Goldschmidt, Hermann Mayer Salomon, 1802 - 1866 (painter and astronomer)
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Correspondence on comets, 1832 - 1847
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/92
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on comets observed between 1832 and 1847, including Halley's Comet (1835); Encke's Comet (1832, 1835, 1838, 1842); Galle's three comets (1839-1840); Brenniker's Comet (1840); Laugier's Comet (1842); the Great Comet of 1843; Mauvais' three comets (1843, 1845, 1847); Fayé's Comet (1843-44); De Vico's six comets (1844-1846); D'Arrest's Comet (1844); Wilmot's Comet (1844); Colla's Comet (1845 and 1847); Biela's Comet (1845); Brorsen's three comets (1846-1847); and Hind's 1846...
Dates:
1832 - 1847
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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Discussion of star places, 1755 - 1862
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/195
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on the position and identity of stars; requests for star catalogues; parts of star catalogues, including Maskelyne's star ledgers, 1755-1816; and some computations. There are brief papers by R.C. Carrington on 20 circumpolar stars; works on variable stars by N.R. Pogson; drawings of the ring and dumb-bell nebulae by W. Lassell; and treatments of the Great Nebula in Orion by G.P. Bond and O. Struve. There is also a piece on variable stars from the 'Aberdeen Free Press' and a...
Dates:
1755 - 1862
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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Papers on a total solar eclipse, 1860 - 1871
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/127
Scope and Contents
The fifth part of a series on the expedition on board HMS 'Himalaya' to observe the total solar eclipse in Spain on 18 July 1860. The volume contains observations at various stations by Sir F. Galton, with watercolours of the eclipse; C. Gaudi; Emile Gautier, with engravings; G.E. Guvey; H. Goldschmidt; N.A. Goodwin, with a watercolour; R. Grant; C. Gray, with drawings; H. Greenbank; R.F. Heath; R.J. Hobbes', in 'Chambers Journal'; W.S. Jacob, with two watercolours; G.H. James; P.J.C....
Dates:
1860 - 1871
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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Papers on the minor planets, 1853 - 1854
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/99
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the minor planets Parthenope, Hygiea, Proserpina, Euterpe, Bellona, Amphitrite, Calliope, Urania, Euphrosyne, Pomona, Thetis and Polyhymnia, with some material on comets. The papers consist of observations, ephemerides, circulars, announcements of discoveries of asteroids and descriptions of the planets. The contributors include T. Chevallier, J.R. Hind, H. Goldschmidt, G. Rümker and U.J.J. Le Verrier.
Dates:
1853 - 1854
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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Papers on the minor planets, 1854 - 1858
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/100
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the minor planets Amphitrite, Circe, Leukothea, Stalanta, Fides, Leda, Letitia, Harmonia, Daphne, Isis, Ariadne, Nysa, Eugenia, Hestia, Doris, Pales, Virginia, Nemawsa, Europa, Calypso, Alexendra, Pandora and Pallas, comprising observations, ephemerides, circulars, announcements of discoveries of asteroids, descriptions of the planets and requests for information. The contributors include Y. Villarceau, M. Charconac, U.J.J. Le Verrier, J. Challis, H. Goldschmidt, G....
Dates:
1854 - 1858
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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