Adolphe Quetelet was an astronomer, meteorologist, statistician, and director of the Royal Observatory, Brussels; he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1839.

Provenance

Purchased from Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique ($65.00), Brussels, and accessioned, 1965 (1965 411mf).

Originals in Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique, Brussels.

General physical description

2 microfilm reels.

Early American History Note

This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

Corporate Name(s)

• Royal Observatory, Brussels.

Family Name(s)

• Gilliss, J. Melville.
• Sanford, E. A.

Genre(s)

• Charts.
• Meteorological records.
• Microfilm Collection

Personal Name(s)

• Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871
• Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
• Brown, Samuel
• Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888
• De la Rive, Auguste A.
• Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869
• Espy, James P., (James Pollard), 1785-1860
• Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867
• Farr, William, 1807-1883
• Forbes, James David, 1809-1868
• Garfield, James A., (James Abram), 1831-1881
• Gauss, Charles Frederic
• Guyot, A., (Arnold), 1807-1884
• Hamilton, W. R., (William R.)
• Henry, Joseph
• Herrick, Edward C.
• Herschel, John F. W., Sir, (John Frederick William), 1792-1871
• Hough, George W.
• Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
• Kennedy, J. C. G., (Joseph Camp Griffith), 1813-1887
• Le Verrier, U.-J., (Urbain J.), 1811-1877
• Lloyd, Humphrey, 1800-1881
• Newton, Hubert A.
• Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874
• Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883
• Shattuck, Lemuel
• Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802-1875
• Whewell, William, 1794-1866
• Youmans, Edward Livingston, 1821-1887

Subject(s)

• Astronomy.
• Meteorology -- Observations.