Gill, David, Sir, 1843 - 1914 (Knight, astronomer)

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Papers on the small planets, satellites and comets, 1880 - 1881

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/109

Scope and Contents The volume includes the Greenwich and Paris observations of the minor planets; circulars for the Berlin Jahrbuch, 1880; and announcements and observations of newly discovered asteroids by C.H.F. Peters and Coggias, in the form of telegrams and requests for ephemerides. There are also papers concerning comets, relating largely to the Great Southern Comet of 1880, with associated sunspot activity observed in New Zealand and Sir D. Gill's Cape of Good Hope observations. Other comets observed...

Dates: 1880 - 1881

Conditions Governing Access: Please note that File 8 is missing.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of George Airy

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Papers on transit of Venus, 1869 - 1877

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/281

Scope and Contents

Foreign printed papers concerning the transits of Venus, 1874 and 1882, including newspaper and magazine articles, Royal Astronomical Society 'Monthly Notices' and government notices. The authors of the papers include A.V. Auwers, C.C. Bruhns, P.A. Hansen, E. Heis, T.E.V. Oppolzer, E. Neumayer, S. Newcomb, Mr Hasselberg, O. Struve, J.A.C. Oudemans, Sir D. Gill and many others. The papers also include diagrams of the Earth.

Dates: 1869 - 1877

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).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of George Airy

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Papers relating to David Gill, 1870 - 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 15/72

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers relating to Sir David Gill, including a booklist dated 15 March 1879; a list of fundamental star positions for 1875 written in German, of unknown origin; letters from Howard Grubb of Dublin, mostly of a personal nature; an incomplete copy of an address given to an organisation, with a list of recipients dated 20 April 1880; and correspondence regarding the harbour works at Port Elizabeth, which Gill became involved with against his will.

Dates: 1870 - 1874

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).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of the Cape Observatory

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Sir David Gill, 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 96/7/6

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Print of a painting by George Henry.

Dates: 1912

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).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Portraits of Astronomers / G.

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Gill, David, Sir, 1843 - 1914 (Knight, astronomer)

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Papers on the small planets, satellites and comets, 1880 - 1881

Papers on transit of Venus, 1869 - 1877

Papers relating to David Gill, 1870 - 1874

Sir David Gill, 1912

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