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- Feb 1964-May 1964 (Creación)
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1 folder
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Historia biográfica
Charles Piazzi Smyth was born in Italy in 1819, the son of William Henry Smyth (1788-1865), a naval officer and respected amateur astronomer, and Annabella Warrington (1788-1873). His godfather was Giuseppe Piazzi, a famous Sicilian astronomer.
In 1855, he married Jessie Duncan. Piazzi Smyth died in 1900 and was buried alongside his wife Jessie beneath a pyramid tombstone at the church in Sharow, near Ripon.
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Daily barometric readings recorded in a volume including details of rainfall, temperature and sunlight. These readings may have been taken from other records in this series.
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- inglés