Correspondence on transit of Venus, 1868 - 1881
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to the transit of Venus, 1874. The correspondents include J.C. Adams, W. De La Rue (with a photograph), R.L.J. Ellery, B.A. Gould, R. Grant, Sir W. Huggins, Lord Lindsay, Sir D. Gill, Sir J.N. Lockyer, Sir T. Maclear, Dr R. Copeland, R. Main, E.J. Stone, C. Meldrum, N.R. Pogson, R.A. Proctor, H.C. Russel, C. Todd, Major Tennant, Dr Oppolzer, J.C. Houzeau, J.A.C. Oudemans, P.A.E. Laugier, A. d'Abbadie, C.E. Delaunay, U.J.J. Le Verrier, O. Struve, Dr P.J.E. Janssen, G. Von Neumayers, A. Winnecke, C.C. Bruhns, E. Luther, A. de Gasparis, P.A. Secchi, J. Diaz, Admiral Sands and S. Newcomb. There are also calculations for the transit of Venus and an abstract of the minutes of the second conference of the Venus committee held in Berlin, 20-28 March 1871.
Dates
- 1868 - 1881
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Extent
2 archive box(es) (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
E5/5
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:38:18+00:00
- Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer)
- Adams, L, fl1800 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude)
- Delaunay, Charles (Eugène (1816-1872) astronomer and mathematician)
- Ellery, Robert Lewis John, 1827 - 1908 (astronomer)
- Gill, David, Sir, 1843 - 1914 (Knight, astronomer)
- Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer)
- Grant, Robert, 1814 - 1892 (astronomer)
- Huggins, William, Sir, 1824 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer)
- Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847 - 1913 (26th Earl of Crawford)
- Lockyer, Joseph Norman, Sir, 1836 - 1920 (Knight, astronomer)
- Maclear, Thomas, Sir, 1794 - 1879 (Knight, astronomer)
- Main, Robert, 1808 - 1878 (astronomer)
- Oppolzer, Theodor Egon Ritter von, 1841 - 1886 (astronomer)
- Pogson, Norman Robert, 1829 - 1891 (astronomer)
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer)
- Secchi, Pietro Angelo, 1818 - 1878 (astronomer)
- Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer)
- Todd, Charles, Sir, 1826 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer and meteorologist)
- Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph Le, 1811 - 1877 (astronomer)
- Winnecke, Friedrich August Theodor, 1835 - 1897 (astronomer)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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