| RGO Archives/RGO 15 contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| 25 |
Annual report |
| 26 |
Daily attendance book |
| 27 |
Correspondence of Fallows and Henderson |
| 28 |
Correspondence on the Observatory |
| 29 |
Letters to Francis Baily |
| 30 |
Correspondence of Henderson, Airy and Maclear |
| 31 |
Correspondence, notes and computations |
| 32 |
Observations and computations |
| 33 |
Observations and tables |
| 34 |
Transit observations |
| 35 |
Imperfect transits |
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Papers of the Cape Observatory
| Title |
Correspondence of Henderson, Airy and Maclear |
| Reference |
RGO 15/30 |
| Covering Dates |
1832–1842 |
| Extent and Medium |
4 folders |
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| Content and context |
Correspondence between T. Henderson, G.B. Airy and T. Maclear, comprising a letter from Henderson aboard HMS 'Melville', 25 January 1832; a letter from Henderson concerning tables of corrections for the microscopes on the mural circle, 27 September 1833; a list of observations with the transit circle, 10 April 1832 - 24 May 1833, and the mural circle, 16 May 1832 - 24 May 1833, with a list of corrections to mural circle microscope readings, dated 27 September 1833; a memorandum by Henderson, dated 3 October 1833, on the observatory set up by Mason and Dixon to observe the 1761 Transit of Venus; and a letter from Henderson concerning Encke's Comet, 17 October 1838, including a cutting from 'The Times' containing a letter from James South stating that he did not find the Comet. Folios 120-122 are a paper by Henderson on the parallax of Sirius. |
| Further information |
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Indexed
RGO 36/4/4 is a microfilm which includes these papers.
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| Index Terms |
| Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer |
| South, Sir James (1785-1867) Knight, astronomer |
| Maclear, Sir Thomas (1794-1879) Knight, astronomer |
| Henderson, Thomas (1798-1844) astronomer |
| No further on-line information. |
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