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| ROYAL
OBSERVATORY EDINBURGH The Library of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh consists of some 50,000 titles and is divided into two main sections: (1) the Main Library containing all material from 1900 onwards, and (2) the Crawford Library and Archives. The Library serves the staff of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, the Institute of Astronomy of the University of Edinburgh, the wider astronomical community as a whole and researchers in the history of science. The Royal Observatory Edinburgh comes under the auspices of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC). The Crawford Library is made up of some 15,000 items spanning the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries. The collection was donated to the Royal Observatory Edinburgh in 1888 by the 26th Earl of Crawford and contains first editions of all major works on astronomy and related subjects. The Archives comprise the notebooks, correspondence and other papers of the former Astronomical Institution from 1764, Astronomers Royal for Scotland, and the 26th Earl of Crawford. The collection also includes watercolours, diaries and photographic plates of Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland 1846-1888 which were handed over to the observatory, on permanent loan, in 1988 by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The National Register of Archives for Scotland has surveyed the holdings of the Royal Observatory (survey number NRAS2657). |
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| Astronomical Institution of Edinburgh (and earlier) |
1764-1834
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| Observations
and calculations Administrative papers |
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| Thomas Henderson | 1834-1844 | ||
| Correspondence
Observations and calculations Administrative and miscellaneous papers |
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| Charles Piazzi Smyth | 1845-1888 | ||
| Correspondence
Observations, reductions, instruments Spectroscopy Meteorology Photography Publications Pyramids Administrative and miscellaneous papers |
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| Dunecht: James Ludovic Lindsay 26th Earl of Crawford | 1871-1875 | ||
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| Ralph Copeland | 1889-1905 | ||
| Correspondence Observations and calculations Eclipses Instruments Manuscripts Lecture notes Meteorology and Seismology Photography Administrative and miscellaneous papers |
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| Frank Watson Dyson | 1905-1910 | ||
| Correspondence
Observations and calculations Administrative and miscellaneous papers |
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| Ralph Allan Sampson | 1910-1937 | ||
| Correspondence
and notes Telescopes, observations and calculations Transit Circle, time service, wireless time Clocks and chronometers Time I.A.U. correspondence Solar spectroscopy Photometry and photography Calculations Meteorology and Seismology Rangefinder Manuscripts and lecture notes Administrative papers and reports Papers of A P Norton |
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| CHARLES PIAZZI SMYTH ARCHIVES | |||
| Sketchbooks, Manuscripts and Printed Material: On loan from the Royal Society of Edinburgh | |||
| Bound volumes of sketches | 1835-1853 | ||
| Pocket notebooks, Journals, notes, drawings and watercolours | 1832-1841, 1852-1886 | ||
| Manuscript volumes re teaching of astronomy at the University of Edinburgh | 1850-1855 | ||
| “Lectures journal connected therewith” | 1850 | ||
| Diaries and student notes on geology and mineralogy by Jessica Duncan (afterwards Mrs Charles Piazzi Smyth) | 1847-1859 | ||
| Meteorological records by Mrs Piazzi Smyth | 1859 | ||
| Notes on Cloud-taking camera | 1876, 1892 | ||
| Information and notes re the Great Pyramid | 1867-1891 | ||
| Posters re the Great Pyramid and Meteorology | undated | ||
| Unpublished Solar Spectra and accompanying manuscript | 1891-1892 | ||
| Manuscript entitled “The Latest Physical Geography from Greenland” | c.1850s | ||
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| Manuscript and Printed Material: Held by Royal Observatory Edinburgh | |||
| Manuscripts on laboratory, solar and auroral spectroscopy and wavelength conversion tables | 1876-1892 | ||
| Meteorological journals kept by Mrs Charles Piazzi Smyth in Edinburgh | 1876-1888 | ||
| Meteorological diagrams | 1886 | ||
| Notebook entitled “Museum Copying Camera” | 1892 | ||
| Printed spectroscopic atlases | 1880, 1890 etc | ||
| List of recipients of volume 15 of Royal Observatory Edinburgh | 1863 | ||
| Manuscript entitled “Conjugate foci for large Steinheil 10.86 inch solar focus lens computed at Clova” | 1894 | ||
| Album case of solar spectra | 1891-1892 | ||
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| Photographic Plates | |||
| Photographic plates of Tenerife | 1856 | ||
| Photographic plates of the Isle of May | 1858 | ||
| Photographic plates of Russia | 1859 | ||
| Photographic plates of Egypt | 1864 | ||
| Photographic plates of Edinburgh and the moon | 1854-1876 | ||
| Photographic plates of clouds in motion | 1876 | ||
| Photographic plates of ferns | 1875-1876 | ||
| Photographic plates of Clova cloud photographs | 1892-1896 | ||
| Photographic plates of Solar spectra | 1889-1892 | ||
| Lantern slides | 1900-1908 | ||
| Prints of cloud photographs | 1892-.1896 | ||
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| Slides, Watercolours etc | |||
| Slide of flower and insect | |||
| Moving slides for children | |||
| Watercolours, engravings and prints by various artists | |||
| Copy of Charles Piazzi Smyth’s death certificate | 1900 | ||
| Sale catalogue of contents of Charles Piazzi Smyth’s house after his death | 1900 | ||
| Access
to the Crawford Library and Archives by application only to the Librarian
by telephone, letter, fax, email or in person at Royal Observatory
Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ. Opening hours: 0900-1730
Monday - Friday Tel: 0131 668 8395 Fax: 0131 668 8264 Email: Library@roe.ac.uk Website: www.roe.ac.uk/atc/library/ |
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