Papers, 1833-1894.

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Papers, 1833-1894.

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Correspondence and papers, including observations and reductions; papers relating to spectroscopy, meteorology, photography, pyramids, and his experiments on Tenerife; and administrative records as Astronomer Royal for Scotland.

American Institute of Physics

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Smyth, C. Piazzi (Charles Piazzi), 1819-1900

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Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Papers, 1833-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122560482 The astronomer Charles Piazzi Smyth was born in Naples on 3 January 1819. He was educated in Bedford and in 1835 became an Assistant at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. There he observed Halley's Comet in 1836 and co-operated with Sir Thomas Maclear (1794-1879) in the re-measurement and extension of Lacaille's arc. Smyth was Astr...