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Small Collections
| Title |
Robert Stawell Ball |
| Reference |
SC/BallRS
(former reference: Misc. 52 (part)) |
| Covering Dates |
1840–1913 (Date has been estimated.) |
| Extent and Medium |
paper |
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Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913) was educated at Trinity College Dublin, worked as Lord Rosse's astronomer at Birr Castle 1865-67, Royal Astronomer of Ireland 1874-92, and was knighted in 1886. When he was appointed Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry to the University of Cambridge in 1892, he was made a Professorial Fellow of King's.
Notebooks.
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| Index Terms |
| Ball, Sir Robert Stawell (1840-1913) Knight, astronomer |
| King's/PP/SC/BallRS contains: |
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Notebook. Autograph notebook containing notes on the meetings of the Council of the Senate 10 Nov 1902-2 Mar 1903 (pp 1-55); notes on screws, further to his monograph published in 1900; and some notes on other topics including (pp 453-4) the extinction of species. . To request this document please use call mark: Misc. 52/1.
1 volume; paper. |
1840–1913 |
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Class book. The book shows attendance at lectures of the Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry. To request this document please use call mark: Misc. 52/3.
1 volume; paper. |
1893–1912 |
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