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<p class="story" align="left">Thomas Gwyn Elger [[[March_28,_2004|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 [[[March_6,_2004|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> | <p class="story" align="left">Thomas Gwyn Elger [[[March_28,_2004|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 [[[March_6,_2004|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> | ||
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| − | <p align="right" class="story">— [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p></ | + | <p align="right" class="story">— [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com 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> | ||
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Revision as of 21:11, 19 January 2015
Elger's Journal - or Goodacre's?
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Elger's Journal - or Goodacre's? Thomas Gwyn Elger [[[March_28,_2004|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 [[[March_6,_2004|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? Related Links: Tomorrow's LPOD: On the Moon |
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