged to foreign visitors.
Correspondence on instruments, 1853 - 1854
Correspondence on new techniques and discoveries, 1850 - 1851
Correspondence on solar eclipse, 1850 - 1852
Correspondence on solar eclipse expeditions, 1870 - 1871
Correspondence on Tenerife experiment, 1856 - 1860
General correspondence, some official, regarding the Tenerife Astronomical Experiment. The correspondents include R.C. Carrington, G.S. Criswick, C. Frodsham, J.P. Gassiot, Lieut. Col. James and Sir C. Lyell. There are some letters on distribution.
Discussion of star places, 1755 - 1862
Harton pendulum experiments, 1854 - 1877
Correspondence, letters A-L, regarding pendulum experiments at Harton, including a letter to the Academie des Sciences, correspondence with the Admiralty, and correspondence with, among others, J. Anderson, G.A. Biddell, J.R. Hind, R.C. Carrington, Professor J. Challis, G.S. Criswick, E. Dunkin, W. Ellis, Professor M. Faraday, J. Glaisher, E. Green, Sir John Herschel, Lt Col. James and M.J. Johnson.
Letters from observatories, 1859 - 1861
Letters from observatories, 1860 - 1863
Letters from observatories, 1861 - 1865
Mathematical theories and calculations, 1824 - 1872
Miscellaneous astronomical papers, 1853 - 1855
Miscellaneous astronomical papers, 1857 - 1858
Miscellaneous astronomical papers, 1859 - 1860
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1855 - 1856
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1857 - 1859
'Nautical Almanac' correspondence, 1853 - 1855
Correspondence concerning the 'Nautical Almanac' with regard to the positions of the minor planets, expansion in the number of stars included in the 'Nautical Almanac', observations of the Moon's culminating stars, places of fundamental stars and errors. There are ephemerides of the minor planets and Neptune. The correspondents include Sir F. Beaufort, J. Glaisher, J.R. Hind, A.D. Bache, R.C. Carrington, C.P. Smyth, J.M. Gillis and G.A. Erman.
'Nautical Almanac' correspondence, 1855 - 1859
Correspondence, primarily with J.R. Hind, on the 'Nautical Almanac', with reference to corrections to elements, places of comparison, stars and corresponding lunar observations. There are requests for information on star places for the longitude of Karachi, Pakistan; star positions; solar spots; and the Moon's place. The correspondents include J. Glaisher, A. d'Abbadie, G.P. Bond, R.C. Carrington and R.L.J. Ellery.
Observations and calculations of longitude, 1857 - 1862
Papers concerning occasional observers, 1849 - 1873
Papers of John Herschel, 1936
Papers on a total solar eclipse, 1860 - 1863
Papers on a total solar eclipse, 1860
Papers on meteorology, 1858 - 1860
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