Bond, William Cranch, 1789-1859
Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
Chronometers, 1851-10-06/1853-07-01 Digital
Telegraph Signals; Sidereal Chronometer Records; R.F. Bond to Halifax; Chronometer sent to Charleston, South Carolina; Mean Time Clock; Time for Boston; Transit of Arcturus
Chronometers (Annular Eclipse 5/26/1854), 1853-07-01/1855-04-21 Digital
Daily time records; Annular Eclipse of May 26; Remarks by W.C.B.; Meteorological Remarks
[Comets and Double Stars], Volume 1, 1848-11-01/1849-02-01 Digital
1848 June Measures of the Observatory Buildings Piers and Instruments.
Ring of Saturn and other observations relating to planet including satellites; Enckes Comet; Observations of Jupiter; New comet first seen [Saturday, Nov. 25th]; Mercury; New satellite of Saturn [Dec. 18th]; Petersen's Comet; Nebula R 0h39m Dec -26 ..13'; Examination of Collimation of G[reat] R[efractor][Dec 28th]; Orion; satellite of Neptune; Notes on viewing conditions; Errors of the Equatorial [p. 605]
Drawings of sunspots by William Cranch Bond, approximately 1847-1849, 1847-1849
Hand-drawn observations.
Early Work of the HCO under the Bond Adminstrations, 1848-1877, bulk: 1848-1866
Equatorial, 1858-09-25/1858-11-11 Digital
Observations: Donati's Comet; Asteroid Searle; Photography; Tuttle Comet VII; Searle's Planet; Collection of Memoranda relating to naked eye view of Comet of Donati in Sept. & Oct. 1858; [newsprint clipping] Boston Daily Advertiser: The Great Comet of 1858; ephemeris of Mr. Schubert's Asteroid; Ephemeris of Comet VIII; Ephemeris of Comet V
Numerous sketches of Comet of Donati
Equatorial, Volume 1, 1846-10-01/1847-07-01 Digital
Observations on the New Planet; Observations of Meteors over several nights; Jupiter; Possible double star; Corrections for Refraction; Observations on Neptune Oct 1846 to Jun 1847; Andromeda; Saturn; Notice f Comet sent to [list inludes J.Q. Adams, Washington D.C.; First Observations with the Great Refractor [p. 65]; Great Equatorial Observations June 30th 1847; Elements of the Comet of March 4th 1847 From Observations on March 5th, 12th, 19th
Equatorial, Volume 1, 1847-07-01/1847-12-01 Digital
Equatorial, Volume 1, 1847-12-01/1848-08-01 Digital
Equatorial, Volume 1, 1847-11-01/1848-02-01 Digital
Powers of the different eyepieces of the Great Telescope
Orion Nebula; Mars; Jupiter; Lyra; Uranus and satellite; Trapezium; Andromeda; Occultation of 80 Piscium; 29 Ophiuci
Drawings / Star Maps: pp. 260, 266, 267, 268, 270, 271, 272, 274, 283, 288, 292, 294, 295, 310, 319, 326, 327, 328, 331, 332
Equatorial, Volume 1, 1848-02-01/1848-09-01 Digital
Equatorial, Volume 3, 1855-01-13/1856-04-01 Digital
Records of the Harvard College Observatory Chronometric Expedition
Records of Harvard College Observatory Director George Phillips Bond
Records of Harvard College Observatory Director William Cranch Bond
Harvard Transit Circle, 1855-08-01/1855-09-25 Digital
Letters from William Cranch Bond to his son and others, 1845-1851, 1845-1851
This collection holds papers relating to the work and life of the William Cranch Bond family of Massachusetts. It includes several later family chronicles written by Elizabeth L. Bond.
Sidereal and Mean Time Clocks, 1856-01-01/1856-04-21 Digital
Sidereal and Mean Time Clocks, 1856-07-02/1857-02-27 Digital
Questions propounded by Mr Briggs, relative to his clock with a circulating pendulum; Comparison of sidereal clock with that containing Briggs patent circulating pendulum; recorded chronometer timings; Lieut. Ives set up his transit instrument on the stand of our variation-transit and obtained the following y E.C. and the Spring-governor.; Result, time to be given 4 1/2 seconds sooner at Cambridge than the bells at Boston should strike.
Telegraph, 1848-07-06/1848-10-28 Digital
Programme of Telegraph operations from Cambridge observatory (C) to Newyork [sic] Observatory (N) for 1848
Observations for clock corrections for Telegraph Operations; Transits July 8th 1848; Aurora; E Bootis, a2 Libra, B Librae, a Corona Borealis, a Serpentis; Polaris; Spica; Lyra; Star Signals; Immersion of Librae; Observations for Personal equation between WCB and Prof. Loomis; Arcturus illumination day light.
Transit Circle, 1849-07-30/1849-09-25 Digital
Transit Circle, 1858-02-10/1858-07-05 Digital
Transit Circle, 1858-07-05/1859-01-24 Digital
Transit Circle, 1849-09-26/1849-11-29 Digital
Transit Circle, 1850-02-06/1850-04-30 Digital
REFINE MY RESULTS:
- Type
- Archival Object 36
- Collection 5
- Subject
- Chronometers. 5
- Astronomical clocks -- United States. 4
- Solar eclipses -- Observations. 4
- Astronomers -- United States. 3
- Astronomy -- History. 3
- Correspondence. 3
- Longitude -- Measurement -- History. 3
- Time measurements. 3
- Amateur astronomy. 2
- Astronomical instruments -- Design and construction. 2
- Astronomical observatories -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge. 2
- Astronomical photography. 2
- Astronomical photometry. 2
- Astronomy -- 19th century. 2
- Astronomy -- Research. 2
- Chronograph. 2
- Comets. 2
- Donati comet. 2
- Financial records. 2
- Horology. 2
- Occultations. 2
- Scientific apparatus and instruments. 2
- Stars -- Clusters. 2
- Surveying -- Geodetic. 2
- Variable stars. 2
- Account books. 1
- Annual reports. 1
- Asteroids--Orbits. 1
- Asteroids. 1
- Astronomers--United States 1
- Astronomy -- Observations. 1
- Astronomy. 1
- Auroras--Spectra. 1
- Auroras. 1
- Clocks and watches -- Marketing. 1
- Comets--Orbits. 1
- Diaries 1
- Geodesy -- Observations 1
- Geodesy. 1
- Harvard University -- Astronomy 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
- Scientific Instruments. 1
- Telegraph. 1
- Telescopes. 1
- Variable stars -- Spectra 1 ∧ less