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| Genre/Form: | Bibliography Photographs Diary |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Thomas A Edison; Gustave Eiffel; H Faye; H Fizeau; Camille Flammarion |
| Document Type: | Archival Material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jules Janssen |
| OCLC Number: | 77749967 |
| Language Note: | In French. |
| Notes: | Call number Ms 4125 to 4137. |
| Description: | 26 cu. ft. |
Abstract:
Journal and correspondence. II-VIII. Diary: scientific observations, travel notes, expenses: I(4125). Handwritten copies of articles brought with him during his 1868 expedition to India 1850-1868: 393 pp. II(4126). 1852-1865. 13 notebooks. III(4127). 1867-1871: 12 notebooks. IV(4128). 1873-1879: 16 notebooks. V(4129). 1880-1884: 10 notebooks. VI(4130). 1886-1890: 12 notebooks. VII(4131): 1891-1895: 8 notebooks. VIII(4132). 1896-1907: 9 notebooks. IX-XIII. Correspondence. IX(4133). Letters written on his travels, by Jules Janssen to his wife née Henriette Forrestier (1859-1901): 359 items. X(4134). Mms Jules Janssen to her husband (256 letters); incoming correspondence A-B (352 letters). XI(4135). C-H (328 letters). XII(4136). Jules Henner (317 letters); H-R (462 letters). XIII (4137). S-Y (87 letters). Janssen's communictions to the Académie des sciences (1851-1907), Janssen's bibliography (1907), etc. Papers concern scientific expeditions for the spectroscopic observation of solar eclipses, and transits of Venus; foundation of several observatories (the physical astronomy Observatory in Meudon, France, and at the summits of the Pic-du-Midi, Pyrennées, and Mont-Blanc, France), and photography. His correspondent include: Babinet, Déherais, Desains, Dumas, Edison, Eiffel, Élie de Beaumont, Faye, Fizeau, Flammarion, Huggins, Lockyer, Sainte-Claire Deville, Warren de la Rue, etc.
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Related Subjects:(15)
- Edison, Thomas A. -- (Thomas Alva), -- 1847-1931.
- Eiffel, Gustave, -- 1832-1923.
- Faye, H. -- (Hervé), -- 1814-1902.
- Fizeau, H. -- (Hippolyte), -- 1819-1896.
- Flammarion, Camille, -- 1842-1925.
- Académie des sciences (France)
- Astronomy.
- Astronomical spectroscopy.
- Solar eclipses.
- Observatories -- Meudon (France)
- Observatories -- Mont-Blanc (France)
- Observatories -- Pyrennes (France and Spain)
- Venus (Planet) -- Transit -- 1874.
- Meudon (France)
- India -- Research.
