Papers on chronology, geography and tides, 1857 - 1858
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and printed papers on chronology, geography and the tides. The correspondents include W. Whewell, J.C. Adams, J.R. Hind, J.W. Bosanquet, W.H. Barlow, P.A. Hansen, J.F. Encke, W.H. Smyth, J.B. Biot, J. Washington, W.H. Miller, M. Corbeaux, J. Lee, R. Fitzroy, J.W. Blakesley, Lord Lindsay, J. Williams, J. Wood, P.S. Stanhope, G. Dawson, J.F. Burgoyne, W. Selwyn and D. Livingstone. There is a paper on the date of the death of Olaf the Fat (Saint Olave); a geometric projection of two-thirds of the sphere; a map of Kent showing Caesar's route; a tracing of the Coast of Palestine; booklets on great circle sailing; and newspaper cuttings on the latitude of Chicago.
Dates
- Creation: 1857 - 1858
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
L5/61
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:45:43+00:00
Subject
- Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer) (Person)
- Biot, Jean (Baptiste (1774-1862) physicist) (Person)
- Encke, Johann Franz, 1791 - 1865 (astronomer) (Person)
- Hansen, Peter Andreas, 1795 - 1874 (astronomer) (Person)
- Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer) (Person)
- Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847 - 1913 (26th Earl of Crawford) (Person)
- Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge) (Person)
- Livingstone, David, 1813 - 1873 (African missionary and explorer) (Person)
- Miller, William Hallowes, 1801 - 1880 (mineralogist) (Person)
- Lee, John, 1783 - 1866 (antiquary and astronomer) (Person)
- Caesar, Gaius Julius, 100 - 44 (Roman statesman) (Person)
- Bosanquet, James Whatman, 1804 - 1877 (banker and biblical historian) (Person)
- Selwyn, William, 1806 - 1875 (Church of England clergyman) (Person)
- Washington, John, 1800 - 1863 (Rear Admiral, hydrographer) (Person)
- Fitzroy, Robert, 1805 - 1865 (hydrographer and meteorologist) (Person)
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