Papers on telegraphs and telescopes, 1859 - 1860
Scope and Contents
Papers concerned principally with telegraphs and tests on Admiralty telescopes. The material on telegraphs includes tests and observations of deflections by C.F. Varley; a map of telegraph lines; a report on the South Australian telegraph; and a newspaper article on the Atlantic cable. The papers concerning Admiralty tests on telescopes include Airy's reports on his findings and correspondence with R.S. Dundas. Other material includes A. Sedgwick writing on Darwin's Theory in 'The Cambridge Chronicle and Huntingdonshire Gazette'; annals of the meteorological observations at Mt Vesuvius; tests on eyesight; the construction of fluid lenses; T. Sutton's new 'Photographic Journal'; and a definition of fluorescence. The correspondents include C.R. Walker, J.C. Clark, J. Washington and W. De La Rue.
Dates
- 1859 - 1860
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
L5/62
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:45:46+00:00
- Admiralty
- Atlantic Ocean
- Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809 - 1882 (naturalist)
- Dundas, Richard Saunders, Sir, 1802 - 1861 (Knight, Vice Admiral)
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer)
- Sedgwick, Adam, 1785 - 1873 (geologist)
- South Australia
- Telegraphy
- Telescopes
- Varley, Cromwell Fleetwood, 1828 - 1883 (electrical engineer)
- Vesuvius
- Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812 - 1882 (electrical engineer)
- Washington, John, 1800 - 1863 (Rear Admiral, hydrographer)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Repository Details
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