Research Catalog

Title

A history and description of the Royal observatory, Cape of Good Hope. By Sir David Gill ... Published by order of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty in obedience to His Majesty's command.

Author

Gill, David, 1843-1914.

Publication

London, H.M. Stationery off., printed by Neill & co., Edinburgh, 1913.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bahn, Wilhelm, 1884-
• Great Britain. Admiralty.

Description

cxc p., 1 l., 136 p. front., illus., 44 pl. (incl. plans) map, tables, diagrs.; 38 x 28 cm.

Subject

• Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
• Geodesy > South Africa
• Arc measures
• Astronomy > Bibliography

Note

• Ground plan of the observatory, and map (Diagram of the geodetic triangulation of South Africa) in pocket at end of volume.
• Appendix II: Cape observatory publications: p. [clxxiii]-clxxiv.
• Appendix III. Scientific papers published by astronomers at the Cape observatory other than those contained in Cape observatory publications: p. [clxxv]-clxxviii.
• Appendix IV. The South African arc of meridian. By Dr. Wilhelm Bahn. <Tr. from the original article in Beiträge zur geophysik, band X, 1910 ... >: p. [clxxix]-cxc.
• The geodetic survey of South Africa: p. ci-cxxiv.

Call Number

OPC+ (Royal Observatory) (Gill, D. History and description of the Royal observatory, Cape of Good Hope)

LCCN

14016991 //r923

OCLC

3874692

Author

Gill, David, 1843-1914.

Title

A history and description of the Royal observatory, Cape of Good Hope. By Sir David Gill ... Published by order of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty in obedience to His Majesty's command.

Imprint

London, H.M. Stationery off., printed by Neill & co., Edinburgh, 1913.

Added Author

Bahn, Wilhelm, 1884-

Great Britain. Admiralty.

Research Call Number

OPC+ (Royal Observatory) (Gill, D. History and description of the Royal observatory, Cape of Good Hope)