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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence on the Transit of Venus Expedition, 1874 - 1878

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 59/60
Scope and Contents

A packet of correspondence with official naval correspondents and a packet of correspondence with the Accountant General of the Navy regarding the expedition for the 1874 Transit of Venus. There are also two letters and various tables regarding the longitude and other results obtained for Honolulu and other parts of the Hawaiian Islands.

Dates: 1874 - 1878
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of George Lyon Tupman
 Sub-Series

Correspondence on transit of Venus, 1870 - 1881

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/270
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Captain Tupman, 1872-1881, and Captain Browne, 1870-1877, regarding the transit of Venus, 1874. The volume also includes a plan of the transit of Venus station in Honolulu, sent by Captain Tupman; maps of the location of stations; and a map sent by Captain Browne showing the determination of longitude.

Dates: 1870 - 1881
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of George Airy
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Honolulu Station Journal, 1874-05-26 - 1875-01-24

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 59/69
Scope and Contents

The journal kept by J.D. Forbes and G. Tupman at Honolulu during the 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition. There is an entry for 20 November 1874 regarding the death by drowning of one of the observers (Lambert).

Dates: 1874-05-26 - 1875-01-24
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of George Lyon Tupman
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Honolulu Station Journal, 1875

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 59/70
Scope and Contents

A copy of the daily journal kept Tupman at Station B, Honolulu, during the 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition, 10 September 1874 - 19 March 1874.

Dates: 1875
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of George Lyon Tupman
 Item

Letter from [unidentified] K [illeg] to Sir Charles Galton Darwin; written at Honolulu typed, 1956-09-14

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 238.1: 93
Scope and Contents

Letter from [unidentified] K [illeg] to Sir Charles Galton Darwin; written at Honolulu typed


(Letter)

Dates: 1956-09-14
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / Papers of Charles Galton Darwin / Printed publications and articles

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