| RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| 160 |
Correspondence on instruments |
| 161 |
Papers on altitude and azimuth instruments |
| 162 |
Papers on altitude and azimuth instruments |
| 163 |
Correspondence on new techniques and discoveries |
| 164 |
Correspondence on new techniques and instruments |
| 165 |
Correspondence on the Southern Telescope |
| 166 |
Correspondence on instruments |
| 167 |
Astronomical methods |
| 168 |
Astronomical methods |
| 169 |
Astronomical methods |
| 170 |
Astronomical methods and instruments |
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Papers of George Airy
| Title |
Astronomical methods and instruments |
| Reference |
RGO 6/175
(former reference: L4/20) |
| Covering Dates |
1875–1878 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 box |
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| Content and context |
Correspondence concerning new ideas on navigation, trials of existing equipment, the Greenwich transit circle and altazimuth, the purchase of a new telescope for New Zealand, and the sale of other instruments. The correspondents include E.J. Stone, W.H.M. Christie, W. De La Rue, E. Dunkin, A. d'Abbadie and Sir H. Grubb. There are papers by L.M. Rutherford on a glass circle for the measurement of angles; writing by G. Davidson on mechanical defects in micrometers; material on Sumner's method of navigation; various sales catalogues; an engraving of Newell's telescope; two photographs of a globe; and a chart for determining longitude and latitude without instrumentation. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Christie, Sir William Henry Mahoney (1845-1922) Knight, astronomer |
| Rue, Warren De La (1815-1889) chemist and astronomer |
| Grubb, Sir Howard (1844-1931) Knight, scientist |
| Stone, Edward James (1831-1897) astronomer |
| Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d' (1810-1897) geographer |
| Dunkin, Edwin (1821-1898) astronomer |
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