Papers on Royal Astronomical Society, 1835 - 1848
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Royal Astronomical Society, including notices of meetings; agenda for the Council meetings; balloting lists for officers; correspondence regarding the lecture on O. Struve's 'Etudes' and the Pulkova Observatory; the results derived from Cambridge observations of occultations, 1830-1835; correction to lunar elements from Greenwich observations, 1750-1830; a lecture upon Lord Rosse's and W. Lassell's telescopes; U.J.J. Le Verrier's paper on periodical comets; F.W.A. Argelander's paper on Flamsteed; communication of letters through Airy by E.J. Dent, A. Gautier, H.C. Schumacher, T. Maclear, G.P. Bond, P.A. Hansen, R. Hassey, Lieut. J.M. Gillis and others; report by Airy on papers by Mr Kayser, Mr Rothman, E.J. Dent, Mr Epp, A. Gautier, Mr Wollesley, Col. G. Everest, Mr Drach, T. Galloway, P.H.L. von Boguslowski, J. Nasmyth, J. Challis, Capt Shortrede and others; the transmission of memoirs; and general correspondence from R. Sheepshanks, C.P. Smyth, A. de Morgan and others regarding the Royal Astronomical Society.
Dates
- 1835 - 1848
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
C3/124
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:36:51+00:00
- Bond, George Phillips, 1825 - 1865 (astronomer)
- Challis, James, 1803 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist)
- Dent, Edward John, 1790 - 1853 (chronometer maker)
- Drach, Salomon Moses, 1815 - 1879
- Everest, George, Sir, 1790 - 1866 (Knight, military engineer)
- Flamsteed, John, 1646 - 1719 (astronomer)
- Hansen, Peter Andreas, 1795 - 1874 (astronomer)
- Lassell, William, 1799 - 1880 (astronomer)
- Maclear, Thomas, Sir, 1794 - 1879 (Knight, astronomer)
- Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician)
- Nasmyth, James, 1808 - 1890 (engineer)
- Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer)
- Pulkovo
- Royal Astronomical Society
- Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1780 - 1850 (astronomer)
- Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819 - 1900 (astronomer)
- Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm, 1793 - 1864 (astronomer)
- Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph Le, 1811 - 1877 (astronomer)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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