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- catalog abstract "Three letters with enclosures written by Seth Carlo Chandler to Charles Rockwell. Letters concern an astronomical instrument built under Chandler's supervision for Rockwell. There are references in the letters to Chandler's work on the almucantar at the Harvard College Observatory.".
- catalog contributor b11171892.
- catalog date "1883".
- catalog description "A collection of Seth Chandler Papers is held at the American Institute of Physics Center for History of Physics.".
- catalog description "Seth Carlo Chandler (1846-1913) was an astronomer. He was he was educated at Boston English High School and earned an LL.D. at DePauw University. He was a research associate at the Harvard College Observatory from 1881 to 1885 or 1886. His chief contribution to instrumental astronomy was the invention of an almucantar. This allowed him to make the discovery for which he is best known, the "Chandler Wobble," a movement in the Earth's axis of rotation.".
- catalog description "Three letters with enclosures written by Seth Carlo Chandler to Charles Rockwell. Letters concern an astronomical instrument built under Chandler's supervision for Rockwell. There are references in the letters to Chandler's work on the almucantar at the Harvard College Observatory.".
- catalog extent "1 pamphlet binder (3 letters and enclosures)".
- catalog issued "1883".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Cambridge.".
- catalog subject "Almucantar.".
- catalog subject "Astronomical instruments History Sources.".
- catalog subject "Astronomical instruments Massachusetts Cambridge.".
- catalog subject "Chandler, Seth Carlo, 1846-1913.".
- catalog subject "Harvard College Observatory Employees.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Employees.".
- catalog subject "Rockwell, Charles H.".
- catalog subject "Scientific apparatus and instruments Massachusetts Cambridge.".
- catalog title "Letters from Seth Carlo Chandler to Charles H. Rockwell, 1883-1884.".
- catalog type "collection".