Astronomy
Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:
Observations on HMS Resolution, 1772 - 1775
Observations made on board HMS Resolution during her passage to the South Seas on the expedition led by Captain James Cook.
Observations on voyages of discovery, 1763 - 1805
Astronomical observations and calculations made during voyages of discovery, including the voyages of the Glatton, 1763-1764; the Providence, 1794-1797; the Thetis, 1794-1797; the Pallas, 1805; and on Captain Cook’s third voyage.
Overseas Observatories including Saudi Arabian Telescope Project Papers, 1963 - 1985
Papers of Alexander Boksenberg, 1981 - 1996
Records created by Alexander Boksenberg while Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, 1981-1996.
The collection is currently uncatalogued. A partial boxlist is available on application to the RGO archivist.
Papers of John Franklin-Adams, 1897 - 1909
Two journals by Franklin-Adams recording his astronomical work from 1897, when he first established an observatory at his house, until 1909, thus covering his time spent mapping the southern heavens at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope (1902-1904).
Papers of 'The Observatory' magazine, 1922 - 1983
Papers on astronomy, 1769 - 1830
Correspondence and papers regarding general astronomy, pure mathematics and science in general.
Papers on instruments and publications, 1784 - 1829
Papers on payments for Board work, 1766 - 1828
Papers regarding payments for work done on behalf of the Board.
Papers on payments for Board work, 1770 - 1823
Papers regarding payments for work done on behalf of the Board, including some miscellaneous receipts.
Papers on the 'Nautical Almanac' and errata in works of the Board of Longitude, 1793 - 1829
Papers regarding inventions and improvements of various astronomical and nautical instruments, 1789 - 1828
Papers regarding the invention and improvement of various astronomical and nautical instruments, 1782 - 1826
Petitions and memorials, 1782 - 1828
Miscellaneous petitions and memorials making requests of the Board of Longitude.
Petitions and memorials, 1765 - 1828
Miscellaneous petitions and memorials making requests of the Board of Longitude.
Photographic Registers, Measures and Observations, 1890 - 1968
Photographic Zenith Tube: Records, c.1940s-1980s
The PZT papers include: five boxes of Dudley S. Perfect and PZT papers; two observer's notebooks (1982-1983); three fault repair notebooks (c.1973-1983); a PZT 'phase slips and clock repair book' (1975); and PZT plate records.
Press cuttings, circa 1960s-1970s, 1960 - 1972
Includes cuttings on the discovery of quasars and pulsars, the launch of Apollo 16 (1972), the possibility of a future Mars landing and of life on Mars, and the health impact for astronauts landing on the Moon.
Printers' and publishers' accounts, 1767 - 1829
The accounts of printers and publishers for Board of Longitude publications, with related papers.
Printers' and publishers' accounts, 1782 - 1829
The accounts of printers and publishers for Board of Longitude publications, with miscellaneous accounts.
P.S. Laurie Wartime diaries and World War files, c.1918, 1939-1945, 1990-1982
Reduction of the astronomical observations made during the voyage of HMS Investigator, 1801 - 1805
Requests for Astronomical Information: celestial phenomena and unidentified flying objects, 1968-1975, 1978
Results from Cordoba: daily means in R.A. [Right Ascension] for 27 nights, 1930 - 1931
Results sent from Cordoba to H. Spencer Jones at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, 1930 - 1939
Also included are some explanatory notes and a covering letter from Juan José Nissen, Director of the Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba, Argentina, dated 16 Nov. 1939.