Correspondence on observatories, 1834 - 1847
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and requests for advice relating primarily to the establishment of observatories in various localities, including in North America. There are also letters concerning University Chairs and correspondence with the Treasury on financial matters. The correspondents include the Duke of Northumberland, M.J. Johnson, S.H. Christie, R. Sheepshanks, Sir T.M. Brisbane, W.S. Stratford, W.H.C. Bartlett, J. Glaisher, J.P. Nichol, J.W. Lubbuck, J.Q. Adams, J.M. Gillis, J.D. Forbes, C.P. Smyth, W.H. Smyth, J. Pennington, G. Bishop, J.R. Hind, Lord Wrottesley, W.R. Dawes and T. Maclear. The letters include some correspondence relating to J.Q. Adams, former President of the United States. The volume also includes articles from 'The Boston Courier' and 'The Guinea Times'.
Dates
- 1834 - 1847
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
K1/1
Finding aid date
2006-01-04 09:26:03+00:00
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767 - 1848 (President of the United States)
- Astronomical observatories
- Bishop, George, 1785 - 1861 (astronomer)
- Christie, Samuel Hunter, 1784 - 1865 (mathematician)
- Dawes, William Rutter, 1799 - 1868 (astronomer)
- Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher)
- Glaisher, James, 1809 - 1903 (astronomer)
- Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer)
- Johnson, Manuel John, 1805 - 1859 (astronomer)
- Lubbock, John William, Sir, 1803 - 1865 (3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker)
- Maclear, Thomas, Sir, 1794 - 1879 (Knight, astronomer)
- Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (astronomer)
- Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819 - 1900 (astronomer)
- Stratford, William Samuel, ?1791 - 1853 (naval officer and astronomer)
- Treasury
- Wrottesley, John, 1798 - 1867 (2nd Baron Wrottesley, landowner and astronomer)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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