Dunkin, Edwin, 1821 - 1898 (astronomer)
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Papers on the Paris Exhibition, 1854 - 1857
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/442
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding preparations for the exhibition of astronomical instruments and models at the Paris Exhibition of 1855. The correspondents are Lord Wrottesley, L. Playfair, E. Dunkin, T. Cooke, T. Grubb, U.J.J. Le Verrier, C.L. Mathieu, A. de Morgan, R. Ransome, W. De La Rue, the Earl of Rosse, C.P. Smyth, W.H. Smyth and H. Cole. There are papers concerning the sub-committees for the British exhibits and arrangements for the transportation of the exhibits, and two letters...
Dates:
1854 - 1857
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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Printed papers, 1863 - 1864
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/817
Scope and Contents
Airy's printed papers, volume 9, with a list of titles numbered 282-315. The papers are dated from 13 March 1863 ('On the Movement of the Solar System in Space' by Edwin Dunkin, followed by Airy on 'The Visibility of Stars in the Pleiades to the unarmed eye') to 29 September 1864 ('On the examination for the Sheepshanks' scholarship').
Dates:
1863 - 1864
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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Printed papers by Ellis, 1856 - 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 54/3
Scope and Contents
Reprints of and extracts from papers and lectures by Ellis published in 'The Horological Journal', 'Chambers's Journal', 'Philosophical Magazine', 'Popular Science Review', 'Nature', 'Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society', 'Journal of the Society of Telegraph Engineers', 'The Electrician', 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', 'The Observatory', 'Symons's Monthly Meteorological Magazine' and 'Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society'. There is also an...
Dates:
1856 - 1916
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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