Astronomical methods, 1851 - 1859
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous astronomical methods concerned primarily with the altazimuth and equatorial telescopes and the construction of piers for the transit circle, and mentioning mirrors, lenses and barrel and pendulum clocks. The correspondents include T. Barnaby, W.C. and G.P. Bond, I.K. Brunel, W. De La Rue, C.P. Smyth, C.A.F. Peters, J.T.R. Robinson, C. Wheatstone, J. Challis, E. Dunkin, M. Faraday, T. Grubb, W. Lassell, O.M. Mitchel, Lord Rosse and W. Simms. The volume includes a photograph of a half Moon by P.A. Secchi.
Dates
- 1851 - 1859
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
L4/13
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:34:45+00:00
- Bond, George Phillips, 1825 - 1865 (astronomer)
- Bond, William Cranch, 1789 - 1859 (astronomer)
- Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, 1806 - 1859 (civil engineer)
- Challis, James, 1803 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist)
- Dunkin, Edwin, 1821 - 1898 (astronomer)
- Faraday, Michael, 1791 - 1867 (natural philosopher)
- Grubb, Howard, Sir, 1844 - 1931 (Knight, scientist)
- Lassell, William, 1799 - 1880 (astronomer)
- Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight, 1809 - 1862 (astronomer)
- Peters, Christian August Friedrich, 1806 - 1880 (astronomer)
- Robinson, John Thomas Romney, 1792 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist)
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer)
- Secchi, Pietro Angelo, 1818 - 1878 (astronomer)
- Simms, William, 1793 - 1860 (scientific instrument maker)
- Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819 - 1900 (astronomer)
- Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802 - 1875 (Knight, developer of telegraphy)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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