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Elger's Journal - or Goodacre's?

April 19, 2004

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Elger's Journal - or Goodacre's?

Thomas Gwyn Elger [[../03/LPOD-2004-03-28.htm LPOD Mar. 28]] was the first director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association. He published a monthly lunar column in The Observer and published occasional reports of the Section. He kept a journal called The Moon - Observations, Notes and Sketches, November 1897-8- to... in a bound blank page book. When I first stumbled on this journal I thought it was Elger's and all the drawings were his own. Then I saw that most had other observers' names nearby and I realized that this was a record of observations by various members of the BAA Lunar Section. Not having a digital computer nor contributers submitting images by email Elger had copied all the drawings into the journal. This page (#142) shows Plato observations by Molesworth, Davis, Attkins and Bridger. And then I noticed the dates of the observations in the book ran from the 1880s to about 1903. Oops! Elger died in 1897! So this journal - which has no author's name anywhere - can't Elger's! It probably is Walter Goodacre's [[../03/LPOD-2004-03-06.htm LPOD Mar. 6]] - the second director of the Lunar Section, and in fact, some published articles written by Goodacre are taped in among the drawings. So, I now assume that its Walter Goodacre's journal of submissions to the Lunar Section! Does anyone know?

— Chuck Wood

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+  <p class="story" align="center"><b>Elger's Journal - or Goodacre's? </b></p>
+  <p class="story" align="left">Thomas Gwyn Elger [[../03/LPOD-2004-03-28.htm LPOD Mar. 28]] was the first director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association. He published a monthly lunar column in The Observer and published occasional reports of the Section. He kept a journal called The Moon - Observations, Notes and Sketches, November 1897-8- to... in a bound blank page book. When I first stumbled on this journal I thought it was Elger's and all the drawings were his own. Then I saw that most had other observers' names nearby and I realized that this was a record of observations by various members of the BAA Lunar Section. Not having a digital computer nor contributers submitting images by email Elger had copied all the drawings into the journal. This page (#142) shows Plato observations by Molesworth, Davis, Attkins and Bridger. And then I noticed the dates of the observations in the book ran from the 1880s to about 1903. Oops! Elger died in 1897! So this journal - which has no author's name anywhere - can't Elger's! It probably is Walter Goodacre's [[../03/LPOD-2004-03-06.htm LPOD Mar. 6]] - the second director of the Lunar Section, and in fact, some published articles written by Goodacre are taped in among the drawings. So, I now assume that its Walter Goodacre's journal of submissions to the Lunar Section! Does anyone know?</p>
+  <blockquote>
+    <p align="right" class="story">&#8212; [mailto:chuck@observingthesky.org Chuck Wood]</p>
+  </blockquote>  <p class"story"><b>Related Links:</b><br>
+  [http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/moon/p34.htm Elger]<br>
+  [http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/moon/p35.htm Goodacre]</p>
+  <p class"story"> <b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> On the Moon</p>
+  <p><img src="../../../MainPage/spacer.gif" width="640" height="1"></p>
+  </td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+  <!-- start bottom -->
+  <hr width="640">
+	  <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Author & Editor:</b><br>
+      [mailto:chuck@observingthesky.org Charles A. Wood]</p>
+      <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Technical Consultant:</b><br>
+      [mailto:anthony@perseus.gr Anthony Ayiomamitis]</p>
+      <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>[mailto:webmaster@entropysponge.com Contact Webmaster]</b></p>
+      <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>A service of:</b><br>
+      <a class="one" href="http://www.observingthesky.org/">ObservingTheSky.Org</a></p>
+      <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Visit these other PODs:</b> <br>
+      <a class="one" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html">Astronomy</a> | <a class="one" href="http://www.msss.com/">Mars</a> | <a class="one" href="http://epod.usra.edu/">Earth</a></p>
+	  <p>&nbsp;</p>

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