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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,...
Papers of Donald Howard Menzel, 1931-1986
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUG 4567
Overview:
Donald Howard Menzel (1901-1976) taught astronomy at Harvard, and was director of the Harvard College Observatory from 1952 to 1966. According to the National Academy of Sciences' Biographical Memoir, "Menzel was one of the first practitioners of theoretical astrophysics in the United States and pioneered the application of quantum mechanics to astronomical spectroscopy." These papers chiefly document Menzel's professional life of research, writing, and participation in professional...
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- Creator
- Bond, George Phillips, 1825-1865. 1
- Menzel, Donald H. (Donald Howard), 1901-1976 1
- Subject
- Amateur astronomy. 1
- Asteroids--Orbits. 1
- Astronomers -- Archives. 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 -- Observations. 1
- Astronomy -- Societies, etc. 1
- Astronomy -- Study and teaching. 1
- Auroras--Spectra. 1
- Autobiographies. 1
- Chronograph. 1
- Chronometers. 1
- Comets--Orbits. 1
- Contracts. 1
- Correspondence. 1
- Cryptography. 1
- Donati comet. 1
- Eclipses, Solar -- 1973. 1
- Financial records. 1
- Geodesy -- Observations 1
- Longitude -- Measurement -- History. 1
- Magnetic fields -- Measurement 1
- Maps 1
- Meteorology -- Observations 1
- Meteors -- Orbits 1
- Occultations. 1
- Orion Nebula 1
- Patents. 1
- Photoprints. 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 ∧ less
- Names
- Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy. 1
- Bond, George Phillips, 1825-1865. 1
- Bond, William Cranch, 1789-1859 1
- Harvard University 1
- Harvard University -- Astronomy. 1
- Harvard University -- Meteorology. 1
- International Astronomical Union. 1
- International Scientific Radio Union. 1
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
- U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 1
- United States Coast Survey 1
- United States. Air Force. 1
- United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers. 1
- United States. Navy 1 ∧ less
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