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Correspondence on instruments, 1853 - 1854
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/166
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on new techniques, requests for advice and new instruments. There are requests for transit circles from the Portuguese government, Upsala, Sweden, and Albany, U.S.A.; a description by Airy of the Greenwich transit circle; experiments with mercury and photography, including two early pictures of the Sun; improved sextants and clocks; a 'universal instrument'; and an account of the instruments used by the ancient Chinese astronomers. The correspondents include E. Dunkin,...
Dates:
1853 - 1854
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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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Correspondence on solar eclipse expeditions, 1870 - 1871
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/131
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Correspondence for the preparation of expeditions to Spain and Sicily to observe the total solar eclipse, 21-22 December 1870. The correspondence with the Royal Society, Royal Astronomical Society, the Admiralty and the India Office includes letters from R.C. Carrington, G.G. Stokes, Sir J.N. Lockyer, A.C. Ranyard, W. Lassell, W. De La Rue, W. Huggins, C. Pritchard, Sir E. Sabine, Admiral G.H. Richards and H. Merivale. There are lists for those participating, the expeditions' accounts and...
Dates:
1870 - 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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Letters from observatories, 1861 - 1865
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/148
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies at Sydney; requests for new instruments from Madras and other places; and the possible establishment of new observatories at Bristol and other locations. The correspondents include C.P. Smyth, J.C. Adams, R. Grant, N.R. Pogson, R.L.J. Ellery, O. Struve, W. De La Rue, F.A.T. Winnecke, Sir F. Galton, R.C. Carrington, A. de Morgan, J.C. Maxwell and T. Maclear. There is also a photograph of Fletcher's Observatory;...
Dates:
1861 - 1865
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 astronomical papers, 1853 - 1855
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/249
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Miscellaneous papers concerning astronomical matters, including letters from I.K. Brunel, the Revd Pritchard, and Lord Rosse. The subjects covered include diagrams of the Moon, in a copy of the 'Penny Magazine'; a telescopic view of 'Jupiter and her satellites' from 'The Illustrated London News'; W. De La Rue's diagrams of Saturn; correspondence with I.K. Brunel about floating observatories and the grant for the Hydrographical Department; an extract from the 'Brussels Herald' on solar spots;...
Dates:
1853 - 1855
Conditions Governing Access:
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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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Miscellaneous astronomical papers, 1857 - 1858
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/251
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Miscellaneous papers concerning astronomical matters, including letters from Sir J.F.W. Herschel, J. Challis, R.C. Carrington, F.A.T. Winnecke, W. De La Rue and A. de Morgan. The subjects covered include a diagram of the distribution of solar spots; a newspaper cutting from the 'Panama Star and Herald' on Jones' observations of the zodiacal light; a diagram of a bright spot on the unilluminated Moon; charts on the occultations of the Pleiades, 1857-1859; letters on ancient eclipses; a...
Dates:
1857 - 1858
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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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Miscellaneous astronomical papers, 1859 - 1860
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/252
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous papers concerning astronomical matters, including letters from U.J.J. Le Verrier, W. De La Rue, R.C. Carrington, J.R. Hind, A. de Morgan and Dr C. Bruhns. The subjects covered include U.J.J. Le Verrier's solar theory; letters from the Paris Imperial Observatory on the intensity of the light of the Sun; a paper from H.A.E.A. Fayé on the proper motion of the Solar System; a printed letter from J. Davidson on the Moon's rotatory motion; observations of projections of stars on the...
Dates:
1859 - 1860
Conditions Governing Access:
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Papers on a total solar eclipse, 1860 - 1863
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/123
Scope and Contents
The first part of a series on the expedition on board HMS 'Himalaya' to observe the total solar eclipse in Spain on 18 July 1860. The early part of the papers deals with the preparations for observing the eclipse and official business with the French and Spanish governments and Lord Cowley. This is followed by lists of the observers of the eclipse, their preparations and their observations, with an extensive amount of letters by J.C. Adams, R.C. Carrington, T. Chevallier, C. Brenniker, A....
Dates:
1860 - 1863
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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