| RefNo | AP/38/20/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished manuscript, 'Descrizione dell' osservatorio del Collegio Romano' [Description of the observatory of the Roman College] by P A [Angelo] Secchi |
| Date | 1856 |
| Description | Secchi shares a physical description of the new observatory of the Roman College, including the meridian and equatorial rooms and the equipment they contain.
Includes two figures relating to the construction of the observatory.
Subject: Civil engineering
Communicated by George Rennie.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Description of the observatory of the Collegio Romano at Rome'. |
| Language | Italian |
| Extent | 12p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0029 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3414 | Rennie; George (1791 - 1866) | 1791 - 1866 |
| NA3766 | Secchi; Angelo (1818 - 1878) | 1818 - 1878 |