Schuster, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1934 (Knight, physicist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1851 - 1934
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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Arthur Schuster, 1890 - 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 96/16/3-4
Scope and Contents
Printed photograph and biography.
Dates:
1890 - 1934
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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Correspondence on loans and gifts, 1891 - 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/211
Scope and Contents
(1) General correspondence, 1891-19051891: E.P. Sealey's request for a transit of Venus negative.1892: Lane and Oscar's request to be allowed to buy photographs; W. Brookes on matter required for a photographic talk; E.P. Ridley on apparatus for a spectrum experiments; and A. Berry and J.R. Clapham's request for solar positions.1893: Correspondence with A.A. Common and the Royal Astronomical Society regarding photographs for the World Fair in Chicago; D. Riordan's...
Dates:
1891 - 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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Letter from J.C. Maxwell to Arthur Schuster, 3 May 1876 (SLP 600)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS.Add.7655/II/111
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A principal series of scientific correspondence, drafts and notes totalling 242 items, letters written to J.C. Maxwell from many scientists and institutions of Maxwell's day dating from his early days at Cambridge University until the day of his death.
Dates:
3 May 1876 (SLP 600)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
RESTRICTED - Use Microfilms CMO5028-CMO5042. List in catalogue
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Letter from J.C. Maxwell to Arthur Schuster, 2 Dec. 1875 (SLP 577)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS.Add.7655/II/101
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A principal series of scientific correspondence, drafts and notes totalling 242 items, letters written to J.C. Maxwell from many scientists and institutions of Maxwell's day dating from his early days at Cambridge University until the day of his death.
Dates:
2 Dec. 1875 (SLP 577)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
RESTRICTED - Use Microfilms CMO5028-CMO5042. List in catalogue
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Letter from J.C. Maxwell to [Arthur Schuster], 15 Dec. 1875 (SLP 578)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS.Add.7655/II/103
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A principal series of scientific correspondence, drafts and notes totalling 242 items, letters written to J.C. Maxwell from many scientists and institutions of Maxwell's day dating from his early days at Cambridge University until the day of his death.
Dates:
15 Dec. 1875 (SLP 578)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
RESTRICTED - Use Microfilms CMO5028-CMO5042. List in catalogue
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Papers on instruments, 1884 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/164
Scope and Contents
Papers concerning instruments not held by the Royal Observatory:Extract from 'Engineering', 16 December 1887, describing various telescopes by Grubb.Correspondence concerning telescopes and other instruments, 1888, including the Army and Navy Stores asking for the verification of a sextant; the Horological Institute seeking the verification of a transit circle; Baron Rothschild asking for Royal Observatory staff to go to York to oversee a telescope being constructed; F.H....
Dates:
1884 - 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 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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