| RefNo | AP/19/5 |
| Previous numbers | AP.19.5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'Observations on Halley's Comet made at Markree, Sligo, in the months of August, September, October and November 1835' by Edward Cooper |
| Date | 1835 |
| Description | Cooper's observations on Halley's Comet from Markree Castle, County Sligo [Ireland]. Includes a table of results showing the approximate location of Halley's Comet between 25 August 1835 and 16 November 1835.
Subject: Astronomy
Received 25 November 1835. Read 26 November 1835. Communicated by Captain [Francis] Beaufort.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 3 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'Observations on Halley’s Comet, made at Mackree, Sligo, in the Months of August, September, October and November 1835'. |
| Extent | 7p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0217 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5034 | Cooper; Edward Joshua (1798 - 1863) | 1798 - 1863 |
| NA5914 | Beaufort; Sir; Francis (1774 - 1857); hydrographer | 1774 - 1857 |