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Authorised form of nameChambers; Charles (1834 - 1896)
Dates1834 - 1896
Place of birthLeeds, Yorkshire, England
Date of birth30 May 1834
Date of death26 February 1896
Research fieldMeteorology
Magnetism
ActivityEducation:
Leeds
Career:
Assistant, Kew Observatory; Assistant to the Director, and Chief Superintendent and electrician to the Indo-Europeanan Telegraph Department, Persian Gulf (1863); Superintendent, Government Observatory, Bombay (1868-1886); Director of the Colaba Observatory, Bombay
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election03/06/1869
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Authority:
Death date from TR
Notes:
Index to BR gives death date as March 1896.
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/189901111
Royal Society codeNA2784
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1869/07Chambers, Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/1/317Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Charles Chambers17 December 1886
NLB/1/379Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Charles Chambers, Colaba, Bombay2 February 1887
NLB/1/329Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Charles Chambers, Bombay Observatory23 December 1886
NLB/12/698Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons13 April 1896
MC/23/454Letter from [William Henry] Wesley, Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, London, to [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]24 October 1908
MS/257/1/338Letter from Charles Chambers, 6 Medina Villas, Richmond to Edward Sabine10 April 1862
MS/257/1/335Letter from Charles Chambers, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine24 September 1860
RR/7/364Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'The absolute direction and intensity of the Earth's magnetic force at Bombay, and its secular and annual variations' by Charles Chambers1 June 1875
RR/7/365Letter from Charles Chambers, on his paper 'The absolute direction and intensity of the Earth's magnetic force at Bombay, and its secular and annual variations' to the Secretary of the Royal Society29 June 1875
RR/9/333Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the luni-solar variations of magnetic declination and horizontal force at Bombay, and of declination at Trevandrum' by Charles Chambers14 May 1886
PT/69/10Note, relating to Charles Chambers' paper on the sun's magnetic action by Professor W [William] ThomsonOctober 1863
MS/257/1/327Letter from Charles Chambers, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine26 March 1859
PT/69/9/2Plate, graphs of variation of declination magnet at Toronto and St Helena by C [Charles] Chambers[1863]
RR/6/73Referee's report by Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, on a paper 'On the solar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay' by Charles Chambers2 November 1869
RR/6/71Referee's report by James Challis, on a paper 'On the solar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay' by Charles Chambers18 February 1869
RR/7/366Referee's report by Edward Walker, on a paper 'The absolute direction and intensity of the Earth's magnetic force at Bombay, and its secular and annual variations' by Charles Chambers4 November 1875
RR/9/6Referee's report by William Henry Mahoney Christie, on a paper 'Sun-spots and terrestrial phenomena. II. On the variations of the daily range of the magnetic declination, as recorded at the colaba observatory, Bombay' by Charles Chambers26 October 1882
RR/6/70Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the solar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay' by Charles Chambers30 June 1868
PT/69/9/1Manuscript, 'On the nature of the sun's magnetic action upon the earth' by Charles Chambers[1863]
RR/5/48Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the nature of the sun’s magnetic action upon the earth' by Charles Chambers[1863]
PT/69/9/3Plate, graphs of variation of declination magnet at Toronto and St Helena by C [Charles] Chambers30 April 1863
RR/6/74Referee's report by Edward Walker, on a paper 'On the solar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay' by Charles Chambers14 December 1869
PT/69/9/4Plate, graphs of variation of B' sin at Toronto and St Helena by C [Charles] Chambers30 April 1863
PT/69/9Paper, 'On the nature of the sun's magnetic action upon the earth' by Charles Chambers[1863]
MS/257/1/354Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to [Edward Sabine]8 September 1868
RR/7/160Letter from Balfour Stewart, on two papers 'The absolute direction and intensity of the Earth's magnetic force at Bombay, and its secular and annual variations' and 'On the lunar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay' by Charles Chambers16 March 1872
AP/58/2/2Unpublished letter, 'Replies by the authors of the unrevised copy of the appended paper "On the mathematical expression of complex periodical phenomena, and on planetary influence on the Earth's magnetism" to the comments of the Royal Society's referees' by Charles Chambers and Frederick Chambers23 March 1875
RR/9/339Letter from Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the luni-solar variations of magnetic declination and horizontal force at Bombay, and of declination at Trevandrum' by Charles Chambers to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh19 October 1886
MS/257/1/329Letter from Charles Chambers, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine8 April 1859
MC/9/255Letter from Chas [Charles] Chambers, Colaba Observatory, Bombay, to Lieutenant General Sir Edwd [Edward] Sabine, President of the Royal Society12 September 1871
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
MC/10/53Letter from Chas [Charles] Chambers, Colaba Observatory, Bombay, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society20 December 1873
MC/10/355Letter from Chas [Charles] Chambers, Colabra Observatory, Bombay, to Professor G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society17 February 1876
MS/257/1/334Letter from Charles Chambers, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine21 September 1860
MC/10/455Letter from Charles Chambers, Grove Cottage, Cherry Hinton, near Cambridge, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]5 October 1876
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
MC/11/22Letter from Charles Chambers, Royal Society, Burlington House, to Professor G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society28 February 1877
MS/257/1/349Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to [John Peter] Gassiot26 September 1867
MS/257/1/358Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to Captain Hoskins16 February 1871
AP/54/3Unpublished appendix, 'Descriptions of the Kew absolute declinometer and deflection and vibration apparatus; and of the observations taken with that instrument at Bombay [Mumbai, India] in the years 1867 to 1870' by C [Charles] Chambers1872
MS/257/1/324Letter from Charles Chambers, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]28 February 1859
MS/257/1/331Note from Charles Chambers, Kew Observatory15 December 1859
MS/257/1/330Note from Charles Chambers, Kew Observatory8 November 1859
MS/257/1/332Letter from Charles Chambers, Richmond to Edward Sabine3 September 1860
MS/257/1/325Sheet of notes regarding magnetic formulas by [Charles Chambers]19th century
MS/257/1/360Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to Edward Sabine11 July 1871
MS/257/1/350Letter from J M Macdonald, [Mumbai] Bombay, to Charles Chambers30 December 1867
MS/257/1/344Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to [Balfour Stewart]28 February 1867
MS/257/1/356Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to [Edward Sabine]13 March 1869
MS/257/1/353Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to [Edward Sabine]14 March 1868
MS/257/1/362Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to Edward Sabine4 November 1871
MS/257/1/363Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to Edward Sabine30 September 1872
MS/257/1/361Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to Edward Sabine14 October 1871
MS/257/1/339Dips with Kew circle by [Charles Chambers][1855-1859]
MS/257/1/328Letter from Charles Chambers, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine2 April 1859
MC/11Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1877-1879
MS/257/1/352Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to [Edward Sabine]13 January 1868
MS/257/1/333Letter from Charles Chambers, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine20 September 1860
MS/257/1/337Letter from Charles Chambers, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine7 April 1862
MS/257/1/336Letter from Charles Chambers, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine3 October 1860
AP/51/2Unpublished paper, 'Observations of the absolute direction and intensity of terrestial magnetism at Bombay [Mumbai]' by Charles Chambers1869
AP/55/3/2Unpublished graph, 'Lunar diurnal variation of declination under different relative positions of the Sun and Moon' by Charles Chambers1871
AP/55/3/3Unpublished graphs, 'Lunar diurnal variation of declination' and 'Semi-annual inequality of the lunar diurnal variation of declination' by Charles Chambers1871
RR/7/159Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on two papers 'The absolute direction and intensity of the Earth's magnetic force at Bombay, and its secular and annual variations' and 'On the lunar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay' by Charles Chambers16 March 1872
AP/55/2Observations, 'The absolute direction and intensity of the Earth's magnetic force at Bombay [Mumbai, India]; and its secular and annual variation' by Charles Chambers1871
MC/9/546Letter from Chas [Charles] Chambers, Kolaba Observatory, Bombay, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society5 May 1873
RR/7/292Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the mathematical expression of observations of complex periodical phenomena; and on planetary influence on the earth's magnetism' by Charles Chambers and Frederick Chambers to the authors 18 February 1874
AP/58/2/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the mathematical expression of complex periodical phenomena, and on planetary influence on the Earth's magnetism' by Charles Chambers and Frederick Chambers1873
AP/55/3Unpublished paper, 'On the lunar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay [Mumbai, India]' by Charles Chambers1871
AP/58/2Paper, 'On the mathematical expression of complex periodical phenomena, and on planetary influence on the Earth's magnetism' by Charles Chambers and Frederick Chambers1873-1875
AP/55/3/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the lunar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay [Mumbai, India]' by Charles Chambers1871
MS/257/1/323Letter from Charles Chambers, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine17 January 1859
MS/257/1/357Letter from Charles Chambers, Matlock to Edward Sabine18 October 1870
MS/257/1/326Letter from Charles Chambers, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine21 March 1859
MS/257/1/321On the mathematical expression of observations of complex periodical phenomena, and on planetary influences on the earth's magnetism by Charles Chambers and Frederick Chambers19th century
MS/257/1/340Letter from Charles Chambers [Mumbai] Bombay to Edward Sabine12 December 1864
MS/257/1/342Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to Edward Sabine24 August 1866
MS/257/1/347Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to [Edward Sabine]19 March 1867
MS/257/1/351Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to Major Macdonald17 December 1867
AP/51/3Unpublished paper, 'On the uneliminated instrumental error in the observations of magnetic dip' by Charles Chambers1869
PP/2/26Paper, 'Sun-spots and terrestrial phenomena. II. On the variations of the daily range of the magnetic declination, as recorded at the Colaba Observatory, Bombay [Mumbai]' by Charles Chambers1881
MS/257/1/348Copy of a letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to [Balfour] Stewart23 August 1867
PP/2/25Paper, 'Sun-spots and terrestrial phenomena. I. On the variations of the daily range of atmospheric temperature, as recorded at the Colaba Observatory, Bombay [Mumbai]' by Charles Chambers1882
PP/4/32Paper, 'On a method of tracing periodicities in a series of observations when the periods are unknown' by Vinayek Narayeu Nene1884
PP/4/32/1Manuscript, 'On a method of tracing periodicities in a series of observations when the periods are unknown' by Vinayek Narayeu Nene1884
PP/4/32/2Diagrams, experimental results by Vinayek Narayeu Nene1884
MS/257/1/341Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to Edward Sabine28 March 1866
MS/257/1/346Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to Colonel W F Marriott13 February 1867
MS/257/1/343Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to Edward Sabine13 December 1866
MS/257/1/345Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to Captain Young30 January 1867
MS/257/1/364Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to Edward Sabine5 May 1873
MS/257/1/359Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory [Mumbai] Bombay to Captain Hoskins16 February 1871
RR/5/47Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On the nature of the sun’s magnetic action upon the earth' by Charles Chambers28 October 1863
RR/6/72Referee's report by Archibald Smith, on a paper 'On the solar variations of magnetic declination at Bombay' by Charles Chambers20 June 1869
RR/9/334Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the luni-solar variations of magnetic declination and horizontal force at Bombay, and of declination at Trevandrum' by Charles Chambers1886
RR/9/336Re-written referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the luni-solar variations of magnetic declination and horizontal force at Bombay, and of declination at Trevandrum' by Charles Chambers1886
RR/9/337Letter from Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the luni-solar variations of magnetic declination and horizontal force at Bombay, and of declination at Trevandrum' by Charles Chambers to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh30 June 1886
RR/9/340Second referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'On the luni-solar variations of magnetic declination and horizontal force at Bombay, and of declination at Trevandrum' by Charles Chambers[19 October 1886]
RR/9/341Letter from John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the luni-solar variations of magnetic declination and horizontal force at Bombay, and of declination at Trevandrum' by Charles Chambers to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh6 November 1886
MC/14/190Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory, Bombay [Mumbai], to Herbert Rix, [Assistant Secretary] of the Royal Society25 February 1887
MC/14/180Letter from Charles Chambers, Colaba Observatory, Bombay [Mumbai], to the Royal Society10 December 1886
MC/14Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1885-1888
MC/23/453Letter from [Charles A] Swift, St Peters School, York, to the [Royal Society]20 October 1908
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