Fallows, Fearon, c1788 - 1831 (astronomer)
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-09-02
Concerning tables and a plan of the observatory and giving news.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-10-10
Concerning a paper on eclipses, measurements of the height of Table Mountain, and his need for further instruments, and reporting on his activities and on the topography and geology of Cape Town.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-10-31
Concerning books and papers received, tables sent out, and a meteorological journal; requesting a Dollond repeating altitude and azimuth circle; and reporting on his activities at the Cape, which included collecting mineral specimens on Table Mountain.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-07-17
Informing him of the sudden departure of his assistant Mr Scully, who had left without giving notice after an incident of 'gross immoral conduct' with a young housemaid. Fallows requests that a suitably qualified person 'whose moral character is without stain or blemish' be sent as his replacement, and he recommends Mr Taylor of Greenwich for the position.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1823-06-20
Concerning his first catalogue of the principle fixed stars.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1823-09-01
Concerning tables and a plan of the observatory and giving news.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1824-04-04
Originally enclosing auxiliary tables; see [RGO 14/48: 151].
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1827-05-10
Enclosing a copy of a letter he had written to Sir Richard Plaskett of the Colonial Office and reporting on his activities at the Cape Observatory from 10 April to 10 May 1827.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1827-05-14
Concerning the acquisition of the land adjoining the Cape Observatory; includes a copy of a letter from Sir Richard Plaskett of the Colonial Office.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Sir John Barrow, 1821-09-05
Concerning the best location for the proposed Cape Observatory and including bearings of various points visited in Cape Town.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Sir John Barrow, 1823-01-07
Concerning a mistake in his previous report and mentioning that a moth had damaged his telescope, destroying the wires.
Note from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-10-21
Concerning a letter from Fearon Fallows at the Cape Observatory.
Note from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-05-16
Originally enclosing the extract of a letter from Fearon Fallows at [RGO 14/35: 458-459].
Note from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-06-05
Originally enclosing the letter from Fearon Fallows at [RGO 14/35: 461-462].
Note from John Croker to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-06-26
Concerning an application by Fearon Fallows to be supplied with instruments at the Cape Observatory.
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