Turner, Herbert Hall, 1861 - 1930 (astronomer and seismologist)
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Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:
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Papers on the Cambridge University Association, 1882 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/250
Scope and Contents
Notice of meeting of the Provisional Organizing Committee, 1899.List of members of the Provisional Organizing Committee, 1899.Report of the meeting of the Provisional Organizing Committee, 1899.List of original members of the Cambridge University Association, 1899.Undated list of the benefactors to the University.List of original members, 1900.Statement of the needs of the University, in three booklets, 1900.Notice of the King becoming...
Dates:
1882 - 1927
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 engagement of computers, 1881 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/134
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other papers regarding the employment of computers. The letters include enquiries about vacancies and potential candidates and notification of the result of applications.(1) Letters and other papers concerning the engagement of computers:Letter from W. Saunders requesting employment, with a memorandum from W. Ellis on this matter, 1881.Letter to W. Saunders offering employment, with a memorandum from W. Ellis on this subject, 1881.Two...
Dates:
1881 - 1900
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 Indian Observatories Committee, 1890 - 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/159
Scope and Contents
(1) General papersPapers and correspondence with the Indian Office, 1893-1901, including annual reports from observatory directors and a report by the Astronomer Royal on the reorganisation of Indian observatories.Correspondence with members of Indian Observatories Committee, 1894-1899.Correspondence concerning the meeting of 9 December 1903.Correspondence concerning the meeting of 16 May 1905.Correspondence concerning the meeting of 7 February...
Dates:
1890 - 1935
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 International Union for Cooperation on Solar Research, 1904 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/208
Scope and Contents
Letter from G.E. Hale stating his wish for a new organisation to be formed to co-ordinate solar research and to encourage work on solar problems, 1904.Printed copy of minutes of a meeting of delegates to a conference on solar research in St Louis, 23 September 1904, with copies of 'Intensity of Solar Radiation' by Sir Arthur Schuster, 'Report on Radiation' by Vislle, 'Work with Spectroheliograph' by G.E. Hale, and 'Nene Wellenlanger-Normalen' by Kayser.Correspondence with...
Dates:
1904 - 1911
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 Nautical Almanac Office, 1894 - 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/171
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning stars to be added to the apparent place list, including the listings, 1894.Request from the Nautical Almanac Office for a proof copy of the 5-Year Catalogue, 1894.Request for observations of the occultation stars for the 1898 'Nautical Almanac', with listings and observational results, 1894.Observations of the minor planet Flora for the 'Nautical Almanac', 1894.Correspondence on the existence of star BAC 5255, 1894.Request for...
Dates:
1894 - 1918
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 Observatory's history, 1862 - 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other papers relating to different aspects of the history of the Royal Observatory:Copy of John Flamsteed's will.Copy of Edmond Halley's will.Correspondence from F. Streatfield asking for a list of Astronomers Royals and other information, and a letter from W.S. Granville Richards asking for any information about T. Taylor in the Royal Observatory records, 1878.Correspondence with Captain S.P. Oliver on the subject of Halley's monument,...
Dates:
1862 - 1909
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 photographic spectroscope, 1885 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/42
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Troughton and Simms concerning the order, construction and testing of the photographic spectroscope, 1895-1901.Miscellaneous correspondence concerning the repair and replacement of spectroscopes, 1885-1895. The correspondents are J. Brashear, J. Browning, Messrs Harvey and Peak, E.W. Maunder and J. Simms.Memoranda concerning spectroscopes, 1886-1896: 1. Oxford Reversion Spectroscope; 2. Half Prism Spectroscope; 3. Suggestions with regard to the...
Dates:
1885 - 1904
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 Royal Astronomical Society, 1880 - 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/243
Scope and Contents
(1) Correspondence concerning Royal Astronomical Society Council business, 1900-1910Correspondence regarding the following subjects:Election of J. Glaisher as the Society's President, 1900.Recognition of Mr Tebbutt's work by H.H. Turner, 1904.Election of a Secretary, 1904.Correspondence concerning Cowell's attack on Sir George Airy's work, 1906.H.H. Turner's reflections in the 'Observatory' on the Royal Astronomical Society Council,...
Dates:
1880 - 1915
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 Royal Astronomical Society, 1883 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/244
Scope and Contents
(1) Reviews of Royal Astronomical Society papers, 1895-1906Review of Mr Thackeray's paper on Polaris by H.H. Turner, 1895.Review of D. Gill and Mr Jacoby's 'Errors of Cape Reseau Gaulier No 8' by Christie, 1896.Review of Gill's instrument for measuring astro-photographic plates by Christie, 1898.Review of Rambout's Radcliffe observations of 1774-1838 by F.W. Dyson and Christie, 1900.Criticisms of the Greenwich sector diagrams of declination and...
Dates:
1883 - 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).
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Papers on the Royal Society, 1879 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/239
Scope and Contents
(1) Notices of Royal Society meetings, 1893-1909Notices of Royal Society meetings for the election of Council Officers, 1893-1909.Notice of an informal meeting to consider the claim of 'Physical and mathematical candidates for the Fellowship' and the office of President, 1900.Anniversary dinner notices, 1900-1901 and 1904-1909.Notice of the special meeting of the Council of the Royal Society, 1901.Committee recommendations on modifications in the six...
Dates:
1879 - 1910
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 Royal Society, 1889 - 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/240
Scope and Contents
(1) Papers concerning the granting of Royal Society MedalsW.J. Wharton's endorsement of S. Newcomb for the Copley Medal and Christie's approval of the award, 1889.List of S. Newcomb's principal astronomical papers, 1889.Statement by Christie in favour of S. Newcomb's claims for the Copley Medal, 1890.Further list of important papers by S. Newcomb, 1890.Christie's recommendation for a Royal Society Medal for A.W. Rücker, 1890.Acknowledgement...
Dates:
1889 - 1901
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 solar eclipse, 1897 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/198
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the solar eclipse seen in India on 22 January 1898:Photographs of the Sahdol camp, various instruments and the solar eclipse, 1898.Six copies of a map of central India showing the path and direction of totality, 1898. One map is annotated with the positions of manned stations.Two copies of a plan of the camp at Sahdol, a plan of the Astronomer Royal's observing hut, and a world map showing the eclipse parameter worldwide, 1898.Letter from...
Dates:
1897 - 1898
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 solar eclipse, 1904 - 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/202
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the solar eclipse of 30 August 1905, seen at Sfax, Tunisia:Correspondence with the Admiralty regarding expenses and advances in salary for the Astronomer Royal, F.W. Dyson and C. Davidson, 1905.Correspondence with the Admiralty concerning the use of the warship HMS 'Suffolk' for the conveyance of the eclipse party from Malta to Sfax, 1905, including the Astronomer Royal's report to the Admiralty on the expedition results.Correspondence with the...
Dates:
1904 - 1906
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 time balls, 1885 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/257
Scope and Contents
(1) Papers on time balls at various places, 1894-1910Correspondence and papers on the following subjects:Request by G.H. Hills to see the Greenwich time ball for guidance on the erection of a timeball at Chatham, answered by Christie, 1894.Letter of thanks for C.F. Close's visit to inspect the time ball, 1894.Arrangements for the fall of the Bremen time ball, reported by 'Normal Zeit' and acknowledged by F.W. Dyson, 1895.P. Stevens on the difference in...
Dates:
1885 - 1910
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 Transit Circle I, 1878 - 1923
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/31
Scope and Contents
Report by H.H. Turner on the inclination of the horizontal wire of the transit circle, 24 November 1890.Fifteen tables, one for each year, showing the monthly inclination of the horizontal wire of the transit circle, 1878-1892.Correspondence on the loan of an instrument from the City and Guilds Engineering College to determine the flexure of the transit circle, 1915.Correspondence with Troughton and Simms and with H.H. Turner concerning the difference between...
Dates:
1878 - 1923
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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Personal correspondence, 1888 - 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 54/1
Scope and Contents
Ellis's personal correspondence, including a letter sent by a French officer to Sir G.B. Airy regarding an enquiry on magnetic observations at Greenwich from 1576 to the present; a letter from Ellis to H.P. Hollis on the controversy over the discovery of Neptune, including reference to Airy, J. Challis, H.H. Turner, and an article in 'Nature' by 'W.E.P.'; a letter from Hollis providing information on the sidereal period of revolution of Venus, Jupiter and Saturn; Ellis's manuscript notes on...
Dates:
1888 - 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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Visitors' Books, 1877 - 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/265
Scope and Contents
Three books containing the signatures and addresses of visitors to the Royal Observatory and the dates of their visit:(1) Visitors' Book for 1877 to June 1897. The period from 1877 to 14 August 1881 is covered by two written sheets inside the front cover, compiled by H.H. Turner on 9 February 1886, and is the only record existing of these visitors. The book includes the signatures of the members of the Board of Visitors who were at the Royal Observatory for Visitation Day.(2)...
Dates:
1877 - 1951
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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