Papers on ancient eclipses, 1851 - 1852
Scope and Contents
Papers from a volume titled 'Chronology', concerned mainly with ancient eclipses. The correspondents include P.A. Hansen, J.R. Hind, J.W. Bosanquet, H. Malden, R.I. Murchison, W.R. Hamilton, J.C. Adams, W.H. Smyth, F. Beaufort and C. Hansteen. There are two maps of Asia Minor and of Tunis, and two Admiralty Charts of the coast of Tunis and the Gulf of Kabes.
Dates
- 1851 - 1852
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
L5/56
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:45:28+00:00
- Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer)
- Asia Minor
- Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer)
- Bosanquet, James Whatman, 1804 - 1877 (banker and biblical historian)
- Hamilton, William Rowan, Sir, 1805 - 1865 (Knight, mathematician)
- Hansen, Peter Andreas, 1795 - 1874 (astronomer)
- Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer)
- Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (1st Baronet, geologist)
- Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819 - 1900 (astronomer)
- Tunis
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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