Transactions with the Royal Society, 1865 - 1870
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to transactions with the Royal Society, including correspondence with its members. The material includes nominations for new members; computation of the wave length of light corresponding to spectrum lines; computation of wave lengths; comparison of magnetic disturbances recorded by self-resisting magnetometers; diurnal inequalities of terrestial magnetism as deduced from observations, 1858-1863; magnetic disturbances inferred from galvanic currents; and correspondence with the Board of Trade on meteorological observations. There are also reviews of scientific works by Airy and other correspondents, including G.G. Stokes, W.H. Miller, W. Huggins, J. Glaisher, A. de Morgan, C. Pritchard, N.C. Flammarion, B. Price, J. Challis, C.E. Delaunay, C.F. Varley, W. De La Rue, R.S. Robinson, W. Smyth and J. Tyndall.
Dates
- 1865 - 1870
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
2 archive box(es) (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
E1/9
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:42:38+00:00
- Board of Trade
- Challis, James, 1803 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist)
- Delaunay, Charles (Eugène (1816-1872) astronomer and mathematician)
- Glaisher, James, 1809 - 1903 (astronomer)
- Huggins, William, Sir, 1824 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer)
- Miller, William Hallowes, 1801 - 1880 (mineralogist)
- Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician)
- Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer)
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer)
- Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary)
- Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist)
- Tyndall, John, 1820 - 1893 (natural philosopher)
- Varley, Cromwell Fleetwood, 1828 - 1883 (electrical engineer)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Repository Details
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