Correspondence on planetary reductions, 1838 - 1847
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on planetary reductions, including official correspondence with the Government on grants for the reductions and accounts of money paid to computers. There are also reductions of Irish tide observations and accounts and receipts of wages paid out. The correspondents include J. Phillips, J.F.W. Herschel, Viscount Althorp, S.P. Rigaud, T. Spring-Rice, J. Barrow, J.W. Lubbock, F. Beaufort, J. Glaisher and E. Sabine.
Dates
- 1838 - 1847
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
C6/1
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:49:02+00:00
- Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer)
- Glaisher, James, 1809 - 1903 (astronomer)
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer)
- Ireland
- Lubbock, John William, Sir, 1803 - 1865 (3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker)
- Phillips, John, 1800 - 1874 (geologist)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Repository Details
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