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Tuttle, Charles Wesley, 1829-1881

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Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

[Comet Seeking], 1850-06-16/1853-05-01 Digital

Item — Box 7Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0268
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Early Work of the HCO under the Bond Adminstrations, 1848-1877, bulk: 1848-1866

Series Identifier: KG11365-6
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Equatorial, Volume 3, 1855-01-13/1856-04-01 Digital

Item — Box 4Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0173
Scope and Contents: Observations: Saturn; Occultation of 19 Cancri by the Moon; Occultation of Uranus; Procyon; Occultation of Venus; Occultation of 46 Leonis; Personal Equation between W.C.B. and P.S.C.; Jupiter; Conjunction of Satellites; Neptune; Venus; Mars; Stars in the vicinity of Procyon; Ephemeris of de Vico Comet for 1855.Newspaper cutting pasted onto inner back cover: Nantucket Inquirer; Friday, Dec. 14, 1855: Letter to the Editor on discovery of a cometImages: Jupiter; Saturn;...

Harvard Transit Circle, 1855-08-01/1855-09-25 Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0021
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Sidereal and Mean Time Clocks, 1856-01-01/1856-04-21 Digital

Item — Box 4Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0146
Scope and Contents: Comparisons by 12MT- Comparators -1107 and 1508; Comparison of chronometers with MTC - by aid of 6hr; Comparisons with comparator No. 1508; 1855 June 5th Last comparison before embarcation; Direct comparisons; Comparison of chronometer Thomas Adams No 3585;Comparator Y (No. 1107 -)(copied from the paper found in the top); Sidereal Chronometer No. 3585; Errors of Chronometers on Greenwich M.S.T.; Notes documenting return of specific chronometers following examination; Direct comparison of...

Transit Circle, 1851/1853 Digital

Item — Box 3Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0128
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Transit Circle, 1850-05-01/1850-10-20 Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0006
Scope and Contents:

Contains a note of introduction for Charles W. Tuttle (1850-07-12)

Transit Circle, 1851-04-03/1851-07-13 Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0009
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Transit Circle, 1852-01-15/1852-06-28 Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0012
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Transit Circle, 1852-06-28/1852-12-05 Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0013
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Transit Circle, 1852-12-01/1853-07-08 Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0014
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Describes an experiment to ascertain the speed of sound

Transit Circle, 1853-07-08/1854-02-26 Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0015
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Transit Circle, 1854-02-28/1854-08-15 Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0016
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Transit Circle, 1854-08-15/1854-11-27 Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0017
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Transit Circle, 1854-11-27/1855-01-25 Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0018
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Transit Circle [Asteroids], 1851-09-05/1852-01-15 Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0011
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Transit Circle [Electric Telegraph], 1850-12-26/1851-04-03 Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0008
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations and data calculations spanning the early history of the Harvard College Observatory from 1848 until 1877, though most materials date to the subsequent directorships of H.C.O. founder William Cranch Bond and then his son George Phillips Bond prior to his death 1866. Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, Richard F. Bond, Benjamin Pierce, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P....

Transit Circle [Solar Eclipse 7/28], 1851-07-13/1851-09-05 Digital

Item — Box 1Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0010
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Contains a note describing the daguerreotype photography during the 1851 July eclipse, those present, their tasks, and the timing of each daguerreotype

Variable Stars, Meridian Circle Work, and The Beginning of the Pickering Administration, 1870-1936, bulk: 1870-1905

Series Identifier: KG11365-6
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and administrative notes from the beginning of Edward Pickering’s tenure as Director of the Harvard College Observatory with the bulk of the materials dating from 1870 to 1905. The notebooks in this series feature early efforts in variable star analysis and meridian circle work, including HCO efforts to contribute zone measurements to contemporary revisions of the Bonn Durchmusterung. Additional records in this series...