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Papers on telegraphs, 1863 - 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/479

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

Conditions Governing Access

From the Management Group:

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 archive box(es) (1 box)

Language of Materials

English