Honolulu
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence on the Transit of Venus Expedition, 1874 - 1878
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.
Correspondence on transit of Venus, 1870 - 1881
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.
Honolulu Station Journal, 1874-05-26 - 1875-01-24
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).
Honolulu Station Journal, 1875
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.
Letter from [unidentified] K [illeg] to Sir Charles Galton Darwin; written at Honolulu typed, 1956-09-14
Letter from [unidentified] K [illeg] to Sir Charles Galton Darwin; written at Honolulu typed
(Letter)