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Correspondence on magnetism and photography, 1862 - 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/681
Scope and Contents Correspondence and related papers concerning magnetic instruments and photographic registration. The correspondents include H.E. Roscoe, B. Steward, G. Forbes, H. James, W. De La Rue, B.A. Gould, L.M. Rutherford and C. Brooke. The papers include vertical and horizontal section plans of the Horizontal Force and Declination Photographic Apparatus; a paper by J.D. Forbes titled 'An account of two artificial hemispheres representing graphically the distribution of temperature and magnetism from...
Dates: 1862 - 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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Miscellaneous scientific papers, 1873 - 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/487
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous scientific correspondence and papers, including correspondence on the tensile strength of metals; A.R. Clarke on the elasticity of brass; W. De La Rue on the stratified discharge of electricity; drawings of electrical appliances; a paper titled 'the Great Lighting Inductorium'; R. Owen's paper on fossil reptilia of South Africa; a paper by the Eastbourne Natural History Society 'on the sinking of the South Coast of England'; W. Ackland's views on the training of opticians;...
Dates: 1873 - 1875
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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Miscellaneous scientific papers, 1871 - 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/483
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence and works on scientific matters, including papers of the Chemical Association of the British Association; reports on the northern telegraph from the 'South Australian Register'; a government report on Post Office telegraphs; a piece by G. Forbes from 'Nature' on the observatory at Mount Vesuvius; a piece by E.C. Garbett from 'Nature' on volcanoes in Southern France; plans for a water telescope; 'the angles of incidence and reflection' by P.J. Brine; various...
Dates: 1871 - 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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Papers on telegraphs, 1863 - 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/479
Scope and Contents Papers on scientific matters relating principally to telegraphs, including descriptions of the Bessemer Process; articles from the 'Reader and the Scientific Review' by W.F. Cooke on the invention of the electric telegraph; papers on galvanic currents by C. Brooke; 'The Telegrapher' on a constant galvanic battery; tests by J.C. Clark on submarine cables; 'Atlantic Telescopes' by W.R. Grove; alterations of a transit level by an earthquake; trials of navy telescopes; spectrum apparatus used at...
Dates: 1863 - 1868
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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Transactions with the Royal Society, 1870 - 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/396
Scope and Contents Papers relating to transactions with the Royal Society, including correspondence with its members. The material includes E. Sabine and Airy's resignations from the presidency of the Royal Society; papers on the roles of the Royal Society Club and the Philosophical Club; works on meteorology; a report on the Kew Observatory; pendulum observations; a paper on the temperature of the human body; Airy's address to the Royal Society; 'The Spiritualist', 15 February 1872, including an article on...
Dates: 1870 - 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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Huggins, William, Sir, 1824 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer) 4
Roscoe, Harry Enfield, Sir, 1833 - 1915 (Knight, chemist and university administrator) 3
Spottiswoode, William, 1825 - 1883 (mathematician and physicist) 3
Chance, James Timmins, Sir, 1814 - 1902 (Knight, industrialist and lighthouse engineer) 2
Clarke, Alexander Ross, 1828 - 1914 (Fellow of Royal Society) 2
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Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher) 2
Routh, Edward John, 1831 - 1907 (mathematician) 2
Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist) 2
Tyndall, John, 1820 - 1893 (natural philosopher) 2
British Association for the Advancement of Science 1
Challis, James, 1803 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) 1
Christie, William Henry Mahoney, Sir, 1845 - 1922 (Knight, astronomer) 1
Dundas, Richard Saunders, Sir, 1802 - 1861 (Knight, Vice Admiral) 1
Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789 - 1874 (1st Baronet, engineer) 1
Galton, Francis, Sir, 1822 - 1911 (Knight, eugenicist) 1
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer) 1
Littrow, Jospeh Johann von, 1781 - 1840 (astronomer and mathematician) 1
Lubbock, John William, Sir, 1803 - 1865 (3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker) 1
Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797 - 1875 (1st Baronet, geologist) 1
Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician) 1
Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer) 1
Post Office 1
Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) 1
Royal Observatory, Kew 1
Royal Society 1
Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) 1
Secchi, Pietro Angelo, 1818 - 1878 (astronomer) 1
Siemens, Charles William, Sir, 1823 - 1883 (Knight, metallurgist and electrical engineer) 1
Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary) 1
Stone, Edward James, 1831 - 1897 (astronomer) 1
Varley, Cromwell Fleetwood, 1828 - 1883 (electrical engineer) 1
Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812 - 1882 (electrical engineer) 1
Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802 - 1875 (Knight, developer of telegraphy) 1
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