Longitude -- Measurement -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Variable Stars, Longitude Determination, 1862/1882 Digital
FOUND IN:
Wolbach Archives, Wolbach Library, Harvard University
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Collection:
Harvard College Observatory observations, logs, instrument readings, and calculations
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Series:
Variable Stars, Meridian Circle Work, and The Beginning of the Pickering Administration
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Sub-Series:
Early Variable Star Work
Item — Box 29Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0791
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...
Variable Stars, Longitude Determination
FOUND IN:
Wolbach Archives, Wolbach Library, Harvard University
/
Collection:
Harvard College Observatory observations, logs, instrument readings, and calculations
/
Series:
Variable Stars, Meridian Circle Work, and The Beginning of the Pickering Administration
/
Sub-Series:
Early Variable Star Work
Item — Box 29Identifier: KG11365-6, phaedra0792
Scope and Contents:
Stored under KG11366.1080