Nelson, Horatio, 1758 - 1805 (Viscount Nelson, Vice Admiral)
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Miscellaneous astronomical papers, 1835 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/245
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous papers concerning astronomical matters, including letters from T. Henderson, C.P. Smyth, A. de Morgan, J.R. Hind, J.W. Lubbock, J. Challis, F. Baily and others. The subjects covered include the printing of comet tables; the locations in the 'Philosophical Transactions' of the papers of Flamsteed, Bradley and Maskelyne relating to Greenwich observations; reports on the transit of Mercury, 1832; the occultation of Mercury, 1838; newspaper cuttings of the transit of Mercury in...
Dates:
1835 - 1848
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