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Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871. Correspondence, 1817-1871.

Title: Correspondence, 1817-1871.

This collection concerns astronomical observations, earthquakes, meteorology, photography, physics, professional associations, publications, and scientific instruments. The correspondents include Augustus De Morgan, Dionysius Lardner, Sir Francis Beaufort, and Sir Edward Ryan.

ArchivalResource: 40 items.

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W. H. (William Henry) Smyth correspondence, 1820-1864, 1820-1864

Title: W. H. (William Henry) Smyth correspondence, 1820-1864 1820-1864

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.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet, 123 items

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Rawlins, Ray E. D., 1917-1979,. Collection of autographs of scientists, 1772-1973.

Title: Collection of autographs of scientists, 1772-1973.

This is a miscellaneous collection of letters, mainly of English scientists, written to various people. There are mostly one or two letters, except for those of John Peter Gassiot, William Huggins, Edwin R. Lankester, James Mackintosh, David Prain, and William Whewell.

ArchivalResource: ca. 300 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122489472 View

George Back collection, 1796-1878

Title: George Back collection 1796-1878

ArchivalResource: Correspondence (15 leaves) special collection (27 volumes, c 1,720 leaves, 5 microfilm, 4 maps)

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English Scientific Autograph Collection, [ca. 19th century], Circa 19th century

Title: English Scientific Autograph Collection, [ca. 19th century] Circa 19th century

The collection is a miscellaneous group of letters of mainly British scientists and physicians, purchased as an existing autograph collection. There are a few American signatures. The letters are primarily from the nineteenth century and focus on medical and geological topics, but also there are some earlier and later dates. In addition to the letters are anatomical drawings of surgery, sketches of bones, and one geological notebook.

ArchivalResource: 3.0 Linear feet, Ca. 3,000 items

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Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857. Letter.

Title: Letter. 1850.

A.L.S. (1850 May 14) from Beaufort to Lubbock concerning Lubbock's gnomonic projection.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9851131 View

Sir Francis Leopold McClintock collection, 1848-1903

Title: Sir Francis Leopold McClintock collection 1848-1903

ArchivalResource: Expedition material (3 volumes, 6 microfilm, 2 charts) and correspondence (64 leaves)

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Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857. Account book, 1796-1802.

Title: Account book, 1796-1802.

Account book listing personal and professional expenses and items of income when Beaufort was a lieutenant aboard the H.M.S. "Phaeton." Also lists Beaufort's share of the prize money from captured ships.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19211008 View

Sir Francis Beaufort collection, 1849-1857

Title: Sir Francis Beaufort collection 1849-1857

ArchivalResource: Correspondence (circa 20 leaves)

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English Scientific Autograph Collection, [ca. 19th century].

Title: English Scientific Autograph Collection, [ca. 19th century].

This is a miscellaneous group of letters, purchased as an existing autograph collection, which centers on British scientists and physicians, but with a few American signatures. The letters are primarily from the nineteenth century and focus on medical and geological topics, but there are also some earlier and later dates. In addition to the letters are anatomical drawings of surgery, sketches of bones, and one geological notebook.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. : ca. 3,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122488704 View

Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941. Autograph Collection of Alexander Irvine.

Title: Autograph Collection of Alexander Irvine.

This is an autograph collections of several famous men and women from 18th and 19th Century Europe. It consists of letters in English, French, German, and Italian. It also contains clipped signatures and envelope fronts.

ArchivalResource: 77 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122639346 View

Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857. Account book, 1796-1802.

Title: Account book, 1796-1802.

Account book listing personal and professional expenses and items of income when Beaufort was a lieutenant aboard the H.M.S. "Phaeton." Also lists Beaufort's share of the prize money from captured ships.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154270448 View

Sir William Edward Parry collection, 1800-1855

Title: Sir William Edward Parry collection 1800-1855

ArchivalResource: Expedition material (5 volumes, 3 leaves, 3 microfilms) correspondence (circa 865 leaves) and papers (5 volumes and circa 100 leaves).

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Robert McClure collection, 1845-1855

Title: Robert McClure collection 1845-1855

ArchivalResource: Correspondence (27 leaves)

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Bassett Jones (collector) records, 1818-1938.

Title: Bassett Jones records, 1818-1938.

Letters, manuscripts, documents, and printed materials by and relating to explorers of both poles. Many of the letters are addressed to Vilhjalmur Stefansson or Bassett Jones. The letters for the most part discuss subjects of professional interest. Thre are printed materials, photographs and memorabilia of many expeditions and explorers.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft. ( 3 boxes)

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Snow, William Parker, 1817-1895. Correspondence.

Title: Correspondence. 1850-1860.

Collection of letters from various correspondents, among them Lady Jane Franklin, Thomas B. Macaulay, John Kintzing Kane, C.R. Weld, etc., relating to the preparation of his book, Voyage of the Prince Albert, or acknowledging gift copies. Includes 2 letters from the personal secretary of Prince Albert Stating that he cannot encourage any further efforts in search of the lost Franklin Arctic expedition.

ArchivalResource: 31 items ; 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237641669 View

Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892. Letters, 1827-1883

Title: Letters. 1827-1883.

63 A.L.S. to various recipients, including Arago, Beaufort, Hogg, Lubbock, and Oersted; 2 D.S. acknowledging receipt of books for the Royal Observatory; holograph copy of letter to Comptroller General of the Exchequer; and 3 envelopes.

ArchivalResource: 69 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9873033 View

Collection of autographs of scientists, 1772-1973, 1772-1973

Title: Collection of autographs of scientists, 1772-1973 1772-1973

A miscellaneous collection of letters, mainly of English scientists, written to various people. There are mostly one or two letters, except for those of John Peter Gassiot, William Huggins, Edwin R. Lankester, James Mackintosh, David Prain, and William Whewell.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet, Ca. 300 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.R199-ead.xml View

Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857. Letter: to Charles Wilkes /by Francis Beaufort, 1838 Jun 8.

Title: Letter: to Charles Wilkes /by Francis Beaufort, 1838 Jun 8.

Congratulates Charles Wilkes on his appointment to command the United States Exploring Expedition.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128429 View

Sir Francis Beaufort collection, 1849-1857

Title: Sir Francis Beaufort collection 1849-1857

ArchivalResource: Correspondence (circa 20 leaves)

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James Anderson collection, 1855

Title: James Anderson collection 1855

ArchivalResource: Correspondence (7 leaves)

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Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857. Papers of Sir Francis Beaufort, 1710-1953 (bulk 1780-1890).

Title: Papers of Sir Francis Beaufort, 1710-1953 (bulk 1780-1890).

Diaries, journals, account books and correspondence of Sir Francis Beaufort and members of the Beaufort family: his father Daniel Augustus Beaufort, first wife Alicia Magdalena Wilson Beaufort (d. 1834), and others.

ArchivalResource: 2,143 pieces.38 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228721110 View

Sir John Ross collection, 1812-1856

Title: Sir John Ross collection 1812-1856

ArchivalResource: Correspondence (150 leaves) and papers (4 volumes, 1 microfilm, 100 leaves)

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Edward Adams collection, 1848-1851

Title: Edward Adams collection 1848-1851

ArchivalResource: Expedition material (2 volumes, 8 leaves)

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Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857. Letter to Frederick William Beechey, 1836, February 4.

Title: Letter to Frederick William Beechey, 1836, February 4.

In this letter, which is written to Frederick Beechey, one of Beaufort's officers, Beaufort discusses dispatches he received from the Beagle's captain, Robert FitzRoy. These dispatches describe the Beagle's surveying expeditions along South America's coast as well as report on the Beagle's activities in 1835 (he mentions several places in Chile by name). Beaufort is giving this informaiton to Beechey so that he does not duplicate FitzRoy's efforts. Although the letter was written in secretarial hand, Beaufort signed it and and wrote a postcript in pencil informing Beechey of the birth of his daughter and the news that "Mrs. B was doing very well and the young lady also." This would have been Beechey's first news of the birth of his daughter. This letter is one copy of many that Beaufort sent to various ports in the hope that one reaches Beechey as soon as possible. Charles Darwin is not mentioned by name in the letter.

ArchivalResource: 1 item, 4 pages.

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George Lyons collection, 1824

Title: George Lyons collection 1824

ArchivalResource: Correspondence (4 leaves)

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Sir John F. W.(John Frederick William) Herschel correspondence, 1793-1874, 1793-1874

Title: Sir John F. W.(John Frederick William) Herschel correspondence, 1793-1874 1793-1874

This collection concerns astronomical observations, earthquakes, meteorology, photography, physics, professional associations, publications, and scientific instruments. The correspondents include Augustus De Morgan, Dionysius Lardner, Sir Francis Beaufort, and Sir Edward Ryan.

ArchivalResource: 40.0 Item(s)

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Robert Goodsir collection, 1849-1850

Title: Robert Goodsir collection 1849-1850

ArchivalResource: Correspondence (8 leaves)

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Herschel Family. Papers, 1721-1951, (bulk 1810-1871).

Title: Papers, 1721-1951, (bulk 1810-1871).

The bulk of the Herschel papers consists of Sir John F.W. Herschel's correspondence, essays, drawings, notes, calculations, reports, notebooks, charts, documents, memoranda books, diaries, and travel journals from 1809 to 1871. Also present are Caroline Lucretia Herschel's correspondence, biographical memoranda, documents, tables, and diaries from 1787 to 1846; Sir William Herschel's correspondence, essays, notes, and tables from 1758 to 1822; correspondence and essays by other members of the Herschel family, colleagues, and acquaintances; and reports, minutes, and documents of various organizations to which John F.W. Herschel belonged. Among manuscripts of Sir John Herschel's works are his writings on actinometry, astronomy, the barometer, biology, chemistry, geology, music, photography, physical optics, physics, and other subjects, as well as 37 poems he wrote between 1826 and 1842. A manuscript of one of Herschel's earliest works, Memoir on a Remarkable Application of Cote's Theorems, is present in the collection, as are notebooks from his student years. Notes from numerous chemistry experiments date from 1848 to 1870. Diaries cover the years 1820-71, while travel journals from 1809 to 1850 contain observations on tours in Italy, France, Germany, and England. Herschel's reports, notes, star charts, financial accounts, and diaries from his work at an observation point at the Cape of Good Hope are present. Reports, essays, and documents of various organizations with which Sir John was associated, including the Royal Mint (1850-55), the English Committee for the Terrestrial Magnetism Survey (1838-39), the Greenwich Observatory (1830), the Royal University Commission (1850), the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Royal Commission on Standards of Weights and Measurements (1838-43), are also included. Items in the miscellaneous works series include Sir John Herschel's sketches titled "Profiles Taken with the Camera Lucida," sketches of apparatus, and various writings and calculations. Sir John's list of his publications chronologically records all of his published books, articles, and letters from 1812 to 1870. The letters series comprises correspondence from Sir John Herschel to over 200 correspondents, including George Biddell Airy, Mary Baldwin, W.E. Gladstone, Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel, Richard Jones, Henry Rich, Edward Sabine, William Henry Fox Talbot, and Charles E. Trevelyan. The miscellaneous series is comprised of correspondence to Sir John Herschel, correspondence and works of other members of the Herschel family, and correspondence and works of colleagues and acquaintances. Also included are Sir John's account books, memoranda books, and Lady Herschel's housekeeping books from 1822 to 1840. Correspondence to Sir John Herschel includes nearly 1200 letters from such correspondents as George Biddell Airy, Jasper Atkinson, Charles Babbage, William Thomas Brande, Henry Drury Harness, George Peacock, Richard Sheepshanks, and William Whewell. Within Sir William Herschel's correspondence are letters from his father and other relatives in Germany. Sir William's "Concerning the Central Powers of the Particles of Matter," "My Idea of Matter," "Remarks on Dr. Priestly's Disquisition on Matter and Spirit," "Interference of Light," notes on astronomy, notes on optics, and various mathematical tables are represented in the collection. A list of the telescopes Sir William constructed and documents relating to his early musical career are also present. Sir William's biographical memoranda from 1758 to 1787, recopied by Caroline Herschel, and the original draft of Sir John's obituary of his father, are included as well. Among Caroline Herschel's correspondence are letters from Carl Gauss, John Haygarth, Alexander von Humboldt, and Joseph Lalande. Caroline Herschel's manuscripts include diaries from 1833 to 1845, biographical memoranda, an autobiography, documents about the disposal of her property, her will, diplomas, the royal warrant for her salary, and her astronomical tables. Her commonplace book of astronomical memoranda records her education as an astronomer. Correspondence by various other members of the Herschel family dates from 1721 to 1951. Correspondence and writings by other scientists, such as George Biddell Airy and John Dalton, complete the miscellaneous series.

ArchivalResource: 47 boxes (20 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122472759 View

Francis Beaufort (Sir) Papers, circa 1750-1900

Title: Francis Beaufort (Sir) Papers, circa 1750-1900

The Beaufort Collection contains two groups of manuscripts related to him only indirectly. The first consists of travel diaries and correspondence of his daughter Emily Anne, who under her title by marriage of Viscountess Strangford, was very active as a traveller, writer and humanitarian until her death in 1887. The second group contains papers of the Larpent family, mainly consisting of the diplomatic correspondence of John James Larpent, 7th Baron de Hochepied, during his tenure as British consul in Antwerp, circa. 1825-1837.

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