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Jaffna

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Eclipse observations, 1871

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 59/49/5
Scope and Contents

A copy of observations made at Jaffna and Colombo during the total eclipse of the Sun of 11 December 1871.

Dates: 1871
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).
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Reduction of observations, 1871 - 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 59/49/4
Scope and Contents

Reductions of observations for local time made at Ceylon, December 1871 and January 1872, and for the determination of the difference in longitude between Colombo, Jaffna and Madras.

Dates: 1871 - 1872
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).
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Report on the solar eclipse, 1871

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 59/49/6
Scope and Contents

A duplicate copy of Tupman's report on the eclipse of December 1871, including plans of the observing stations in the Fort of Jaffna and a description of the eclipse, including the solar corona.

Dates: 1871
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).