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Correspondence on reductions of Bradley's observations, 1864 - 1871

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/761
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Correspondence regarding H. Breen's reductions of the observations made by James Bradley at the Royal Observatory during the years 1743-1750. The volume includes H. Breen's wage receipts; reports on the state of the calculations; and 'Work Book (2)' of G W. Farrcourt, assistant to H. Breen. There is also related correspondence with the Admiralty, J.C. Adams and R. Main.

Dates: 1864 - 1871
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 on visitor admissions, 1855 - 1860

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/708
Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding admissions to visit the Royal Observatory. The volume is divided broadly into requests from the Admiralty to visit the Royal Observatory, introductions on behalf of visitors, personal requests to visit the Observatory, questionnaires for visitors, and instructions to assistants to receive visitors. The correspondents include J. Washington, J. Field, W.H. Sykes, J.W. Lubbock, B.A. Gould, J.C. Adams, J.R. Hind, J.E. Grey, J.A. Brown, J.D. Forbes, R. Fitzroy, J....
Dates: 1855 - 1860
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 on visitor admissions, 1866 - 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/710
Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding admissions to visit the Royal Observatory. The volume is divided broadly into requests by the Admiralty to visit the Royal Observatory, introductions on behalf of visitors, and personal requests to visit the Observatory. The correspondents include H.C.G.G. Lennox, G.H. Richards, F.J.O. Evans, R. Hall, J. Winlock, B.A. Gould, R. Grant, E.J. Stone, A.A. de la Rive, C.T. Bright, J.W. Lubbock, J.C. Adams, E.J. Routh, J. Glaisher, W. De La Rue, W. Farr, the Earl of Rosse,...
Dates: 1866 - 1872
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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Glaisher, James, 1809 - 1903 (astronomer) 2
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer) 2
Lubbock, John William, Sir, 1803 - 1865 (3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker) 2
Quetelet, Lambert (Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist) 2
Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer) 2
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Spottiswoode, William, 1825 - 1883 (mathematician and physicist) 2
Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812 - 1882 (electrical engineer) 2
Bradley, James, 1692 - 1762 (astronomer) 1
Breen, Hugh, 1824 (astronomer) 1
Challis, James, 1803 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) 1
Delaunay, Charles (Eugène (1816-1872) astronomer and mathematician) 1
Draper, John William, 1811 - 1882 (chemist and historian) 1
Dunkin, Edwin, 1821 - 1898 (astronomer) 1
Evans, Frederick John Owen, 1815 - 1885 (hydrographer) 1
Everest, George, Sir, 1790 - 1866 (Knight, military engineer) 1
Fitzroy, Robert, 1805 - 1865 (hydrographer and meteorologist) 1
Grant, Robert, 1814 - 1892 (astronomer) 1
Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer) 1
Huggins, William, Sir, 1824 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer) 1
Lee, John, 1783 - 1866 (antiquary and astronomer) 1
Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797 - 1875 (1st Baronet, geologist) 1
Main, Robert, 1808 - 1878 (astronomer) 1
Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight, 1809 - 1862 (astronomer) 1
Oppolzer, Theodor Egon Ritter von, 1841 - 1886 (astronomer) 1
Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer) 1
Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) 1
Richards, George Henry, Sir, 1820 - 1896 (Knight, naval officer and hydrographer) 1
Robinson, John Thomas Romney, 1792 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) 1
Routh, Edward John, 1831 - 1907 (mathematician) 1
Secchi, Pietro Angelo, 1818 - 1878 (astronomer) 1
Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary) 1
Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist) 1
Stone, Edward James, 1831 - 1897 (astronomer) 1
Vignoles, Charles Blacker, 1793 - 1875 (civil engineer) 1
Washington, John, 1800 - 1863 (Rear Admiral, hydrographer) 1
Wrottesley, John, 1798 - 1867 (2nd Baron Wrottesley, landowner and astronomer) 1
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