Letters from observatories, 1849
Scope and Contents
Letters from various observatories on filling vacancies, requests for information and for advice on instruments, and the formation of new observatories. The correspondents include J.R. Hind, C. Pasley, T. Maclear (a testimonial), J. Challis, W.S. Jacob, R. Sheepshanks, C.P. Smyth, G. Fisher, C. Pritchard, O.M. Mitchel, Captain P.P. King, Sir J.F.W. Herschel, W.R. Dawes and J.P. Nichol. There are communications with J.D. Forbes on the possibility of time balls at Edinburgh; reports by the Visitors to the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and to Liverpool Observatory; two pictures of the Georgetown Observatory, with a list of instruments; and an American cheque for £63 for a chronometer.
Dates
- Creation: 1849
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
K1/3
Finding aid date
2006-01-04 09:26:07+00:00
Subject
- Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (astronomer) (Person)
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Challis, James, 1803 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) (Person)
- Dawes, William Rutter, 1799 - 1868 (astronomer) (Person)
- Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher) (Person)
- Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer) (Person)
- Maclear, Thomas, Sir, 1794 - 1879 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) (Person)
- Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819 - 1900 (astronomer) (Person)
- Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (Organization)
- Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight, 1809 - 1862 (astronomer) (Person)
- Fisher, George, 1794 - 1873 (astronomer) (Person)
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