Correspondence on solar eclipse expeditions, 1870 - 1871
Scope and Contents
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 instructions on what to observe. There is also an article in 'Nature'; maps of the path of the eclipse across Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algiers, Tunisia, Italy, Greece and Turkey; a map of Southern Europe; and two maps of Southern Spain and Sicily.
Dates
- 1870 - 1871
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
L3/21
Finding aid date
2006-01-04 09:25:43+00:00
- Admiralty
- Carrington, Richard Christopher, 1826 - 1875 (astronomer)
- Huggins, William, Sir, 1824 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer)
- India Office
- Lassell, William, 1799 - 1880 (astronomer)
- Lockyer, Joseph Norman, Sir, 1836 - 1920 (Knight, astronomer)
- Merivale, Herman, 1806 - 1874 (civil servant)
- Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer)
- Richards, George Henry, Sir, 1820 - 1896 (Knight, naval officer and hydrographer)
- Royal Astronomical Society
- Royal Society
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist)
- Sicily
- Spain
- Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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