Harvard College Observatory
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Records of Harvard College Observatory Director Joseph Winlock
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAV 630.10
Overview:
Joseph Winlock (1826-1875) was an astronomer and mathematician who served as the third director of the Harvard College Observatory from 1866 until his death on June 11, 1875. The records document Joseph Winlock's tenure as director, and primarily consist of Winlock's incoming and outgoing correspondence files. The letters relate to Observatory publications, relationships with other scientific institutions, and discussions of astronomical and meteorological information. The records also...
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...
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- Amateur astronomy. 2
- Astronomers -- United States. 2
- Astronomical clocks -- United States. 2
- Astronomical instruments -- Design and construction. 2
- Astronomical observatories -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge. 2
- Astronomical photography. 2
- Astronomical photometry. 2
- Astronomy -- 19th century. 2
- Astronomy -- History. 2
- Chronograph. 2
- Chronometers. 2
- Longitude -- Measurement -- History. 2
- Occultations. 2
- Scientific apparatus and instruments. 2
- Solar eclipses -- Observations. 2
- Stars -- Clusters. 2
- Surveying -- Geodetic. 2
- Time measurements. 2
- Account books. 1
- Annual reports. 1
- Asteroids--Orbits. 1
- Asteroids. 1
- Astronomy -- Observations. 1
- Auroras--Spectra. 1
- Auroras. 1
- Comets--Orbits. 1
- Comets. 1
- Diaries 1
- Donati comet. 1
- Geodesy -- Observations 1
- Geodesy. 1
- Harvard University -- Astronomy 1
- Harvard University -- Finance. 1
- Horology. 1
- Letterpress copybooks. 1
- Letters. 1
- Magnetic fields -- Measurement 1
- Magnetic fields. 1
- Magnetism. 1
- Manuscripts (documents) 1
- Meteorology -- Observations 1
- Meteorology. 1
- Meteors -- Orbits 1
- Meteors. 1
- Nebulae. 1
- Orion Nebula 1
- Photographs 1
- Planets--Brightness. 1
- Planets--Orbits. 1
- Planets. 1
- Refracting telescopes. 1
- Telegraph. 1
- Telescopes. 1
- Variable stars -- Spectra 1
- Variable stars. 1 ∧ less
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