Phillip Parker King letters received, from James Dunlop, 1833, and Carl Ludwig Christian Stargard Rumker 1845, 1849

DLMSQ 299

fonds

1833, 1845, 1849

946057

1 volume of textual material (28 p.) - various sizes

Rumker and Dunlop were associated at the private observatory of Sir Thomas Brisbane, Governor at N.S.W. 1821-1823. Rumker was Government Astronomer 1827-1830, the first to hold this post. In 1831 Dunlop became Superintendent of the Parramatta Observatory

a. James Dunlop, 5 March-7 November 1833
Concerns results of magnetic experiments of Dunlop, discovery of a comet, advice to King in his observations, and construction of a circular micrometer

b. Carl Rumker, 19 December 1845, 12 July 1849
Concerns discovery of a new planet by Hencke, King's observations of Moon-Culminating stars and his charts of South America

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