Papers on magnetism, 1836 - 1848
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers on magnetic disturbances, experiments and findings on magnetism, magnetic deviations and observations of magnetic phenomena. There are German circulars on magnetism by K.F. Gauss and W.E. Weber; tracings and description of the proposed magnetic observatory at Dublin; a magnetic chart of Scotland, 1836; observations of shifts in the magnetic and dipping needle; notices of magnetic disturbances; readings from the horizontal circle of the magnetic theodolite, the horizontal force magnetometer and the horizontal force magnet; formulae for the reduction of magnetic observations; a report by H. Breen on theodolite readings; papers on inspections of magnetic equipment; and the 'Magnetic and meteorologic observatory at Bombay', from the 'Bombay Times'. The correspondents include C. Babbage, F. Baily, F. Beaufort, M. Faraday, J.D. Forbes, J.F.W. Herschel, F.W.H.A.V. Humboldt, T. Jones, H. Lloyd, E. Moor, L.A. Quetelet, F. Ronalds, E. Sabine, T.G. Taylor, W.E. Weber, W. Whewell, S.H. Christie, J. Glaisher and W.H. Sykes.
Dates
- Creation: 1836 - 1848
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
German
Former / Other Reference
H4/81
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:55:02+00:00
Subject
- Baily, Francis, 1774 - 1844 (stockbroker and astronomer) (Person)
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Breen, Hugh, 1824 (astronomer) (Person)
- Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer) (Person)
- Christie, Samuel Hunter, 1784 - 1865 (mathematician) (Person)
- Faraday, Michael, 1791 - 1867 (natural philosopher) (Person)
- Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher) (Person)
- Glaisher, James, 1809 - 1903 (astronomer) (Person)
- Quetelet, Lambert (Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist) (Person)
- Ronalds, Francis, Sir, 1788 - 1873 (Knight, electrical engineer and meteorologist) (Person)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) (Person)
- Taylor, Thomas Glanville, 1804 - 1848 (astronomer) (Person)
- Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge) (Person)
- Lloyd, Humphrey, 1800 - 1881 (physicist and university administrator) (Person)
- Babbage, Charles, 1791 - 1871 (mathematician) (Person)
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