Letters from observatories, 1880 - 1890
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, with enclosed testimonials; the foundation of a new observatory in Hong Kong; work at Indian observatories; covering letters to reports; and observatory reports. The correspondents include J.L.E. Dreyer, E.J. Stone, C. Pritchard, Earl Rosse, Sir H. Thompson, E.J. Cooper, W. Spottiswoode, L. Mallet, N.R. Pogson, T.H. Huxley, E. Dunkin, O. Struve, G.G. Stokes, Earl Portsmouth, R.S. Churchill, Earl Kimberley, J.C. Adams, J.T.R. Robinson, H. Merivale, J.S. Holden, E.W. Maunder, G.M. Whipple, C. Meldrum, A.E.B. Mouchez and W. White. The correspondence is primarily with W.H.M. Christie, but also includes a few of Airy's letters. There is also a photograph of the Moon and pieces from 'The Oxford University Gazette', 'Madras Mail', 'China Mail', 'Daily Press' and 'L'Electricite'.
Dates
- Creation: 1880 - 1890
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
2 archive box(es) (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
K1/17
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 10:05:56+00:00
Subject
- Christie, William Henry Mahoney, Sir, 1845 - 1922 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Maunder, Edward Walter, 1851 - 1928 (astronomer) (Person)
- University of Oxford (Organization)
- Stone, Edward James, 1831 - 1897 (astronomer) (Person)
- Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer) (Person)
- Cooper, Edward Joshua, 1798 - 1863 (landowner and astronomer) (Person)
- Dunkin, Edwin, 1821 - 1898 (astronomer) (Person)
- Merivale, Herman, 1806 - 1874 (civil servant) (Person)
- Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer) (Person)
- Pogson, Norman Robert, 1829 - 1891 (astronomer) (Person)
- Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) (Person)
- Robinson, John Thomas Romney, 1792 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) (Person)
- Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist) (Person)
- Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer) (Person)
- Spottiswoode, William, 1825 - 1883 (mathematician and physicist) (Person)
- Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825 - 1895 (scientist) (Person)
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