Cape Town
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of a letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-06-18
Concerning his first catalogue of the principle fixed stars and remarks upon it.
Letter from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-12-10
Concerning the building of the Cape Observatory.
Letter from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1821 - 1828
Concerning instruments for the Cape Observatory.
Letter from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1821 - 1824
Concerning a catalogue of the positions of 273 fixed stars from Mr Fallows of the Cape Observatory.
Letter from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1828-06-06
Concerning a letter from Fearon Fallows requesting stationary, copy books and copies of papers; see [RGO 14/48: 77].
Letter from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-10-10
Concerning Fallows' catalogue of the principle fixed stars.
Letter from John Croker to Dr Young, 1822-10-14
Concerning a letter from Fearon Fallows at the Cape Observatory.
Letter from Patrick Scully to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-08-08
Writing on behalf of Fearon Fallows who was ill, giving news of their activity at Cape Town, of the site of the new observatory, of the difficult conditions in which they had to work, and of the safe arrival of a telescope by Dollond.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-06-13
Concerning books and papers sent for the Cape Observatory, requesting a better clock, and giving news of the establishment of the observatory.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-03-06
Reporting on his activities concerning the establishment of the Cape Observatory.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-06-18
Concerning his catalogue [of fixed stars].
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-09-02
Concerning tables and a plan of the observatory and giving news.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-10-10
Concerning a paper on eclipses, measurements of the height of Table Mountain, and his need for further instruments, and reporting on his activities and on the topography and geology of Cape Town.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-10-31
Concerning books and papers received, tables sent out, and a meteorological journal; requesting a Dollond repeating altitude and azimuth circle; and reporting on his activities at the Cape, which included collecting mineral specimens on Table Mountain.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-01-03
Concerning the production of new copies of his catalogue and papers (as a case of his papers had been lost in transit), and giving news received of Captain Parry.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-07-17
Informing him of the sudden departure of his assistant Mr Scully, who had left without giving notice after an incident of 'gross immoral conduct' with a young housemaid. Fallows requests that a suitably qualified person 'whose moral character is without stain or blemish' be sent as his replacement, and he recommends Mr Taylor of Greenwich for the position.
Note from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-10-21
Concerning a letter from Fearon Fallows at the Cape Observatory.
Note from John Croker to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-06-26
Concerning an application by Fearon Fallows to be supplied with instruments at the Cape Observatory.