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Letters from observatories, 1860 - 1863
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/147
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, new equipment and the new observatory at Williamstown, Victoria. The correspondents include C. Todd, R.C. Carrington, J. Challis, C.P. Smyth, R. Grant, W. Lassell, N.R. Pogson, J.M. Gillis, W.S. Jacobs and R.L.J. Ellery. There is also a report on the Glasgow Observatory by R. Grant; a report on the Liverpool Observatory by J. Hartrup; a Spanish account by R.R. de Sousa Pinto on the Madrid, Paris, Brussels and...
Dates:
1860 - 1863
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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 of solar eclipse, 1858
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/120
Scope and Contents
Papers concerning the annular solar eclipse of 14-15 March 1858. The volume consists of briefings, preparations, suggestions and material for observing the eclipse, sent to astronomers such as J. Challis, W. De La Rue, R. Grant and S. Alexander, as well as numerous amateurs and Airy's assistants. J.R. Hind computed local times for the Sun's transit at 362 towns, and there is a printed piece by A. Brown. There are six photographs of the eclipse, one by W. Sherlock; a strip of nitrated...
Dates:
1858
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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