Evershed, John, 1864 - 1956 (astronomer)
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
File
Correspondence between J. Evershed and H.W. Newton concerning, mainly, aspects of Hydrogen Filters and Evershed's gift of solar instruments to the RGO, 1951 - 1954
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 64/101
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These records summarise work associated with solar observatories from 1834-1974. 1834 initiated 100 years of charts and graphs on solar activity indices (1834-1944) to be seen in the collection (file 93), notes on the solar axis (file 145) by H.W. Newton. From 1930-1963 a large collection of solar flare literature, reprints from many international sources were collected together (file 166- ). Diaries of the Solar Department for 1955, together with the Astronomer Royal's (H....
Dates:
1951 - 1954
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).
File
Correspondence on presents, 1935 - 1954
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/284
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related papers regarding presents made to the Royal Observatory, including letters regarding the presentation of a free pendulum clock by H.R. Fry; correspondence with M.E.H. Oppenheimer regarding the gift from the Oppenheimer Family of a 4-inch portable refracting telescope; and correspondence with J. Evershed regarding the gift of solar equipment.
Dates:
1935 - 1954
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).
File
Correspondence on spectrograph instruments, 1953
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/137
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding spectrograph instruments, including a list of solar instruments presented by John Evershed to the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
Dates:
1953
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).
File
Correspondence on spectroscopic equipment, 1944
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/90
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the spectroscopic equipment designed by John Evershed.
Dates:
1944
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).
Series
John Evershed: Papers and Photographic Plates, 1897 - 1950
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 72
Scope and Contents
A collection of 67 notebooks documenting Evershed's solar research, along with two boxes of related photographic plates.
Dates:
1897 - 1950
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).