Papers. 1851-1869.

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Papers. 1851-1869.

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Thirty-five A.L.S. to various recipients including Arago, Collingwood, Daniell, Elliott, Lubbock, Moigno, Quetelet, and Schumacher, 2 autograph signatures, 1 D.S., 8 holograph manuscripts, 4 envelopes, 2 printed sheets with annotations, and a manuscript copy of a speech by Herschel.

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Moigno, abbé (François Napoléon Marie), 1804-1884.

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Quételet, Adolphe (1796-1874).

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Adolphe Quetelet was an astronomer, meteorologist, statistician, and director of the Royal Observatory, Brussels. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1839. From the description of Correspondence, 1822-1872. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298244 From the description of Correspondence, 1822-1872. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84587306 Adolphe Quetelet was an astronomer, meteorologist, statistician, and director of...

Dibner, Bern.

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Schumacher, Heinrich Gottlob, 1780-1850.

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

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Engineer and Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to Sir W. R. Hamilton, 1833-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78514949 Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to J. D. Forbes, 1832-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123372 From the description of Papers, 1816-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80362531 John F. W. Herschel was an English mathematician, astronomer, che...

Daniell, J. Frederic (John Frederic), 1790-1845

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Professor of Chemistry, 1831-1845, King's College, London. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, London, 1914. Established a reputation for meteorological experiments and observations. Invented hygrometer in 1820. Collaboration with Michael Faraday, [1824-1845]. From the description of Papers, 1821-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77612481 ...

Elliot, James, 1775-1839

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Arago, F. (François), 1786-1853

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French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician. François Arago contributed to major discoveries concerning electromagnetism, light polarisation and velocity, the meridian arc length of the earth, and the standardisation of the metric system. From 1830 he was director of the Paris Observatory. Arago also served several roles in government, including a short period as the prime minister of France. From the description of Letter of François Arago written to Louis de Freyci...

Lubbock, J. W. (John William), 1803-1865

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English cleric William Buckland worked as a geologist and vertebrate paleontologist. The first Reader of Geology, University of Oxford (from 1819), Buckland is most noted as the scientific discoverer of dinosaurs. From the guide to the William Buckland papers, 1817-1848, 1817-1848, (American Philosophical Society) ...