MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
n.d.
Call #:
Mss.Film.1408
Extent:
24 microfilm_reel(s)
Subjects:
Subject
BOOK
Title:
The construction of the heavens: The cosmology of William Herschel
Creators:
Hoskin, Michael A. | Dewhirst, David. | Steinicke, Wolfgang.
Publication:
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, [c2012]
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201) and index.
Call #:
B H434ho2
Extent:
viii, 205 p. : ill., facsims., port., tables ; 26 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Discoverers of the universe: William and Caroline Herschel
Creator:
Hoskin, Michael A.
Publication:
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, [c2011]
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-228) and index.
Call #:
B H434ho2
Extent:
xvi, 237 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Subjects:
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1774-1788
Abstract:
Better known to the English-speaking world by the name under which he published most of his works, Jean-Hyacinthe Magellan, João Jacinto de Magalhães was born on November 4, 1722. His work focused primarily on scientific instruments, and is credited with introducing English scientific instruments, and the work of Joseph Priestley (APS member 1785) to the scientific community in France.
The João Jacinto de Magalhães Collection consists of eleven letters written by Magalhães in French, and addressed to correspondents in France dealing primarily with the manufacture and distribution of telescopes and optical instrumentation.
Call #:
Mss.B.M25
Extent:
11 item(s)
Subjects:
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Astronomy -- Observations | Baudouin de Guémadeuc, 1734-1817 | Beyond Early America | Boscovich, Ruggero Giuseppe, 1711-1787 | Chemistry | Dollond, Peter | Edwards, John | Garrellon, L. | Grand, Rodolphe-Ferdinand, 1726-1794 | Herschel, William, 1738-1822 | Magalhães, João Jacinto de, 1722-1790 | Messier, Charles, 1730-1817 | Optics | Telescopes
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1802-1806
Abstract:
This volume was kept while Piggott was imprisoned by Napoleon at Fontainebleau. Subjects mentioned include astronomy, comets, and botanical gardens.
Call #:
Mss.B.P62
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
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Astronomy. | Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 | Bernardin, Alphonse Claude C. | Beyond Early America | Botanical gardens -- France. | Comets. | Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 | Delambre, J. B. J. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), 1749-1822 | Desfontaines, René Louiche, 1750-1833 | General Correspondence | Herschel, William, 1738-1822 | International Affairs | Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de,17 | Lacroix, S. F. (Silvestre François), 1765-1843 | Miscellaneous | Méchain, Pierre, 1744-1804 | Piggott, Edward,fl. 1758-1807. | Wollaston, William Hyde, 1766-1828
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