Dinwoodie, Cameron, 1903 - 1979 (astronomer)
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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Comet P/Gale 1927 VI (= 1938 I), 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/192
Scope and Contents
'Comet P/Gale 1927 VI (= 1938 I)', a draft paper by Cameron Dinwoodie, including handwritten annotations by the author and an acknowledgement to Porter.
Dates:
1957
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 concerning Cameroon Dinwoodie, 1952 - 1979
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/23
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Cameron Dinwoodie on many topics concerning the British Astronomical Association Computing Section, including the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn; the application of electronic computers to the calculation of planetary ephemerides; lunar and solar eclipse and lunar occultation calculations; the B.A.A. Handbook and the material to be used therein; the policy of the Computing Section and the division of the work amongst the computers; and the conferral of the Freedom of...
Dates:
1952 - 1979
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 Robert Knight, 1972-03-20 - 1980-10-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/46
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Robert Knight concerned principally with calculations of the orbits of the satellites of Saturn, but also mentioning conjunctions and eclipses of these satellites; the Revd Cameron Dinwoodie and Brian Marsden; and older methods of calculation using tables, comparing these with the modern use of programmable scientific electronic calculators.
Dates:
1972-03-20 - 1980-10-23
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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Letters from Douglas Cooke, 1963-07-11 - 1963-10-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/16
Scope and Contents
A letter from Douglas Cooke to Porter, 10 October 1963, regarding the eclipse of Iapetus on 17 October 1963 and the mutual phenomena of Jupiter, with two related letters from Cooke to the Revd Dinwoodie, 11 July and 7 August 1963.
Dates:
1963-07-11 - 1963-10-10
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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Letters from Michael Kamieński, 1961 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/42
Scope and Contents
Letters and a postcard from Michael Kamieński, Polish Academy of Sciences, requesting the 'Catalogue of Cometary Orbits 1960' and acknowledgement its receipt, with a list of Kamieński's work on comets during 1961-1963. There is also a letter from Kamieński to the Revd Dinwoodie, 18 March 1963, which mentions a reference made to Kamieński's work by Porter in the 'Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society', a copy of which is included, and also refers to the historic returns of Halley's...
Dates:
1961 - 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).