Correspondence on instruments, 1853 - 1854
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on new techniques, requests for advice and new instruments. There are requests for transit circles from the Portuguese government, Upsala, Sweden, and Albany, U.S.A.; a description by Airy of the Greenwich transit circle; experiments with mercury and photography, including two early pictures of the Sun; improved sextants and clocks; a 'universal instrument'; and an account of the instruments used by the ancient Chinese astronomers. The correspondents include E. Dunkin, possibly I.K. Brunel, C. Pritchard, O.M. Mitchel, W. De La Rue, C.P. Smyth, M.J. Johnson, the Earl of Rosse and R.C. Carrington. There is also a photograph and drawings of an equatorial instrument.
Dates
- Creation: 1853 - 1854
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
L4/10
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:34:39+00:00
Subject
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer) (Person)
- Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, 1806 - 1859 (civil engineer) (Person)
- Carrington, Richard Christopher, 1826 - 1875 (astronomer) (Person)
- Dunkin, Edwin, 1821 - 1898 (astronomer) (Person)
- Johnson, Manuel John, 1805 - 1859 (astronomer) (Person)
- Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer) (Person)
- Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) (Person)
- Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819 - 1900 (astronomer) (Person)
- Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight, 1809 - 1862 (astronomer) (Person)
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