William Christie, Astronomer Royal
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Mr F.W. Dyson appointed Chief Assistant from March 1. He came back to the Observatory this day.
H.H. Turner, Chief Assistant
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Joining the 2009 International Year of Astronomy's Cosmic Diary project, this blog transcribes 19th-century working journals kept by the Astronomer Royal and Chief Assistant of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. Transcription and comments are provided by a 21st-century curator working on the same site.
Cosmic Diary: Greenwich 1894
Contributing to the 2009 International Year of Astronomy's Cosmic Diary, this blog reproduces the 1894 working Journals of the Astronomer Royal and Chief Assistant of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, with comments from Rebekah Higgitt, a Curator at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The writers are:
William H.M. Christie (Astronomer Royal 1881-1910)
Herbert Hall Turner (Chief Assistant 1881-1894)
Frank Watson Dyson (Chief Assistant 1894-1905)
The manuscripts are at the Manuscripts Department of the University of Cambridge Library (ref: RGO 7/29-30) and reproduced by kind permission of the Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Syndics of Cambridge University Library.
William H.M. Christie (Astronomer Royal 1881-1910)
Herbert Hall Turner (Chief Assistant 1881-1894)
Frank Watson Dyson (Chief Assistant 1894-1905)
The manuscripts are at the Manuscripts Department of the University of Cambridge Library (ref: RGO 7/29-30) and reproduced by kind permission of the Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Syndics of Cambridge University Library.
Notes pages
- 28-inch telescope
- Altazimuth Pavilion
- Astrographic dome & telescope
- Board of Visitors
- Christie's staffing scheme
- Great Equatorial
- Lassell telescope & dome
- New Physical Observatory
- Sheepshanks Equatorial
- Sir Henry Thompson & his telescopes
- Staff of the Royal Observatory in 1894
- Women at the Royal Observatory
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February
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- Wednesday February 28, 1894
- Tuesday February 27, 1894
- Monday February 26, 1894
- J.R. Hind
- Saturday February 24, 1894
- Thursday February 22, 1894
- Wednesday February 21, 1894
- Monday February 19, 1894
- IYA's UK launch today
- Saturday February 17, 1894
- Friday 16 February, 1894
- Thursday February 15, 1894
- Wednesday February 14, 1894
- Tuesday February 13, 1894
- Monday February 12, 1894
- Regular work at Greenwich Observatory
- Saturday February 10, 1894 and Sunday February 11,...
- Friday February 9, 1894
- Thursday February 8, 1894
- Wednesday February 7, 1894
- Winter weather 1894 and 2009
- Sunspots in February 1894
- Maunder on the history and work of the ROG
- Saturday February 3, 1894
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- Thursday February 1, 1894
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Editor
- Rebekah Higgitt
- I am a historian of science and a curator at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, part of the National Maritime Museum.
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