Correspondence on visitor admissions, 1849 - 1854
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Admiralty and the general public concerning visits to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Indexed volume in four sections: 1. Correspondence with the Admiralty and Admiralty introduction of Visitors; 2. General introduction of visitors; 3. General correspondence about visiting the Royal Observatory; 4. Orders to assistants regarding the reception of visitors.
The correspondents include J. Babinet, S. Bannister, F. Beaufort, J.B. Biot, G.P. Bond, E.W. Brayley, F.F.E. Brünnow, T. Chevallier, W.B. Clark, E. Cowper, A. d'Abbadie, A. de Morgan, J. Drew, W. Elliot, J.F. Encke, G. Everett, W. Farr, H.A.E.A. Fayé, G. Fisher, G.C. Foster, K.F. Gauss, James Glaisher, H.W. Gordon, B.A. Gould, J.W. Grant, R. Grant, C. Grey, A. Hall, W.R. Hamilton, W.S. Harris, J.S. Holden, R.H. Inglis, W.S. Jacob, T. Jarrett, T. Jones, U.J.J. Le Verrier, J.W. Lubbock, E.L. Mathieu, R. Owen, J.B. Pentland, J. Phillips, N.R. Pogson, C. Pritchard, L.A. Quetelet, H.V. Regnault, G. Rennie, F. Ronalds, E. Sabine, W.F. Scott, W.S. Stratford, O. Struve, J.J. Sylvester, T.G. Taylor, R.W. Thomson and D.N.B. Williams.
Dates
- Creation: 1849 - 1854
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
F2/112
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:55:35+00:00
Subject
- Admiralty (Organization)
- Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph Le, 1811 - 1877 (astronomer) (Person)
- Adams, L, fl1800 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) (Person)
- Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer) (Person)
- Biot, Jean (Baptiste (1774-1862) physicist) (Person)
- Chevallier, Temple, 1794 - 1873 (astronomer) (Person)
- Encke, Johann Franz, 1791 - 1865 (astronomer) (Person)
- Fayé, Herve Auguste Etienne Albans, 1814 - 1902 (astronomer) (Person)
- Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer) (Person)
- Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician) (Person)
- Phillips, John, 1800 - 1874 (geologist) (Person)
- Pogson, Norman Robert, 1829 - 1891 (astronomer) (Person)
- Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and 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)
- Stratford, William Samuel, ?1791 - 1853 (naval officer and astronomer) (Person)
- Taylor, Thomas Glanville, 1804 - 1848 (astronomer) (Person)
- Lubbock, John William, Sir, 1803 - 1865 (3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker) (Person)
- Bond, George Phillips, 1825 - 1865 (astronomer) (Person)
- Hamilton, William Rowan, Sir, 1805 - 1865 (Knight, mathematician) (Person)
- Grant, Robert, 1814 - 1892 (astronomer) (Person)
- Everest, George, Sir, 1790 - 1866 (Knight, military engineer) (Person)
- Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm, 1793 - 1864 (astronomer) (Person)
- Fisher, George, 1794 - 1873 (astronomer) (Person)
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