Correspondence on the Southern Durchmusterung, 1879 - 1890
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of David Gill with various individuals regarding work on the Southern Durchmusterung, divided into sections by correspondent:
Professor J.C. Adams, Cambridge, 13 March 1888.
Dr A. Auwers, Berlin, 9 May - 1 June 1887.
A.A. Common, Ealing, 20 June 1887 - 7 July 1899.
Thomas Dollmeyer, London, 21 November 1882 - 9 November 1887.
T. and P. Henry, Paris, 13 February - 20 May 1885.
M.L. and W. Huggins, London, 22 January 1883 - 25 September 1889, including a pamphlet by W. Huggins entitled 'The Solar Corona'.
James Nasmyth, Kent, 21 January 1885 - January 1886.
Schonfeld, Bonn, 23 August 1888.
G.G. Stokes, President of the Royal Society, 18 March 1886 - 6 March 1889.
Otto Struve, Pulkova, 23 May 1887.
Professor O.P. Todd, Lawrence Observatory, Massachusetts, 9 June 1885.
C.R. Woods, London, 1884 - 11 May 1887.
[T.] Wesley, London. 21 January 1885 - 16 September 1886.
Dates
- Creation: 1879 - 1890
Creator
- From the Series: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope (Organization)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
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Finding aid date
2006-08-07 11:33:46+00:00
Subject
- Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer) (Person)
- Auwers, Arthur Julius Georg Friedrich von, 1838 - 1915 (astronomer) (Person)
- Gill, David, Sir, 1843 - 1914 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Huggins, William, Sir, 1824 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Nasmyth, James, 1808 - 1890 (engineer) (Person)
- Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist) (Person)
- Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer) (Person)
- Common, Andrew Ainslie, 1841 - 1903 (astronomer and astronomical photographer) (Person)
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