MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1820-1864
Abstract:
This is a miscellaneous collection of letters, almost all written to Smyth by prominent scientists. The topics discussed include astronomy, microscopes, nautical almanacs, and submarine excursions. Also of interest is a letter from Thomas Graves, reporting what the Beagle (Charles Darwin's voyage) was encountering in South American waters.
Call #:
Mss.B.Sm98
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet
Subjects:
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Airy, George Biddell, 1801-1892 | Almanacs. | Arnold, Thomas, 1795-1842 | Astronomical instruments. | Astronomy. | Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857 | Beyond Early America | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Dawes, William, 1762-1836 | Dollond, George, 1774-1852 | Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 | Graves, Thomas. | Grove, W. R. (William Robert), 1811-1896 | Hartwell Observatory. | Henderson, Thomas, 1798-1844 | Henslow, J. S. (John Stevens), 1796-1861 | Herschel, John F. W., Sir (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Hopkins, William, 1793-1866 | Kater, Henry, 1777-1835 | Lassell, William, 1799-1880 | Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 | Maclear, Thomas, 1794-1879 | Microscopy. | Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871 | Nautical almanacs. | Petermann, A. (August Heinrich), 1822-1878 | Royal Astronomical Society. | Royal Observatory, Greenwich. | Royal Society (Great Britain) | Sheepshanks, R. (Richard), 1794-1855 | Smyth, Annarella Warington | Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788-1865 | Smyth, Warington Wilkinson, Sir, 1817-1890 | Somerville, Mary (1780-1872) | Submarines (Ships) | Tindal, Nicholas Conyngham, Sir, 1776-1846 | Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis, 1780 | Zach, Franz Xaver, Freiherr von (1754-1832 )
