Astronomy
Found in 177 Collections and/or Records:
Isaac Newton Group, La Palma: User Manuals, 1984 - 1993
20 volumes of typed or photocopied texts bound with green covers, with 14 duplicate copies. The following abbreviations are used in the titles: ISIS: Intermediate Dispersion Spectroscopic Imaging System; LDSS: Low Dispersion Survey Spectrograph; WHT: William Herschel Telescope; INT: Isaac Newton Telescope; MPF: Multi Purpose Fotometer; ADAM: Astronomical Data Acquisition Monitor; and CCD: Charge-coupled device.
John Couch Adams: Catalogue of his Library
John Parnther: Notes and transcripts of lectures
Notes by John Parnther of Peterhouse College on a series of lectures given at Cambridge University. Lectures by N. Saunderson and Robert Smith on hydrostatics, sounds, optics, mechanics, astronomy, the tides, technical chronology, dioptrica and catoptrica.
Joseph Needham's contribution to a festschrift for F. J. M. Stratton of Cambridge Observatories, 1951 - 1956-03-09
The festschrift is 'Vistas in Astronomy' edited by Arthur Beer of Cambridge Observatories.
Journal 1, 1897 - 1906
This journal is fully indexed. It contains Franklin-Adam’s work and memoranda from June 1897 to 23 June 1906. Readings and observational data form the main content. It also includes detailed accounts of adjustments and corrections to the Equatorial Telescope, Transit Circle, Azimuth, Cape Town Instruments, chronometers and clocks. A preface describes his observatory and instruments.
Journal 2, 1905 - 1909
Lady Margaret Clive's letters, 1762 - 1917
This series comprises four folders of letters sent by Lady Clive to her brother Nevil Maskelyne, her niece Margaret Maskelyne, and to other family members. The letters span 55 years, from 1762 until Lady Clive's death on 28 Dec. 1817. Many mention astronomy, including sightings of the great comet of 1811.
The series also includes a set of copies of family letters (including some written by Nevil Maskelyne), and notes by Theresa Story-Maskelyne on the letters of Lady Clive.
Lady Margaret portrait displayed, 19730807
There was a Richard III exhibition in London at which the Lady Margaret potrait was displayed. Peck observed the planet Venus.
Letter book containing outgoing correspondence, 1782 - 1810
Letter from Edmund Halley to King James II, 1687
The letter accompanied a copy of Newton's 'Principia'. It explains the nature of the work, and especially the theory of tides. It begins 'May it please, &c. I could not have presumed ...', and concludes 'I doubt not but if your Majestie shall please to suffer me to be admitted to the honour of your presence I may be able to give such an account thereof as may be to your Majesties full content. I am, &c., Edmond Halley'.
Letter from John Flamsteed to the Bishop of Worcester, William Lloyd, 1703-11-27
Concerning calculations of the time of the lunar eclipse of 3 April [AD] 33 [and its identification as eclipse recorded as occurring on the day of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ].
Letters from Maskelyne to Henry Andrews, 1768 - 1811
The letters are primarily from Nevil Maskelyne but include three sent to Andrews by Margaret Maskelyne, following the death of her father.
Letters, Memoranda, and Journal, containing the History of Mr William Gooch [Fellow of Caius College], Astronomer of the Daedalus Transport, 1786 - 1835
List of ‘Permanent Staff of the Royal Observatory for the Hundred Years 1811-1910 and from 1910 to date’ [c.1936], 1910 - 1936
Log book, observations and memoir of the HMS Investigator, 1795 - 1805
Log book of HMS Adventure, 1772 - 1774
The log book of HMS Adventure compiled by W. Bayly during his passage to the South Seas as part of the expedition led by Captain James Cook in HMS Resolution.
Log book of HMS Resolution, 1772 - 1775
The log book of HMS Resolution compiled by William Wales during the passage to the South Seas under the command of Captain James Cook.
Long: the papers of Roger Long
The collection consists of Roger Long's Commonplace Books and notebooks as well as posthumous material collected by the College.
Lunar tables, 1778
Lunar tables in longitude and latitude according to the Newtonian law of gravity, by Charles Mason, 1778. The volume includes a disapproval of Mason's fee from the Board of Longitude [RGO 4/86: 2]; an example of computing the Moon's longitude and latitude; annual equations of the Moon's anomaly and ascending node; and computed longitude and latitude compared with observed longitude and latitude, with corrections, 13 September 1750 - 2 November 1760 [RGO 4/86: 14r].
Manuals for RGO Instruments, Computers and other Technical Apparatus, 1972 - 1995
Mainly ex-RGO Library copies of RGO manuals. Many are photocopied manuals with original RGO library reference numbers on the cover. Includes some duplicates of manuals held elsewhere in the RGO archives. Arranged in chronological order.
Maps, Plans and Technical Drawings, c.1715-1998
Maskelyne notebook: rough drafts of solutions of various astronomical problems, 1750 - 1772
Various rough drafts of the solution of astronomical problems.
Memoir by David V. Thomas titled, 'Twinkle, Twinkle - Measuring the Stars, and Subsequent Adventures', 2023
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1765 - 1809
Note that there is no letter numbered 14.
Nathy O'Hora Papers, 1913 - 1927, bulk: 1946 - 2014
The Nathy O'Hora papers include the research, publications, and presentations of himself, others, and the RGO. This research notably includes eclipses, a topic to which O'Hora devoted considerable time after retiring. The collection also includes papers and correspondence relating to the Time Department where he worked, his notebooks on various scientific theories and practices, ledgers that he used to record weather data, newspaper clippings, and photographs.