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Royal Greenwich Observatory. Edmond Halley Papers, 1677-1767.

Title: Edmond Halley Papers, 1677-1767.

Includes observation and calculation books, with some papers on cometary phenomena and assorted tables. A very limited amount of correspondence. Important subjects covered are: lunar observations, 1721-1740; re-equipment of the Royal Observatory using government funds, 1725. Correspondents are: Bianchini, J. Bradley, Copernicus, Cysali, D. Graham, Dr. Halley, Kepler, J.M. Lillee, Maskelyne, P. Miller, G. Morris, Mr. Oughtrod, Ptolemy, J. Senex, and Tychowich.

ArchivalResource: 19 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84317811 View

McPike, Eugene Fairfield, b. 1870. [Collected papers].

Title: [Collected papers]. 1916-1935.

ArchivalResource: 16 pamphlets in 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/760091576 View

Stearne, Robert. A collection of geographical, astronomical, and astrological problems : corrected from the observations communicated to the Royal Society's of London and Paris ; also the Theory of the tides / from Sir Isaac Newton's Works ; likewise an attempt to assign the physical cause of the trade winds and monsoons / by Doct[o]r Edm[on]d Halley.

Title: A collection of geographical, astronomical, and astrological problems : corrected from the observations communicated to the Royal Society's of London and Paris ; also the Theory of the tides / from Sir Isaac Newton's Works ; likewise an attempt to assign the physical cause of the trade winds and monsoons / by Doct[o]r Edm[on]d Halley. 1723-1730.

Holograph manuscript signed (1730) and written in 1723 and 1724 (cf. p. 491). Topics include the work of Flamsteed, Halley, Newton and Whiston, figuring the golden number and the domenical letter, calendars, the eclipses of 1715 and of 1725-40, and major rivers. Two pages in Latin.

ArchivalResource: 45, 516 [i.e. 511] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10410555 View

Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742. Miscellanea curiosa.

Title: Miscellanea curiosa. [ca. 1705]

Manuscript volume containing extracts from the 1705 compilation Miscellanea curiosa, including multiple articles by Edmund Halley, Isaac Newton and other members of the Royal Society. Written in a neat hand throughout, most articles only vary slighting in wording and spelling from their published versions. The volume also contains several pages of accounts written in a different, slightly later hand.

ArchivalResource: [2], 87, [7] p., bound ; 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/497244950 View

Ward, Samuel, 1814-1884. Papers, 1647-1912

Title: Samuel Ward papers 1647-1912

Samuel Ward (1814-1884) was an American lobbyist, financier, author, and adventurer. He was the son of the banker Samuel Ward (1786-1839) and the grandson of Samuel Ward (1756-1832) soldier and merchant. His sister was Julia Ward Howe, author of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic". After leaving his father's banking house, Prime, Ward & King, he visited Latin America on behalf of U.S. corporate and government interests. By the end of the U.S. Civil War he was settled in Washington, D.C. where he lobbied the government on behalf of financiers. Collection contains the papers of Ward, his father, his grandfather, and other family members, as well as his collection of autograph letters of mathematicians and scientists. Papers include handwritten and typescript letters, notebooks, transcripts, photographs, and printed matter. Samuel Ward correspondence, 1825-1882, concerns his activities, intellectual and literary matters, and family concerns. Many letters were written by friends who were historical figures. Autograph collection, 1647-1856, comprises letters by famous mathematicians and scientists acquired by Ward with his purchase of the library of mathematician A.N. Legendre. Also, Ward's travel notebooks, and letters, photographs and other papers of various members of the Ward family.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet (8 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3221 View

McPike, Eugene Fairfield, b. 1870. Papers, 1898-1946.

Title: Papers, 1898-1946.

Contains McPike's genealogy research in the Halley, Pyke and MacPike families (all English, among others) and his research for the publications: Hevelius, Flamsteed and Halley: Three Contemporary Astronomers and Their Mutual Relations (London: Taylor and Francis, 1937), and Correspondence and Papers of Edmond Halley (London: Taylor and Francis, 1937). McPike also collected and wrote about Sir Isaac Newton. The papers also includes McPike's research materials related to his publications on the international languages Esperanto and Ido. Among his correspondence are letters to and from George Sarton, (the founder of the History of Science Society), the Royal Society of London and Ralph Jermy (R.J.) Beevor.

ArchivalResource: 56 boxes (includes 2 cartons and 16 oversize boxes ; 47 linear feet)

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Thrower, Norman Joseph William. To make observations on the magneticall needle &c [videorecording] : the voyages of the Pink Paramore, under Captain Edmond Halley, FRS, 1698-1701.

Title: To make observations on the magneticall needle &c [videorecording] : the voyages of the Pink Paramore, under Captain Edmond Halley, FRS, 1698-1701. 1999.

The fifth William E. and Mary B. Ritter Memorial Fellowship lecture, entitled "To make observations on the magneticall needle &c: the voyages of the Pink Paramore under Captain Edmond Halley, FRS, 1698-1701," is delivered by Norman Joseph William Thrower. Dr. Thrower is introduced by Charles F. Kennel, director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41966075 View

Brasch, Frederick E. (Frederick Edward), 1875-1967,. The Frederick E. Brasch collection of Sir Isaac Newton manuscripts and related materials on the history of scientific thought, 1684-1949.

Title: The Frederick E. Brasch collection of Sir Isaac Newton manuscripts and related materials on the history of scientific thought, 1684-1949.

Correspondence, drafts, reports, notes, scientific manuscripts, lectures, tables, diagrams, and printed pamphlets by and about leading figures in the history of science and their work. Persons represented include Sir George Biddell Airy, David Brewster, Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, and Nicholas Saunderson. Accession 1986-054, Isaac Newton manuscript notes on his genealogy [addenda], is located in box 2, folder 14.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122445225 View

Royal Greenwich Observatory. William Henry Mahoney Christie Papers, 1878-1940.

Title: William Henry Mahoney Christie Papers, 1878-1940.

Contains principally: A. Correspondence and working papers, together with many administrative records related to the running of the Royal Observatory. B. Documentation of important topics and events, such as: the construction of the 28-inch and 26-inch refracting telescopes and of the 30-inch reflecting telescope at Greenwich; expeditions to observe the solar eclipses of 1898, 1900, and 1905, beginning the tradition of Royal Observatory eclipse expeditions; the international programme to undertake the photographic "Carte du Ciel" was initiated during Christie's tenure; the encouragement of the pursuit of astrophysical research at the Observatory, in addition rather than in place of its traditional astrometric work. C. The following is a partial list of the names of correspondents and others as they appear in the handlist to this class of papers in RGO Archives. It must be remembered that this is not necessarily an exhaustive list of names as they appear in the papers themselves. Researchers interested in a particular period are invited to write to the RGO Archivist at the above address if they are interested in particular individuals whose names do not appear below, but who could possibly have been in correspondence with the person or institution responsible for creating the class. Correspondents: J.C. Adams; Sir G.B. Airy; H. Albrecht; Dr. Anwers; F. Arago; Arnold; Lord Baden-Powell; Prof. Bakhayson; Prof. Balchevaroff; A. Bateman; Princess Beatrice; F.H. Bigelow; H. Blackett; Rev. Bliss; W.C. Bond; G. Borrel; Prof. Boss; K. Bottomley; C.V. Boys; J. Bradford; J. Bradley; J. Brashear; J. Bullard; S.C. Chandler; M. Chevalier; Sir W. Christie; Dr. Common; B. Copeland; P.H. Cowell; A. Crommelin; W. Curtis; Prof. Darwin; M. Defforges; W. Denning; M. Deslandres; A. Downing; J. Dreyer; W. Duncan; P. Dupere; F. Dyson; Sir F.W. Dyson; A. Eddington; Edward VII (King); C. Elder; W. Ellis; Prof. Ewing; R. Ferguson; Finley; Sir G.F. Fitzgerald; M. Fizeau; J. Flamsteed; W.H. Flower; E.F. Freumdlich; Sir A. Geikie; D. Gill; J. Glaisher; C. Greaves; W. Grimaldi; Sir H. Grubb; G. Hale; Mr. Hall E. Halley; J.H. Harding; Prof. Harkness; Henry VIII (King); Sir W. Herschel; E. Hilbert; V.R. Hind; P.J. Janssen; Sir J. Jeans; Prof. Joly; Prof. Kapteyn; A.G. Kayser; Lord Kelvin; J. Kepler; U. Le Verrier; Sir O. Lodge; E.J. Love; J.P. MacLear; E.W. Maunder; Prof. R. Millikan; A. Milne; C. Nash; Prof. Newall; Prof. Newcomb; H. Newton; G.E. Nibblet; D. Nightingale; Prof. Niven; J. Opie; J. Poincare; Prof. Pritchard; J.C. Respighi; E. Roberts; Lord Rosse; R. Sampson; G. Schiaparelli; H. Schumacher; T. See; A. Schuster; Spottiswoode; Prof. Tait; Thorne; and Queen Victoria; among others.

ArchivalResource: 278 bound v. and boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82862818 View

Méchain, Pierre François André, 1744-1804. Autograph letters signed (10, one incomplete), and autograph document signed : Paris, to various recipients, including General Calon, M. Le Chevalier, M. Villar, and M. Vallogne, 1780 June 7-1803.

Title: Autograph letters signed (10, one incomplete), and autograph document signed : Paris, to various recipients, including General Calon, M. Le Chevalier, M. Villar, and M. Vallogne, 1780 June 7-1803.

Concerning his cartographical work, his astronomical observations, and his geodetic measurements which determined the metric unit of length. The letter of 1780 June 7 concerns the cartographical position of Danzig and contains an analysis of various astronomical observations of La Hire, Hevelius, Cassini, Thomas Streete, and Halley; the letter of 1783 Sept. 3 contains a detailed account of his observation of a lunar eclipse. Other letters concern his attempts to make geodetic measurements in southern France and Spain in order to establish the length of the meter. With frequent references to his partner Delambre.

ArchivalResource: 11 items (28 p.) ; 24.7 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270871515 View

William Bolton and Co. Newsletter from William Bolton & Co., Madeira, to Robert Heysham, London [manuscript], 1699.

Title: Newsletter from William Bolton & Co., Madeira, to Robert Heysham, London [manuscript], 1699.

Monthly newsletter with two entries dated January 8 and February 4, 1699. Contains information about Portuguese ships carrying wine to Brazil and English shipments to Barbados; account of mathematician Edmond Halley's trip to the coast of Brazil to observe "the variation of the compass"; and information of how Bolton's ship was being protected from marauding warships by Admiral Benbow, who was passing through Madeira to hunt pirates in the West Indies.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 30 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/441939289 View

Royal Greenwich Observatory. John Flamsteed Papers, 1638-1725.

Title: John Flamsteed Papers, 1638-1725.

Observation books, letter books and manuscript catalogues, including: A. Observation and reduction volumes, with letterbooks, the texts of the Gresham Lectures given by Flamsteed, early lead mining records, mathematical and astronomical treatises, manuscript star catalogs and drafts of the 'Historia Coelestis'. B. Documentation of important topics and events, such as: the foundation of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich; the work of Flamsteed; demonstration of the isochronous rotation of the Earth, and the resulting "equation of time"; establishment of the first Greenwich meridian; the dispute with Halley and Newton over the publication of Flamsteed's observations and the 'Historia Coelestis'. C. The following is a list of the names of correspondents and others as they appear in the handlist to this class of papers in RGO Archives. It must be remembered that this is not necessarily an exhaustive list of names as they appear in the papers themselves. Researchers interested in a prticular period are invited to write to the RGO Archivist at the above address if they are interested in particular individuals whose names do not appear below, but who could possibly have been in correspondence with the person or institution responbile for creating the class. Correspondents: Sir G. B. Airy; C. Arnold; Bailey, Lord Brouncker; J. D. Cassini; J. Caswell; King Charles II; S. Clowes; T. Conings; Crabtree; J. Crosthwaite; P. Davies; J. C. Einmart; J. Flamsteed; Gascoigne; S. Gray; D. Gregory; Dr. Halley; Hevelius; J. Hodgeson; J. Horrocks; Mr. Lee; N. Maskelyne; S. Molyneux; J. Moore; H. Oldenburgh; Dr. Pell; J. Pond; Dr. Pope; Radcliffe Trustees; A. Ryley; Sir C. Scarbarrow; A. Sharp; Dr. T. Smith; H. Stanyan; N. Stephenson; R. Townley; Weston; J. Witty; Sir G. Wharton; I. Woolferman; and Sir C. Wren, among others.

ArchivalResource: 76 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80601875 View

Sir Isaac Newton: Papers, 1612-1886

Title: Sir Isaac Newton: Papers 1612-1886

ArchivalResource: 14 volumes, 11 boxes and 1 box-file

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb12-mss.add.3958-4007,9597 View

Eugene Fairfield McPike papers, 1898-1946

Title: Eugene Fairfield McPike papers 1898-1946

Contains McPike's genealogy research in the Halley, Pyke and MacPike families (all English, among others) and his research for the publications: Hevelius, Flamsteed and Halley: Three Contemporary Astronomers and Their Mutual Relations (London: Taylor and Francis, 1937), and Correspondence and Papers of Edmond Halley (London: Taylor and Francis, 1937). McPike also collected and wrote about Sir Isaac Newton. The papers also includes McPike's research materials related to his publications on the international languages Esperanto and Ido. Among his correspondence are letters to and from George Sarton, (the founder of the History of Science Society), the Royal Society of London and Ralph Jermy (R. J.) Beevor.

ArchivalResource: 16 oversize boxes; (55.56 linear ft.)

http://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/MSS%202390 View

Savile Collection, 12th-19th century

Title: Savile Collection 12th-19th century

ArchivalResource: 146 shelfmarks

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb161-savileg.18,g.20;mss.rigaud3-33,33a,34-51,53-7,60-8;mss.savile53-60,63-73,74a,74b,75-95,97-105,a.1-17,c.1-2,e.1-10 View

Rigaud Manuscripts, 16th-19th century

Title: Rigaud Manuscripts 16th-19th century

ArchivalResource: 21 shelfmarks

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Archenhold, F. S. (Friedrich Simon). [Pamphlets on Edmund Halley and Halley's comet].

Title: [Pamphlets on Edmund Halley and Halley's comet]. 1904-1911.

ArchivalResource: 23 pamphlets in 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/761327109 View

Autograph File, H

Title: Autograph File, H

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 11 linear feet (22 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01431/catalog View

Derham, W. (William), 1657-1735. Papers, 1729-1732, to Ralph Palmer Esq.

Title: Papers, 1729-1732, to Ralph Palmer Esq.

ALS discussing minerals, coins and astronomy. He mentions the Royal Society, Sir Hans Sloane, Robert Hooke and Edmund Halley, among others. Some letters bear explanatory manuscript notes, probably in Palmer's hand.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35007400 View

Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742. Algebra : or, Universall arithmetick.

Title: Algebra : or, Universall arithmetick. [17--]

ArchivalResource: [212] p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/222662308 View

Williams, Albert C. Edmond Halley and the problems of terrestrial magnetism : dissertation, 1937.

Title: Edmond Halley and the problems of terrestrial magnetism : dissertation, 1937.

Williams' dissertation discusses Edmond Halley's work in terrestrial magnetism (geomagnetism). It includes charts, illustrations and diagrams.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume, 27 cm., 293 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/591328902 View