Harvard College Observatory
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Records of Harvard College Observatory Director George Phillips Bond
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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,...
Records of Harvard College Observatory Director William Cranch Bond
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAV 630.2
Overview:
The Records of Harvard College Observatory Director William Cranch Bond document the founding, growth, and scientific research of the Harvard College Observatory primarily from 1840 to 1859. Also chronicled is the Observatory’s participation in advances made in astronomy, stellar photography, meteorology, continental exploration, and technological improvements in astronomical instruments in the early nineteenth century. William Cranch Bond (1789-1859), American astronomer and instrument...
Photographs of Boyden Station in South Africa
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUY 178
Overview:
Boyden Station was established by Harvard University in 1889 to allow for observations from the Southern Hemisphere. The observatory was originally located in Arequipa, Peru, but was relocated to a spot near Bloemfontien in the Orange Free State, South Africa in 1927 due to better weather. The collection includes 182 photographs, which probably date from the 1930s to 1950s. The images depict Boyden Station, as well as its surrounding areas, including employees, equipment, and local South...
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- Amateur astronomy. 2
- Astronomers -- United States. 2
- Astronomical clocks -- United States. 2
- Astronomical instruments -- Design and construction. 2
- Astronomical photography. 2
- Astronomical photometry. 2
- Astronomy -- 19th century. 2
- Astronomy -- History. 2
- Chronograph. 2
- Chronometers. 2
- Correspondence. 2
- Financial records. 2
- Longitude -- Measurement -- History. 2
- Occultations. 2
- Photographs 2
- Scientific apparatus and instruments. 2
- Solar eclipses -- Observations. 2
- Stars -- Clusters. 2
- Surveying -- Geodetic. 2
- Telescopes. 2
- Time measurements. 2
- Account books. 1
- Annual reports. 1
- Asteroids--Orbits. 1
- Asteroids. 1
- Astronomical observatories -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge. 1
- Astronomical observatories -- South Africa. 1
- Astronomy -- Observations. 1
- Auroras--Spectra. 1
- Auroras. 1
- Black-and-white photographs. 1
- Boyden Station (Bloemfontein, South Africa) 1
- Comets--Orbits. 1
- Comets. 1
- Diaries 1
- Donati comet. 1
- Geodesy -- Observations 1
- Geodesy. 1
- Harvard University -- Astronomy 1
- Horology. 1
- Magnetic fields -- Measurement 1
- Magnetic fields. 1
- Magnetism. 1
- Manuscripts (documents) 1
- Meteorology 1
- Meteorology -- Observations 1
- Meteorology. 1
- Meteors -- Orbits 1
- Meteors. 1
- Nebulae. 1
- Orion Nebula 1
- Planets--Brightness. 1
- Planets--Orbits. 1
- Planets. 1
- Refracting telescopes. 1
- Telegraph. 1
- Variable stars -- Spectra 1
- Variable stars. 1 ∧ less
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