Department of Astronomy records, 1880-1917

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Series IV: Writings of Harold Jacoby, approximately 1908-1911, undated

Series IV consists of Harold Jacoby's manuscript and typewritten lectures as well as articles for publication. Jacoby's writings cover a wide range of astronomical topics and contemporary events.


Approximately, 1908



Box 4 Folder 10 "American Astronomers to the Fore"


Box 4 Folder 10 "A Catechetical Grotesque"


Box 4 Folder 10 "Astronomical Research"


Box 4 Folder 10 "Attainder"


Box 4 Folder 10 "Gravity"


Box 4 Folder 10 "How far North is 'Farthest North'"


Box 4 Folder 10 "Long Range Weather Prediction"


Box 4 Folder 10 "Measuring the Earth by Wireless"


Approximately, 1908


Box 4 Folder 11 "Poesy and Paleo-Zoology"


Box 4 Folder 11 "Professor Migrans"


Box 4 Folder 11 "The Fourth Dimension"


Box 4 Folder 11 "Faith and the Fourth Dimension"


Box 4 Folder 11 "The Case Against Mars"


Box 4 Folder 11 "History of Astronomy"


Box 4 Folder 12 "Formulas for the Comparison of Astronomical Photographs,", undated


Box 4 Folder 12 "Opening Address to the Summer School of Geodesy, Camp Columbia,", 1908


Box 4 Folder 12 "Announcement to Precede Calendar Lecture,", November 24, 1908


Approximately, 1909


Box 4 Folder 13 "The Distance of the Sun"


Box 4 Folder 13 "Foucault's Pendulum"


Box 4 Folder 13 "Planets, the Wandering Stars"


Box 4 Folder 13 "The Planets Magnitudes, Masses, etc."


Box 4 Folder 14 "The Planets Again"


Box 4 Folder 14 "Moonshine"


Box 4 Folder 14 "More Moonshine"


Box 4 Folder 14 "The Seasons"


Box 4 Folder 14 "Weighing the Earth"


Box 4 Folder 14 "Sun-Dials"


Approximately, 1909-1910


Box 4 Folder 15 "North Polar Astronomy"


Box 4 Folder 15 "Halley's Comet"


Box 4 Folder 15 "The Great Comet of Halley"


Box 4 Folder 15 "Is Mars Inhabited"


Box 4 Folder 15 "The Planet Mars and Saturn in Conjunction"


Box 4 Folder 15 "The Planets One by One"


Box 4 Folder 15 "Eclipses"


Box 4 Folder 16 "Long Haired Stars"


Box 4 Folder 16 "Meteors and Shooting Stars"


Box 4 Folder 16 "Sunshine"


Box 4 Folder 16 "Star-Shine"


Box 4 Folder 16 "Making Plans"


Box 4 Folder 16 "The Runge Dinner"


Box 4 Folder 16 "The Universe Once More"


Box 4 Folder 17 "The Universe,", undated


Box 4 Folder 17 "Star Catalogues,", undated


Box 4 Folder 17 "Astronomy,", undated


Box 4 Folder 17 "Astronomical Research,", undated


Box 4 Folder 17 "The Coming Re-appearance of Halley's Great Comet,", undated


Box 4 Folder 18 "How the Worlds Were Made,", undated


Box 4 Folder 18 "Mother Earth,", undated


Box 4 Folder 18 "George William Hill,", undated


Box 4 Folder 18 "Time,", undated


Box 4 Folder 18 "Precision,", undated


Box 4 Folder 18 "The Case Against Halley's Comet,", undated


Box 4 Folder 19 "The Heavens,", undated


Box 4 Folder 19 "A Short Course in Astronomy,", undated


Box 4 Folder 19 "Equations Occurring in Lectures on Geodesy,", undated


Box 4 Folder 19 "A Lecture on the Method of Least Squares Applied to Conditioned Observations,", undated


Box 4 Folder 19 "The Tides,", undated


Box 4 Folder 20 "Abraham Lincoln,", undated


Box 4 Folder 20 Scattered manuscript pages