Fallows, Fearon, c1788 - 1831 (astronomer)
Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1828-06-06
Concerning a letter from Fearon Fallows requesting stationary, copy books and copies of papers; see [RGO 14/48: 77].
Letter from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-10-10
Concerning Fallows' catalogue of the principle fixed stars.
Letter from John Croker to Dr Young, 1822-10-14
Concerning a letter from Fearon Fallows at the Cape Observatory.
Letter from Patrick Scully to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-08-08
Writing on behalf of Fearon Fallows who was ill, giving news of their activity at Cape Town, of the site of the new observatory, of the difficult conditions in which they had to work, and of the safe arrival of a telescope by Dollond.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows, 1821-03-24
Concerning tools and instruments for the Cape Observatory.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows, 1821-02-26
Concerning a candidate for the position of labourer at the Cape Observatory (named Mr Laurence); his own work on tables; and the plan of the observatory.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows, 1821
Concerning a second applicant for the position of labourer at the Cape Observatory.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows, 1827-04-20
Reporting on his activities at the Cape Observatory since 10 March 1827.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-06-13
Concerning books and papers sent for the Cape Observatory, requesting a better clock, and giving news of the establishment of the observatory.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-03-06
Reporting on his activities concerning the establishment of the Cape Observatory.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-06-18
Concerning his catalogue [of fixed stars].
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, 1824-01-03
Concerning the production of new copies of his catalogue and papers (as a case of his papers had been lost in transit), and giving news received of Captain Parry.
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.
Letter from Thomas Maclear (RO, Cape of Good Hope) to Francis Baily, 25 October 1835
Concerning the publication of Cape observations by Fallows and Maclear; the accuracy of the transit clock; the expansion of the Cape Observatory; observations of Halley's Comet, 1-24 September 1835; C. Piazzi Smyth's suitability as an assistant; and Brisbane’s Cape Catalogue. The people mentioned include G.B. Airy, R. Sheepshanks, Captain Beaufort, W.G. Grey, F. Fallows, Sir John Herschel and C. Piazzi Smyth.
Letters to Francis Baily, 1828 - 1843
Correspondence comprised predominantly of letters from T. Maclear or F. Fallows to F. Baily:
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