[Fragments of Coast Survey Report of 1889]
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Resource ID
1499
Access
Open
Contributed by
Frederik Wellmann
type of material
TS.
Category
ASTRONOMY (MS 1050-1098)
description
Among the fragments is a typescript of a report (?); various tables (calculation of atmospheric effects, coefficients of expansion of the pendulum, constants for calculating flexure effects, flexure per kilogram); descriptions and positions of the Smithsonian, Cornell, Ann Arbor, and Madison astronomical stations; deduction of the ratio of gravity between the different stations; general description of the pendulums and other equipment.
general index
Atmospheric effects, Coast Survey (United States), Geodesy (see also Coast Survey), Gravitation, Pendulum experiments l l l l
pagination
18 pp., with CSP's corrections, and 2 photographs
Date
1889
manuscript number
1096
publication
n.p.
topic
ASTRONOMY
manuscript contains non-textual content
yes