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Twenty-six letters, chiefly sent by Fallows at Cape Town, reporting on the establishment of the Cape Observatory and on his activities there. The series also includes a catalogue of fixed stars, an auxiliary table, and two copies of observations for the summer solstice of 1823.

Scope and Contents Minutes of Board of Longitude meetings regarding, among other matters, tables devised by José Mendoza de Ríos; correspondence with John Crosley (the astronomer with the expedition to New South Wales); a claim for a reward for Charles Mason's work on lunar tables; a report on the Arnold and Earnshaw chronometers going on the voyage of Captain Matthew Flinders; grants and awards to chronometer-makers; the observations of Nathaniel Bliss when he was Astronomer Royal; models of watch escapements...

Scope and Contents Minutes of Board of Longitude meetings regarding, among other matters, experiments to discover the longitude of Falmouth; instruments required by Fearon Fallows at the Cape of Good Hope; Sir Humphrey Davy's suggestion of publishing a catalogue of double stars by John Herschel and Sir James South; Johann Tiarks's trip to Heligoland to discover the longitude of the island and its relative position to both the coast of Germany and Greenwich; the purchase of a 14-foot reflecting telescope for...

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Forwarding a letter from Fearon Fallows at Cape Town to the Board of Longitude.

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Concerning his first catalogue of the principle fixed stars and remarks upon it.

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Six letters and a copy of an account for instruments supplied.

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Twenty-six letters, chiefly sent by Fallows at Cape Town, reporting on the establishment of the Cape Observatory and on his activities there. The series also includes a catalogue of fixed stars, an auxiliary table, and two copies of observations for the summer solstice of 1823.

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence, notes and computations in sixteen sections:(1) (i) Lists of papers; (ii) a note on the transmission of papers to R. Sheepshanks; (iii) a list of papers belonging to F. Fallows, written by Samuel Johnson, 20 June 1835; and (iv) a letter to G.B. Airy from T. Henderson regarding the reduction of Fallows's observations.(2) Correspondence with G.B. Airy, 12 December 1845 - 29 October 1849, regarding the printing and reduction of F. Fallows's...

Scope and Contents Correspondence of F. Fallows and S. Henderson during their respective periods as Cape Astronomer. The letters deal mainly with the initial establishment of the Observatory, its daily running, instructions from the Lords Commissioners on work to be conducted, and information on the provision of instruments. The correspondence includes the following items:A letter from the Lords Commissioners appointing Fallows as Cape Astronomer, 26 October 1820.A letter from T. Young,...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and some related papers regarding different aspects of the work and the instruments at the Cape Observatory, together with the Cape Survey, divided into five sections:N1. Cape Observations, General:Official Instructions to the Cape Astronomer, containing letters of instruction to F. Fallows and T. Maclear.Observations of Mauvais' Comet by Maclear at the Cape of Good Hope, August-October 1844.General correspondence with Maclear, including letters...

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Concerning his request for instruments and his meteorological journal, and providing measurements of the height of Table Mountain.

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Two letters from Fallows to John Barrow, and two related notes from Barrow to Dr Young.

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Requesting stationary, copy books and copies of papers by Professor Woodhouse on Dollond's transit instrument.

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A printed edition of the 'Royal Astronomical Society Memoirs', Volume 19, 'Fallows's Cape Observations'.

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Concerning a letter received from Fearon Fallows at the Cape of Good Hope.

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Three letters.

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Three letters.

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Letter eulogising Sir William Herschel. It also mentions Fallows's ill health, the progress of the Cape Observatory, the merits of various instruments, and attempts to locate a comet. People mentioned include J.R. Young, Sir William Herschel, Mr Colebroke, Captain B. Hall, Baron de Lack, W. Pearson and Captain Colby.

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Concerning problems encountered in establishing the Cape Observatory including damaged instruments and an outbreak of scarlet fever. Fallows also requests a list of right ascensions as published in the 'Nautical Almanac'. People mentioned include [J. or E. Troughton], G. Dolland, Captains Ronald and Beaufort.

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Two letters from Fallows to John Barrow, and two related notes from Barrow to Dr Young.

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Concerning instruments ordered for Mr Fallows and enquiring about a dipping needle.

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Enquiring about when the ship would be ready to sail to the Cape of Good Hope to transmit his instruments to Fearon Fallows.

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Concerning the building of the Cape Observatory.

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Concerning instruments for the Cape Observatory.

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Concerning a catalogue of the positions of 273 fixed stars from Mr Fallows of the Cape Observatory.