Miscellaneous scientific papers, 1863 - 1869
Scope and Contents
Works of scientific and academic interest, including papers on ancient eclipses of 776, 770 and 763 BC, and the 1521 AD eclipse; a printed appendix by the Revd John Chalmers on the 'Astronomy of the Ancient Chinese'; the path of the Thales eclipse; ancient dates derived from solstices and full moons; dates associated with Christ; 'Astronomical observations in the 15th century before Christ', from 'The Chronicle'; a piece on the landing of Caesar, from 'The Doncaster Gazette'; Airy's papers on the campaign of Aulus Plautius and the derivation of the national name Welsh; E.J. Bedford on the uniformity of the colour of buoys; a proposed north polar expedition (1865); 'Recent soundings in the Gulf stream' by H. Mitchell; three maps of Essex in Roman times; extensive correspondence on Airy's Roman papers; a report on the comparison of the tides for 1867 with graphs of tides; and Airy's paper on a visit to 'Corryvreckan'. The correspondents include J.C. Clark, H.W. Bates, W. Denison, W.H. Smyth, P.S. Stanhope, J.D. Forbes, J. Phillips, G.G. Stokes, L.A. Quetelet, A. Smith, George Smith, J.R. Hind, R.I. Murchison, A. de Morgan, H. James, J. Wood, H. Mitchell and C.R. Markham.
Dates
- Creation: 1863 - 1869
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
L6/69
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:46:00+00:00
Subject
- Denison, William Thomas, Sir, 1804 - 1871 (Knight, army officer and colonial governor) (Person)
- Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher) (Person)
- Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer) (Person)
- Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician) (Person)
- Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (1st Baronet, geologist) (Person)
- Phillips, John, 1800 - 1874 (geologist) (Person)
- Quetelet, Lambert (Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist) (Person)
- Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary) (Person)
- Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist) (Person)
- Caesar, Gaius Julius, 100 - 44 (Roman statesman) (Person)
- Smith, George, 1840 - 1876 (Assyriologist and archaeologist) (Person)
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