Harvard College Observatory. Office of the Director
Harvard College Observatory Office of the Director records of George Phillips Bond, 1845-1865.
Ththis collection consists of correspondence and subject files, manuscript drafts, and astronomical data, which chiefly document the research activities of the Harvard College Observatory from 1859 to 1865. Chronicled are observations of planets, including Mars and Jupiter; efforts to determine the brightness of stars; and the detection of comets, eclipses, and other astronomical phenomena.
The Astronomical Observatory was established in 1839, and is now known as the Harvard College Observatory. The Massachusetts stations are in Cambridge and the George R. Agassiz Station (Oak Ridge) in Harvard, Mass. The Boyden Station of the Observatory was originally located in Arequipa, Peru until 1927 when it was transferred near Bloemfontien in the Orange Free State, South Africa. This station closed about 1966. George Phillips Bond (1825-1865), an astronomer, was the director of the Harvard College Observatory and Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard from 1859 to 1865.
Bond, George Phillips, 1825-1865
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Harvard College Observatory. Office of the Director
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Bond, George Phillips, 1825-1865
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