Observations, tables and notes, 1742 - 1758
Scope and Contents
Various loose papers, including:
1. Bradley's table of the aberration of certain fixed stars, 1746-1753.
2. Adjustments made to the telescope, 18 July 1745.
3. Observations made of Wanstead Tower and St Paul's Cathedral, 1746.
4. Various calculations, some for the period 1689-1691.
5. Calculations written on a Royal Society invitation to Bradley, 20 June 1757.
6. A table of observations of the Moon in Gemini made with the New Quadrant, 1753-1756.
7. Tables and observations relating to the quadrant, 1745-1746.
8. Tables relating to the transit telescope, 1743.
9. Papers referring to the occultation of Jupiter, 6 June 1744, as also observed at Oxford and Sherbourne. There are also observations of Jupiter and Mercury, 1743-1749.
10. Notes establishing the index from the quadrant, 1745-1753.
11. Calculations and tables to ascertain the zenith from the Old and New Quadrants, 1746-1753. One calculation is made on an invitation from the Royal Society, 22 November 1753.
12. Collimation error of the quadrant, 1742-1752.
13. Chart relating to the position of unknown stars.
14. Errors of the planes of the quadrant at various times between 1742 and 1745; a bound copy of 'Comparisons between the arc of the sector and Quadrants'; and diagrams and equations, 1750-1758.
15. Errors and rates of clocks, 1743-1748, with part of a letter concerning the building of an observatory.
16. Various data relating to adjustments taken on the quadrant, with a separate sheet of algebra.
17. Observations with the zenith sector, 1749-1758.
Dates
- Creation: 1742 - 1758
Creator
- From the Series: Bradley, James, 1692 - 1762 (astronomer) (Person)
- From the Series: Bliss, Nathaniel, 1700 - 1764 (astronomer) (Person)
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Extent
7 folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
A1/203
Finding aid date
2005-11-02 10:28:06+00:00
Subject
- Royal Society (Organization)
Geographic
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