| RefNo | AP/15/21 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'A method of deducing the longitude from the moon's right ascension' by Thos [Thomas] Kerigan |
| Date | 28 January 1832 |
| Description | Kerigan explains his method for finding the true meridian of the place of observation from the moon's right ascension. He provides examples of these calculations and states that when a chronometer with the mean time at Greenwich is also used, the longitude of any place can be determined. Includes one figure in the text.
Subject: Geodesy / Astronomy
Written by Kerigan in Portsea [Porstmouth, England]. Communicated by Sir Edwd [Edward] Codrington. Received by the Royal Society from the President [Augustus Frederick] on 18 February 1832. Read 15 March 1832.
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 'A method of deducing the longitude from the moon’s right ascension'. |
| Extent | 13p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0061 |
| RelatedRecord | AP/15/21/1 |
| AP/15/21/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6545 | Codrington; Sir; Edward (1770 - 1851) | 1770 - 1851 |
| NA295 | Kerigan; Thomas (- 1848) | - 1848 |
| NA8338 | Augustus Frederick (1773 - 1843); Duke of Sussex | 1773 - 1843 |