Winlock, Joseph, 1826-1875.
Joseph Winlock letterbook, 1857-1875.
This item contains much information about his various posts and about conflicts, personalities, and the politics of science. There are also many references and comments about scientific technology of the day, and of such people as Matthew F. Maury. There are numerous letters to A. D. Bache, James Henry Coffin, Charles Henry Davis, and William H. Willcox.
Joseph Winlock was an astronomer and mathematician. Winlock was the superintendent of the "American Ephemeries and Nautical Almanac" (1858-1859), head of the Department of Mathematics at the U.S. Naval Academy (1859), and Director of the Harvard College Observatory, as well as being a professor of astronomy at Harvard (1866-1875).
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
Ballard, John T.
Bowditch, Henry Ingersoll, 1808-1892.
Chauvenet, William, 1820-1870.
Cochran, Thomas Childs, 1902- .
Coffin, James Henry, 1806-1873.
Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877.
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896.
Gray, Asa, 1810-1888.
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878.
Hill, Thomas, 1818-1891.
Hubbard, Joseph Stillman, 1823-1863.
Jenkins, Thornton Alexander, 1811-1893.
Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906.
Makepeace, William.
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
Silsbee, Nathaniel.
Waller, William J.
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878.
Willcox, William Henry, 1821-1904.
Harvard College Observatory.
Harvard University.
United States Naval Academy. Dept. of Mathematics -- Faculty.
Astronomy
Mathematics
Technology.
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