Letter, regarding the solar eclipse of 9 September 1885 from James Hector to George Gabriel Stokes
Reference number: PP/7/5
Date: 12 September 1885
Description
Hector writes: 'Dear Sir, On the 5th instant I duly received your note of the 15th July, enclosing instructions drawn up by the Committee for observing the solar eclipse which took place here on the 9th.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Astronomy
Received 22 October 1885. Read 19 November 1885.
Written by Hector at the Colonial Museum of New Zealand.
A version of this paper was published in volume 39 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the total solar eclipse of September 9, 1885 (in a letter to Professor Stokes, Sec. R. S.). By James Hector, M. D., F. R. S., Director of the Geological Survey, New Zealand'.
- Reference number
- PP/7/5
- Earliest possible date
- 12 September 1885
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- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Hector, Letter, regarding the solar eclipse of 9 September 1885 from James Hector to George Gabriel Stokes, 12 September 1885, PP/7/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_7_5/letter-regarding-the-solar-eclipse-of-9-september-1885-from-james-hector-to-george-gabriel-stokes, accessed on 08 December 2025
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I. On the total solar eclipse of September 9, 1885 (in a letter to Professor Stokes, Sec. R. S.). By James Hector, M. D., F. R. S., Director of the Geological Survey, New Zealand External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1886
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1885.0010
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Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 39, 1885
1885 Reference number: PP/7
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