Papers on telegraphs, 1863 - 1868
Scope and Contents
Papers on scientific matters relating principally to telegraphs, including descriptions of the Bessemer Process; articles from the 'Reader and the Scientific Review' by W.F. Cooke on the invention of the electric telegraph; papers on galvanic currents by C. Brooke; 'The Telegrapher' on a constant galvanic battery; tests by J.C. Clark on submarine cables; 'Atlantic Telescopes' by W.R. Grove; alterations of a transit level by an earthquake; trials of navy telescopes; spectrum apparatus used at St Petersburg; the nature of aether by C. Brooke; the observation of a strange rainbow by J.J. van Littrow; and 'Blue colour of the sky and the polarization of light' by J. Tyndall. The correspondents include A. de Morgan, W. De La Rue, C.F. Varley, W.W. Smyth, G.J. Stone, R. Hill, W.R. Grove, R. Dundas, C. Pritchard, L. Dufour, J.T. Chance, W. Huggins, H.E. Roscoe and J. Tyndall.
Dates
- Creation: 1863 - 1868
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
L6/68
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:45:58+00:00
Subject
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer) (Person)
- Stone, Edward James, 1831 - 1897 (astronomer) (Person)
- Chance, James Timmins, Sir, 1814 - 1902 (Knight, industrialist and lighthouse engineer) (Person)
- Huggins, William, Sir, 1824 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Littrow, Jospeh Johann von, 1781 - 1840 (astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
- Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician) (Person)
- Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) (Person)
- Roscoe, Harry Enfield, Sir, 1833 - 1915 (Knight, chemist and university administrator) (Person)
- Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary) (Person)
- Tyndall, John, 1820 - 1893 (natural philosopher) (Person)
- Varley, Cromwell Fleetwood, 1828 - 1883 (electrical engineer) (Person)
- Dundas, Richard Saunders, Sir, 1802 - 1861 (Knight, Vice Admiral) (Person)
- Brooke, Charles, 1804 - 1879 (surgeon and inventor of measuring instruments) (Person)
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