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Bernard Collection

Bernard Collection
Extents: 18.04 Linear metres (164 boxes (need missing Or sm's)))
Dates: 10th-17th century
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Bradley Papers

Bradley Papers
Extents: 5.61 Linear metres (51 boxes)
Dates: 1705-1766
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Collections of Rev. John Lewis

Collections of Rev. John Lewis
Extents: 0.50 Linear metres (10 boxes)
Dates: 1701-1761
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Digby Manuscripts

Digby Manuscripts
Extents: 26.29 Linear metres (234 boxes, 5 rolls)
Dates: 9th-17th century
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Diplomas awarded to Professor James Bradley and a grant of one virgate of land and two tofts in Snareston

'Diplomas awarded to Professor James Bradley and a grant of one virgate of land and two tofts in Snareston, late 13th and 18th century.
Extents: 0.15 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: late 13th and 18th century
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Mary Somerville Collection

Correspondence and papers of Mary Somerville (1780-1872), science writer and mathematics expositor, and of the Somerville and related families.
Extents: 3.0 Linear metres (40 shelfmarks)
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1778-1879; [c.1700]-1972
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Papers of Stephen Peter Rigaud

Papers of Stephen Peter Rigaud
Extents: 0.45 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Dates: 1812-1886
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Papers of the Oxford University Astronomical Society

Papers relating to the Oxford University Astronomical Society.
Extents: 0.6 Linear metres (4 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1980-1995
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Radcliffe Trust Archive

Archive of the Radcliffe Trust, encompassing papers relating to the Trust, its administration and estate; the Radcliffe Library, the Radcliffe Observatory, and the Radcliffe Infirmary; grants and fellowships awarded by the Trust; and manuscripts collected by the Trust and subsequently passed to the Bodleian LIbrary.
Extents: 97.10 Linear metres (802 shelfmarks)
Dates: 12th century - 2012
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Rigaud Manuscripts

Manuscripts of S.P. Rigaud, including transcripts, summaries of lectures, and papers relating to Edmond Halley.
Extents: 2.31 Linear metres (21 boxes)
Dates: 16th-19th cent.
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Savile Collection

Manuscript collections from the Savilian Library, 12th-19th century
Extents: 11.08 Linear metres (108 boxes)
Dates: 12th-19th century
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Savile Manuscripts

Savile Manuscripts
Extents: 6.72 Linear metres (62 boxes)
Dates: 15th-17th century
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Scientific and antiquarian papers of Christopher and Richard Towneley, 17th-18th cent.

Scientific papers of Christopher and Richard Towneley relating to their work in physics, geometry and astronomy and the antiquarian papers of Christopher Towneley relating to English Roman Catholics, 17th-18th cent.
Extents: 1.05 Linear metres (17 Shelfmarks)
Dates: 1620-1787
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Binding fragments in Greek, Italian and Latin

Binding fragments in Greek, Italian and Latin
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. misc. d. 101
Extents: 23 Leaves
Dates: 17th-18th cent
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Letter from Stephen Rigaud, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, to William Ritchie

Letter from Stephen Rigaud, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, to William Ritchie, 10 June 1831, with related notes, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7963, fols. 17-21
Extents: 5 Leaves
Dates: 10 June 1831, n.d.
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Notebook of Sir Edward Filmer as an undergraduate at New College, Oxford

Notebook of Sir Edward Filmer as an undergraduate at New College, Oxford.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2312
Extents: 126 Leaves
Dates: 1700
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Notes of an elementary course of Astronomical lectures

Notes of an elementary course of Astronomical lectures
Shelfmark: MS. Add. A. 54
Extents: 18 Leaves
Dates: Written about A.D. 1775 by E. Garforth?
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Notes of some elementary lectures on Astronomy at Oxford

Notes of some elementary lectures on Astronomy at Oxford
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 31
Extents: 15 Leaves
Dates: Written about A.D. 1770-1780
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Printed and manuscript papers and correspondence of the Board of Longitude and the University of Oxford, about the publication of James Bradley's observations

Printed and manuscript papers and correspondence of the Board of Longitude and the University of Oxford, about the publication of James Bradley's observations.
Shelfmark: MS. Bradley 49
Extents: 27 Leaves
Dates: 1795
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Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica

Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica
Shelfmark: Arch. Bodl. D. 32
Extents: 78 Leaves
Dates: Chiefly written A.D. 1598 by Tycho Brahe

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Indexed names
Rigaud | Stephen Peter | 1774-1839 | astronomer 4
University of Oxford 4
Bradley | James | 1693-1762 | Chaplain to Bishop of Hereford, astronomer 3
Halley | Edmond | 1656-1742 | Astronomer 2
Bacon | Roger | ? 1214-1294 | philosopher 1
Bernard | Edward | 1638-1696 | Astronomer and Scholar 1
Board of Longitude | 1713-1828 1
Bradley | James | 1692-1762 | Chaplain to Bishop of Hereford, astronomer 1
Brahe | Tycho | 1546-1601 | nobleman, astronomer, and writer 1
Byron | Anne Isabella | 1792-1860 | 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron | Social reformer and philanthropist 1
Digby | Sir | Kenelm | 1603-1665 | Knight | Author Naval Commander and Diplomat 1
Fairfax | Sir | Henry | 1790-1860 | 1st Baronet 1
Fairfax | Sir | William George | 1739-1813 | Knight | Vice Admiral 1
Garford | Edmund | fl 1770-1780 | student of University College, Oxford 1
Garforth | E | fl. 1775 1
Greig | Agnes | c.1808-1874 | née Graham | wife of Woronzow Greig 1
Greig | Woronzow | 1805-1865 | barrister 1
King | Ada Augusta | 1815-1852 | née Byron | mathematician, wife of 1st Earl Lovelace 1
King | William | 1805-1893 | 1st Earl of Lovelace 1
Lewis | John | fl. 1701-1761 | Clergyman 1