Harvard College Observatory
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Records of Harvard College Observatory Director George Phillips Bond
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAV 630.6
Overview:
The Records of Harvard College Observatory Director George Phillips Bond, consisting of correspondence and subject files, manuscript drafts, and astronomical data, chiefly document the research activities of the Harvard College Observatory from 1859 to 1865. Chronicled are observations of planets, including Mars and Jupiter; efforts to determine the brightness of stars; and the detection of comets, eclipses, and other astronomical phenomena. George Phillips Bond (1825-1865), an astronomer,...
The HCO in the 20th c. and the Work of the Astronomical Computers, 1886-1973, bulk: 1900-1935
FOUND IN:
Wolbach Archives, Wolbach Library, Harvard University
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Collection:
Harvard College Observatory observations, logs, instrument readings, and calculations
Series Identifier: KG11365-6
Scope and Contents:
This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and research notes produced by astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory throughout the first half of the 20th century. Most of the materials date between 1900 and 1935.Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: Williamina Fleming, Evelyn Leland, Solon Irving Bailey, Antonia Maury, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Edward S. King, Sarah E. Breslin, Annie Jump Cannon, Boris Petrovich Gerasmovich, Leon...
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- Type
- Archival Object 1
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Amateur astronomy. 1
- Asteroids--Orbits. 1
- Astronomers -- United States. 1
- Astronomical clocks -- United States. 1
- Astronomical instruments -- Design and construction. 1
- Astronomical photography. 1
- Astronomical photometry. 1
- Astronomy -- 19th century. 1
- Astronomy -- History. 1
- Astronomy -- Research. 1
- Auroras--Spectra. 1
- Chronograph. 1
- Chronometers. 1
- Comets--Orbits. 1
- Correspondence. 1
- Donati comet. 1
- Financial records. 1
- Geodesy -- Observations 1
- Longitude -- Measurement -- History. 1
- Magnetic fields -- Measurement 1
- Manuscripts (documents) 1
- Meteorology -- Observations 1
- Meteors -- Orbits 1
- Nebulae. 1
- Occultations. 1
- Orion Nebula 1
- Planets--Brightness. 1
- Planets--Orbits. 1
- Refracting telescopes. 1
- Scientific apparatus and instruments. 1
- Solar eclipses -- Observations. 1
- Stars -- Clusters. 1
- Surveying -- Geodetic. 1
- Time measurements. 1
- Variable stars -- Spectra 1
- Variable stars. 1
- Women astronomers--United States 1 ∧ less
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