Correspondence on magnetism and photography, 1849 - 1854
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with C. Brooke, F. Beaufort, E. Sabine and F. Ronalds concerning magnetic instruments and photographic registration. There are two circulars advertising Gray and Keen's floating compasses; specimens of photographic secondaries and tertiaries; papers regarding tests on various emulsions; and notes on the Greenwich magnetic instruments for 1853 and 1854.
Dates
- Creation: 1849 - 1854
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
H1/13
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:54:27+00:00
Subject
- Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer) (Person)
- Ronalds, Francis, Sir, 1788 - 1873 (Knight, electrical engineer and meteorologist) (Person)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) (Person)
- Brooke, Charles, 1804 - 1879 (surgeon and inventor of measuring instruments) (Person)
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