Montfort, Marie (Charles-Théodore de Damoiseau de (1768-1846) Baron, astronomer)
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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Lunar tables, 1841
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/548
Scope and Contents
The manuscript of Damoiseau's lunar tables, including tables of longitude, ecliptic polar distances, parallax, epochs for years and motions for day. The compiler is unknown.
Dates:
1841
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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Lunar tables
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/549
Scope and Contents
The manuscript of 31 lunar tables on cardboard, the majority of which are derived from Damoiseau's tables using a different computation. The compiler and date are unknown.
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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Theories of the Sun, Moon and planets, 1835 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/79
Scope and Contents
Theories and observation of the Moon, planets and satellites. There is correspondence on lunar theory, including letters from P.A. Hansen on his 'New Inequalities of the Moon'; letters from T. Henderson on errors in the calculations of J.K. Burckhardt for the Moon's diameter; and 'Extracts from Ephemeris of the Moon for the moment of the passage of her Centre, through the Meridian in Altona, calculated upon M. Damoiseau's Tables for every day of the year 1833'. The volume also includes...
Dates:
1835 - 1848
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).