Jeffreys, Harold, Sir, 1891 - 1989 (Knight, geophysicist)
Person
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence of Robert Atkinson, 1946 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/635
Scope and Contents
Personal correspondence of Robert Atkinson with various organisations, including universities, observatories, periodicals and the Inspector of Taxes at Bexhill, regarding talks, lectures, minutes of meetings, circulars, articles and papers, and income tax, including the following items:Correspondence with the Admiralty regarding consultant work for Messrs Kelvin and Hughes, 1954.Correspondence with C.W. Allen, University of London Observatory, 1958.Correspondence with...
Dates:
1946 - 1963
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 with Harold Jeffreys, 1938 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/633
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between H. Spencer Jones and H. Jeffreys, St John's College, Cambridge, regarding the constant of nutation; the variation of latitude from international observations, with reference to material relating to Kimura in 'Proceedings of the Imperial Academy, Tokyo', Vol. 12 (1936), p. 115; and harmonic terms.
Dates:
1938 - 1939
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 with Harold Jeffreys, 1966-12-29 - 1967-01-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/422
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Sir Richard Woolley and Sir Harold Jeffreys regarding the variation of latitude, including comments by N.P.J. O'Hora of the Royal Greenwich Observatory on this subject with relation to Greenwich and Washington.
Dates:
1966-12-29 - 1967-01-11
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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General correspondence, H-P, 1929 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/15
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence:Correspondence with D.R. Hartree, 1929-1936, concerned mainly with calculating machines and their use for a mathematics department of a university.Correspondence with Major M. Hotine of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, 1935-1936, concerned principally with the reductions of star observations carried out by the Nautical Almanac Office.Correspondence with T.C. Hudson, 1927-1937, relating mainly to outside work undertaken by...
Dates:
1929 - 1941
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 Harold Jeffreys, 1966-05-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/414
Scope and Contents
A letter from Sir Harold Jeffreys of Cambridge to Sir Richard Woolley regarding the magnitude of a star given in the Whittaker and Robinson catalogue, but unidentified.
Dates:
1966-05-19
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 Harold Jeffreys, 1966-05-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/417
Scope and Contents
A letter from Sir Harold Jeffreys to Sir Richard Woolley regarding the debate over an example in the Whittaker and Robinson catalogue and its authenticity.
Dates:
1966-05-31
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 to Harold Jeffreys, 1966-05-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/415
Scope and Contents
A letter from Sir Richard Woolley to Sir Harold Jeffreys regarding the magnitude of a star given in the Whittaker and Robinson catalogue, but unidentified.
Dates:
1966-05-23
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 to Harold Jeffreys, 1965-05-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/416
Scope and Contents
A letter from Sir Richard Woolley to Sir Harold Jeffreys regarding an example in the Whittaker and Robinson catalogue which is not a star but an artefact, with two pages of notes.
Dates:
1965-05-27
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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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1945 - 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/551
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous letters, including correspondence with the Royal Air Force, Farnborough, concerning the astronomical calibration of cameras, 1946, and correspondence with Dr H. Jeffreys, 1945.
Dates:
1945 - 1946
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 National Committee for Astronomy, 1944 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/604
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding the International Astronomical Union's National Committee for Astronomy, including the following items:Agenda and minutes of meetings of various committees, including the National Committee for Astronomy and the Geodesy and Geophysics Committee, 1947.Correspondence with S. Chapman, W.H.M. Greaves, Professor L. Carnera, T.H. Tizard and the Royal Society regarding committee business, including visits abroad, travel allowances and other...
Dates:
1944 - 1947
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, 1951 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/527
Scope and Contents
Personal correspondence of H. Spencer Jones concerning meetings, lectures, accounts, visits and other subjects. The correspondents include E.N. da C. Andrade, A. Danjon, Sir Laurence Bragg, J. Bartels, Sir Alan Barlow, E. Burgess, Sir Edward Bollard, P. Bourgeois, I.S. Bowen, Sir John Cockroft, T.G. Cowling, S. Chapman, Sir Henry Dale, A. Einstein, R.F. Hesketh, Sir Claude Gibb, H.S. Jelstrup, Sir Harold Jeffreys, A. Kopff, W.H. Munk, F. Moreau, N.F. Mott, J.H. Oort, H. Quill, R.O. Redman,...
Dates:
1951 - 1956
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).