Papers on the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee, 1895 - 1905
Scope and Contents
General correspondence with Dr A.A. Common, the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society, 1895, concerning committee matters and organisation for the 1896 total eclipse.
General correspondence with members of the Committee concerning various aspects of the Japanese expedition, 1896.
General committee correspondence for 1897.
General committee correspondence for 1898, including a letter on the form of reporting the 1896 eclipse.
Committee correspondence for 1899, including letters on the loan of instruments and expenses for the 1898 expedition.
Committee correspondence for 1900, including arrangements for the May 1901 eclipse and expenses.
Committee correspondence for 1901.
Memoranda on eclipses, 1898-1905, including lists of instruments needed, packing lists and memoranda concerning huts.
Correspondence concerning the transfer of Captain Hill's instruments to Professor Newall at Cambridge, 1905.
Dates
- Creation: 1895 - 1905
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 bundle(s) (1 bundle)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
Q3 (2)
Finding aid date
2006-03-30 10:46:13+00:00
Subject
- Royal Society (Organization)
- Royal Astronomical Society (Organization)
- Common, Andrew Ainslie, 1841 - 1903 (astronomer and astronomical photographer) (Person)
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