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Observations, tables and notes, 1742 - 1758

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 3/32

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

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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

Includes index.

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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