John Pond Papers, 1811-1835.

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John Pond Papers, 1811-1835.

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Contains A. Observation ledgers, clock error notes, computation ledgers, manuscript star catalogues, weather records, and a small amount of correspondence; B. Documentation of important topics and events, such as: responsibility for transfer of the Royal Observatory from the Board of Ordnance to the Admiralty in 1820; the disbanding of the Board of Longitude in 1828; the inauguration of the Greenwich time ball in 1833; establishment (ca. 1832) of a separate office to oversee the work concerned with the 'Nautical Almanac'; and 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 rememberd 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: Sir G.B. Airy; W. Allen; C. Arnold; S. Barker; W. Barnes; J. Barow; Bessel; J. Booth; Borda; J. Bradley; Capt. R. Campbell; J. Cooke; H.G. Cox; J. Curmin; A. Currie; Mr. Dent; R.S. Dundas; J. Earnshaw; Mr. Ellis; Dr. Franklin; Frodsham; H. Gardener; Dr. Gauss; J. Haighth; Dr. Halley; J. Hardright; Mr. Hardy; R. Hasken; Capt. Hatiers; P.D. Hay; W. Herschel; G. Innes; L. Jones; H. Kater; J. Lepard; N. Maskelyne; C. Mason; S. Molyneux; Sir I. Newton; Parkinson; J. Pond; R. Priesley; Mr. Rogerson; Simms; J. Sinclair; A. Skane; Capt. Smith; Sir J. South; R. Spencer; J. Stone; W.S. Stratford; T. Taylor; E. Theynier; Mr. Troughton; G. Wilson; J. Wright; Baron F. Zach, among others.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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