The Royal Observatory, Greenwich: A Glance at Its History and Work
The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Royal Observatory Greenwich, by E. Walter (Edwared Walter) Maunder
FLAMSTEED, THE FIRST ASTRONOMER ROYAL. ( From the portrait in the 'Historia Cœlestis.' )
WITH MANY PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS FROM OLD PRINTS AND ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS
LONDON
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
56 Paternoster Row, and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard 1900
LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
E. Walter Maunder
---
E. WALTER MAUNDER, F.R.A.S.
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY
GREENWICH
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II
FLAMSTEED
CHAPTER III
HALLEY AND HIS SUCCESSORS
CHAPTER IV
AIRY
CHAPTER V
THE OBSERVATORY BUILDINGS
CHAPTER VI
THE TIME DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER VII
THE TRANSIT AND CIRCLE DEPARTMENTS
CHAPTER VIII
THE ALTAZIMUTH DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER IX
THE MAGNETIC AND METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENTS
CHAPTER X
THE HELIOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER XI
THE SPECTROSCOPIC DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER XII
THE ASTROGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER XIII
THE DOUBLE-STAR DEPARTMENT
INDEX
FOOTNOTES:
Transcriber's note:
