Papers on Neptune and the minor planets, 1848 - 1850
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Neptune and the minor planets Metis, Flora, Iris, Astraea, Hygiea, Parthenope, Victoria and Egeria, comprising circulars, ephemerides, notices of discoveries, observations and requests for information. The material on Neptune includes U.J.J. Le Verrier's accounts of its discovery in French scientific journals, American research on Neptune, newspaper accounts and letters from J.C. Adams. The contributors include A. Graham, N.R. Pogson, E.J. Cooper, G. Capocci, J. Challis, G.S.G. Santini, J.F.W. Herschel, T. Chevallier, W. Lassell, R.C. Carrington, J.R. Hind and G. Rümker.
Dates
- Creation: 1848 - 1850
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
L1/27
Finding aid date
2006-01-03 10:58:41+00:00
Subject
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer) (Person)
- Carrington, Richard Christopher, 1826 - 1875 (astronomer) (Person)
- Chevallier, Temple, 1794 - 1873 (astronomer) (Person)
- Cooper, Edward Joshua, 1798 - 1863 (landowner and astronomer) (Person)
- Graham, Andrew, 1815 - 1908 (astronomer) (Person)
- Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer) (Person)
- Lassell, William, 1799 - 1880 (astronomer) (Person)
- Pogson, Norman Robert, 1829 - 1891 (astronomer) (Person)
- Rümker, George Friedrich Wilhem, 1832 - 1900 (astronomer) (Person)
- Santini, Giovanni, 1787 - 1877 (astronomer) (Person)
- Gasparis, Annibale de, 1819 - 1892 (astronomer) (Person)
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