| Repository details |
By an agreement between the Public Record Office, the University of Cambridge and the Science and Engineering Research Council, at that time the RGO's parent organization, the RGO Archives, comprising all the Observatory's records excluding the glass plate photographs and computer readable records, was transferred in 1990 to Cambridge University Library. In 1998 the Royal Greenwich Observatory was closed by its parent organisation, the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, and its functions dispersed or discontinued. At this juncture, large series of modern records were taken into the collection in the University Library as potential public records for retention. Further accruals of modern records will continue for some years. The collection will also continue to receive deposits of relevant personal papers and has an ongoing commitment to receiving items of the HMNAO (Nautical Almanac Office) publications series.
RGO Archives collections are in the process of being catalogued. As a consequence, only a part of the archives can currently be viewed on Janus.
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RGO 1
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Papers of John Flamsteed.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Flamsteed, John.
155 volumes, 8 folders, 4 boxes + 1 envelope; paper. |
circa 1550-circa 1923 |
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RGO 10
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Papers of Sir Richard Woolley.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Woolley, Richard van der Reit.
68 boxes; paper/photograph. |
1927–1987 |
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RGO 104
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The Nautical Almanac, Part 1, and the Abridged Nautical Almanac.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Nautical Almanac Office; United States Naval Observatory.
92 volumes; paper. |
1892–1957 |
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RGO 11
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Papers of Margaret Burbidge.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Burbidge, Eleanor Margaret.
8 boxes; paper/photograph. |
circa 1961-circa 1975 |
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RGO 12
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Papers of Alan Hunter.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Hunter, Alan.
11 boxes; paper/photograph. |
1934–1978 |
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RGO 126
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Airy's Transit Circle: observation and reduction ledgers and associated papers.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Royal Greenwich Observatory.
160 bundles of bound gatherings; 31 files; 513 volumes; [series /5 not accounted for]; paper. |
1850–1982 |
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RGO 127
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Greenwich Reduction Registers.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
89 volumes; paper; The volumes have been exposed to damp conditions and show foxing, mould damage and insect damage. There is considerable surface dirt, the bindings are generally loose or broken and there are numerous small losses particularly from the spines.. |
1835–1930 |
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RGO 128
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Groombridge's Catalogue: new reductions.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Dyson, Frank Watson; Thackeray, William Grasset ; Airy, George Biddell.
61 volumes; paper; The spines of /1-/42 have red rot.. |
1832–1905 |
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RGO 129
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Greenwich Star Catalogues and Ledgers.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
289 volumes; 2 unbound items; 1 notebook; paper; The collection has been exposed to damp conditions and shows some red rot degradation.. |
1743–1925 |
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RGO 13
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Papers of Francis Graham Smith.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Smith, Francis Graham.
3 boxes; Paper. |
1970–1981 |
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RGO 14
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Papers of the Board of Longitude.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Board of Longitude.
68 volumes + 1 box; paper. |
1605–1830 |
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RGO 15
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Papers of the Cape Observatory.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.
128 boxes + 1 envelope; paper/photograph/watercolour. |
1820–1978 |
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RGO 16
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Papers of the Nautical Almanac Office.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Nautical Almanac Office.
334 boxes, 4 envelopes + 1 bundle; paper/photograph. |
1817–1989 |
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RGO 17
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Reports of the Royal Observatory.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Royal Greenwich Observatory.
4 boxes; paper. |
1836–1995 |
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RGO 18
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Greenwich Observations.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Royal Greenwich Observatory.
637 volumes, 4 booklets + 4 bundles; paper. |
circa 1756–1961 |
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RGO 180
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The Nautical Almanac from 1960.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Nautical Almanac Office; United States Naval Observatory.
50 volumes + 5 binders; paper. |
1958–2009 |
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RGO 181
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Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Nautical Almanac Office.
22 volumes; paper. |
1940–1958 |
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RGO 182
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Astronomical Phenomena.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Nautical Almanac Office; United States Naval Observatory.
62 volumes; paper. |
1950–2009 |
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RGO 19
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Separate publications of the RGO.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Royal Greenwich Observatory.
8 boxes; paper. |
1893–2006 |
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RGO 2
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Papers of Edmond Halley.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Halley, Edmond.
15 volumes + 4 folders. |
circa 1670–1767 |
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RGO 20
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Royal Observatory Annals.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Greenwich Observatory.
14 volumes; paper. |
1961–1981 |
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RGO 202
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Ely Observatory Solar Plates Contact Prints: from Canon William Selwyn's observatory.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Selwyn, William.
1627 contact prints on 245 mount boards; photograph/card; The collection has been exposed to damp conditions and shows some foxing, mould damage, minor insect damage and bleeding of colour from the planetary charts into the surfaces of the prints.. |
11 Feb. 1863–25 Feb. 1874 |
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RGO 205
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Edward Walter Maunder and Annie Scott Dill Maunder: papers.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Maunder, Edward Walter; Maunder, Annie Scott Dill; Maunder and Giles family.
2 boxes; 1 loose item; paper; metal; glass; wood; photograph. |
1877–2008 |
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RGO 21
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Royal Observatory Bulletins.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Greenwich Observatory.
4 boxes; paper. |
1958–1984 |
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RGO 22
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Greenwich Time Reports.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Greenwich Observatory.
50 volumes; paper. |
circa 1968-circa 1981 |
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RGO 23
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Cape Meridian Observations.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.
16 volumes; paper. |
1897–1921 |
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RGO 24
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Cape Observatory Catalogues.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.
3 boxes; Paper. |
circa 1849-circa 1953 |
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RGO 25
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Cape Observatory Annals.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.
58 volumes; Paper. |
1896–1968 |
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RGO 26
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Cape Astrographic Zones.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.
11 volumes; Paper. |
1913–1926 |
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RGO 27
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Cape Mimeograms.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.
12 volumes; Paper. |
1953–1963 |
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RGO 28
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The Nautical Almanac.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Royal Greenwich Observatory.
101 volumes + 19 booklets; Paper. |
1766–1957 |
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RGO 29
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The Astronomical Ephemeris.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Greenwich Observatory; United States Naval Observatory.
21 volumes + 1 booklet; paper. |
1958–1979 |
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RGO 3
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Papers of James Bradley and Nathaniel Bliss.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Bradley, James, and Bliss, Nathaniel.
43 volumes, 10 folders + 1 envelope; paper. |
1700–1804 |
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RGO 30
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The Star Almanac for Land Surveyors.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Greenwich Observatory.
48 volumes; paper. |
1950–2009 |
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RGO 31
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The Air Almanac.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Greenwich Observatory.
168 volumes; paper. |
1937–2009 |
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RGO 32
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HMNAO Technical Notes.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Greenwich Observatory.
1 envelope; paper. |
1986–1997 |
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RGO 33
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Separate Publications of HMNAO.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Nautical Almanac Office.
15 boxes + 1 envelope; cd/paper/disk. |
circa 1827–2006 |
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RGO 34
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HMNAO Journal Reprint Series.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Nautical Almanac Office.
2 boxes; paper. |
circa 1946-circa 1980 |
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RGO 35
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Photographs and Photocopies.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives.
5 boxes and 43 microfilms; paper/microfilm/photograph. |
circa 1934-circa 2000 |
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RGO 36
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Microfilms of RGO Archives Collections.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives.
358 microfilms; microfilm. |
1964–2004 |
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RGO 37
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Papers of Roderick Redman.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Redman, Roderick Oliver.
22 boxes; paper/photograph. |
circa 1928-circa 1975 |
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RGO 38
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Inventories of Manuscripts.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
3 notebooks; paper. |
1911 |
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RGO 39
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Inventories of Instruments, Art, Furniture, etc.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Royal Greenwich Observatory.
9 volumes, 5 folders + 3 envelopes; paper. |
1840–1990 |
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RGO 4
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Papers of Nevil Maskelyne.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Maskelyne, Nevil.
52 boxes + 1 bundle; paper. |
circa 1706-circa 1843 |
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RGO 40
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Rules and Regulations.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Royal Greenwich Observatory.
1 box; paper. |
circa 1853-circa 1971 |
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RGO 41
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Cape of Good Hope Publications.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.
1 box; paper. |
1851–1965 |
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RGO 45
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Papers of John Guy Porter.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Porter, John Guy.
3 boxes; paper/photograph. |
circa 1925–1981 |
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RGO 46
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Papers of Leslie John Comrie.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Comrie, Leslie John.
2 boxes; Paper. |
1912–1952 |
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RGO 47
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Anglo-Australian Telescope papers.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Anglo-Australian Telescope Project Office.
24 boxes; paper/photograph. |
1947–1983 |
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RGO 48
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Papers of the Radcliffe Observatory.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford; Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria.
2 boxes; paper. |
1929–1968 |
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RGO 5
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Papers of John Pond.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Pond, John.
232 volumes, 7 bundles, 4 envelopes + 3 folders; paper. |
1801–1836 |
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RGO 50
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RO and RGO Solar Plates.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux.
20374 glass plates; 54 contact prints, prints or photographs; 3 photoheliographs; 33 positive films; 7 cellulose items; 1 transparency + 3 paper sheets; glass plate/photograph/paper; The plates from Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, India are in poor condition. Many show mould damage.. |
1918–1979 |
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RGO 51
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RO and RGO Solar Plates Contact Prints.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux.
7437 contact prints; photograph; The 1886 and 1892-4 prints from India are in poor condition.. |
2 June 1873-2 Aug. 1972 |
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RGO 52
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The Astronomical Almanac.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Nautical Almanac Office; United States Naval Observatory.
31 volumes; paper. |
1980–2008 |
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RGO 54
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Papers of William Ellis.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Ellis, William.
2 boxes; paper. |
circa 1856–1916 |
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RGO 55
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Papers of the Board of Visitors.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory Board of Visitors.
1 box; paper. |
circa 1830-circa 1964 |
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RGO 56
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Papers of Herstmonceux Conferences.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Greenwich Observatory.
3 boxes; paper/photograph. |
1960–1996 |
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RGO 57
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Kew Observatory sunspot observations.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Kew.
14 volumes; paper. |
1858–1897 |
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RGO 58
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Sunspot drawings of H.S. Schwabe.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Schwabe, Samuel Heinrich.
14 volumes; paper. |
1869–1880 |
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RGO 59
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Papers of George Lyon Tupman.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Tupman, Gerald Lyon.
10 boxes, 1 bundle, 1 envelope + 1 photograph; paper/photograph. |
1864–1925 |
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RGO 6
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Papers of George Airy.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Airy, George Biddell.
12 cubic metres; paper. |
1710–1890 |
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RGO 61
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Papers of the North American Boundary Commission.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: North American Boundary Commission.
2 boxes; paper. |
circa 1854–1862 |
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RGO 62
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Papers of the Standards Commission.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Standards Commission.
2 boxes; paper. |
1834–1872 |
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RGO 66
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Kew Observatory papers.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Kew.
1 box; paper. |
1829–1911 |
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RGO 67
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Kew Observatory solar photographs.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Observatory, Kew.
270 items; paper. |
1858–1872 |
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RGO 7
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Papers of William Christie.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Christie, William Henry Mahoney.
3 cubic metres; paper. |
1823–1952 |
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RGO 73
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Papers of Warren De La Rue.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Rue, Warren De La (1815-1889) chemist and astronomer.
1 box; paper. |
1862 |
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RGO 74
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Papers of Philbert Melotte.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Melotte, Philbert Jacques.
5 boxes; paper/photograph/lantern slide. |
circa 1750-circa 1966 |
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RGO 8
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Papers of Frank Dyson.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Dyson, Frank Watson.
1 cubic metre; paper. |
1875-circa 1980 |
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RGO 82
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Custodians' Report Books.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Royal Greenwich Observatory.
2 volumes; paper. |
1952–1972 |
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RGO 9
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Papers of Harold Spencer Jones.
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives. Creator: Jones, Harold Spencer.
3.5 cubic metres; paper/photograph. |
1910–1967 |
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