Astronomy -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre papers
Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 458
Scope and Contents
Papers of Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749-1822). These are calculations, tables, and notes regarding the planets Uranus, Venus, Jupiter, and other planets and celestial bodies including comets and stars. There are also notes relating to the history of Astronomy.
Dates:
1778-1821
Johannes Hevelius letter to Johann Philipp von Wurtzelbau
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232567096]
Identifier: Vault MSS 494
Scope and Contents
This letter is dated 15 August 1686 and was written to Dr. Johann Philipp von Wurtzelbau (1651-1725) "my dear and respectable friend." Its content is concerned with arguments relating to lunar eclipses, about the planets Mars and Uranus, some astronomical theories, and in what should be made public. Hevelius expresses concern that his observations are considered forbidden by the council in Rome.
Dates:
1686 August 15
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande letters to Mme. Dupiery
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 530
Scope and Contents
Materials include thirty-three letters written from de Lalande to Mme. de Piery discussing his work, the current political situation, and personal matters. Portions of three letters have been excised, possibly because of their political content. Some items are not dated, others are dated using the calendar adopted by the French following the Revolution (1789-1792) with no attempt to correlate these dates with the Gregorian calendar. All items handwritten, some signed. All but one...
Dates:
1779-1806
Eugene Fairfield McPike papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2390
Abstract
Contains McPike's genealogy research in the Halley, Pyke and MacPike families (all English, among others) and his research for the publications: Hevelius, Flamsteed and Halley: Three Contemporary Astronomers and Their Mutual Relations (London: Taylor and Francis, 1937), and Correspondence and Papers of Edmond Halley (London: Taylor and Francis, 1937). McPike also collected and wrote about Sir Isaac Newton. The papers also includes McPike's research materials related to his publications on...
Dates:
1898-1946