Correspondence on magnetic observations, 1834 - 1848
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on magnetic observations, including papers on the establishment of a Magnetic Observatory in Greenwich Park and the benefits to astronomers of this research; specifications and accounts for the Observatory building; functions of the Magnetic Observatory and the provision of staff and equipment; extracts from Royal Society correspondence and minutes on magnetism and meteorology; a report on a letter by F.W.H.A.V. Humboldt concerning magnetic observations; the report of the Magnetic Committee of the British Association on the Magnetic Observatory; proposals for an international magnetic congress; lists of international magnetic observatories; a report on magnetic and meteorological observations, relating to the magnetic congress at Cambridge, 1845; correspondence on rewards to inventors of self-registering magnetic apparatus; and a synopsis of grants to scientific institutions. The correspondents include S.H. Christie, H. Lloyd, J.D. Forbes, K.F. Gauss, C. Wood, J. Barrow, F. Beaufort, T. Spring-Rice, G.C. Taylor, C. Wheatstone, R.M. O'Ferrall, W.A.B. Hamilton, C.E. Trevelyan, the Marquis of Northampton, J.W. Lubbock, E. Sabine, W. Denison, C.H.F. Peters, F. Baily, J.F.W. Herschel, T. Maclear, W.S. Stratford, R. Sheepshanks, P.M. Roget, G. Peacock, H.T.C. Corry and C. Brooke.
Dates
- 1834 - 1848
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
H1/11
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:54:23+00:00
- Baily, Francis, 1774 - 1844 (stockbroker and astronomer)
- Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer)
- Brooke, Charles, 1804 - 1879 (surgeon and inventor of measuring instruments)
- Christie, Samuel Hunter, 1784 - 1865 (mathematician)
- Denison, William Thomas, Sir, 1804 - 1871 (Knight, army officer and colonial governor)
- Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher)
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer)
- Lloyd, Humphrey, 1800 - 1881 (physicist and university administrator)
- Lubbock, John William, Sir, 1803 - 1865 (3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker)
- Maclear, Thomas, Sir, 1794 - 1879 (Knight, astronomer)
- Magnetism
- Peters, Christian August Friedrich, 1806 - 1880 (astronomer)
- Royal Society
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist)
- Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (astronomer)
- Stratford, William Samuel, ?1791 - 1853 (naval officer and astronomer)
- Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802 - 1875 (Knight, developer of telegraphy)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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