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
- 1857 - 1858
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
- Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer)
- Biot, Jean (Baptiste (1774-1862) physicist)
- Bosanquet, James Whatman, 1804 - 1877 (banker and biblical historian)
- Caesar, Gaius Julius, 100 - 44 (Roman statesman)
- Chicago
- Chronology
- Encke, Johann Franz, 1791 - 1865 (astronomer)
- Fitzroy, Robert, 1805 - 1865 (hydrographer and meteorologist)
- Geography
- Hansen, Peter Andreas, 1795 - 1874 (astronomer)
- Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer)
- Kent
- Lee, John, 1783 - 1866 (antiquary and astronomer)
- Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847 - 1913 (26th Earl of Crawford)
- Livingstone, David, 1813 - 1873 (African missionary and explorer)
- Miller, William Hallowes, 1801 - 1880 (mineralogist)
- Palestine
- Selwyn, William, 1806 - 1875 (Church of England clergyman)
- Tides
- Washington, John, 1800 - 1863 (Rear Admiral, hydrographer)
- Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Repository Details
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