1060. De l'influence de le flexibilite du trepied sur
l'oscillation du pendule a reversion
Report, 1877, pp. 1-23.
Lithographically produced manuscript distributed to
the delegates of the International Geodetic Conference
held at Stuttgart in 1877. The printed report (G-1877-3)
derives from this manuscript.
1061. Sur la Flexion des pieds des pendules
A. MS., n.p., n.d., 43 pp.
Draft of MS. 1060.
1062. Plan of a New Reversible Pendulum
A. MS., n.p., n.d., 13 pp.
1063. [Notes for Pendulum Research]
A. MS., two notebooks, n.p., n.d.
1064. Additional Note on the Method of Coincidences
A. MS., n.p., n.d., 6 pp., incomplete.
Additions to a report on pendulum swinging.
1065. [Records of Comparisons of Meters]
A. MS., n.p., December 25, 1878-July 19, 1879, 152 pp.,
of which only a small percentage is in CSP's hand.
1066. Table of Excesses
A. MS., n.p., n.d., 3 pp., but not in CSP's hand.
1067. Table of Residuals
A. MS., n.p., n.d., 1 p., not in CSP's hand.
1068. Sheet Readings, Smithsonian
A. MS., notebook, n.p., December 1884-February 1885.
The title page is in CSP's hand but not much, if any,
of the rest is. Data for pendulum experiments.
1069.
1070. [Coastal Survey Maps, Inventory of Instruments
and Charts]
Booklet, n.p., n.d.
Page 22 of the booklet contains diagrams in CSP's hand.
1071. [Mathematical Notes on the Shape of the Earth]
A. MS., n.p., January 7-March 1914, 42 pp.
* 1072. Comparison of the Metre with a Wave-Length of
Light
A. MS., n.p., n.d., pp. 1-25, 24-26, 41-83.
1073. Determination of the relative length of a wave
of light and a metre bar
A. MS., n.p., [c.1879], pp. 1-7; plus single page (A1),
an insert to p. 7, a variant p. 6, and a single unnumbered
page.
1074. [Notes for "Determination of the relative
length of a wave of light and a metre bar"]
A. MS., n.p., [c.1879], 3 pp.; plus folded sheet.
1075. Preliminary Account of the Comparison of a Wave
Length with the Metre by L. M. Rutherford and C. S.
Peirce
A. MS., n.p., n.d., 4 pp.
1076. Pendulum Observations
TS., n.p., [1883], 16 pp., and A. MS., n.p., December
1-10, 1884 ("Pendulum Peirce No. 1"), 1 p.
Report on an expedition to Lady Franklin Bay. Draft
of G-1883-1.
1077. [Weights and Measures of Various Countries]
TS. (with notes in CSP's hand), n.p., n.d., pp. 1-40.
1078. [Notes on Weights and Measures of Various Countries]
A. MS., notebook, n.p., n.d.
1079. [Notes on Weights and Measures]
A. MS., n.p., n.d., 6 pp. (not in CSP's hand); plus
a printed report from the House of Representatives
on the metric system and 1 p. (in CSP's hand).
1080. Calculation of earth's mean radius vector
A. MS., n.p., n.d., 1 p.
This calculation was made for the Century Dictionary
(see G-1889-3).
1081. Pendulum Experiments at Stevens Institute, Hoboken,
N. J.
A. MS., notebook, n.p., August 1882.
The manuscript is in E. D. Preston's hand, but CSP is
listed as Chief of Party. Comparison of time pieces.
1082. Pendulum Experiments at the Observatory of McGill
College, Montreal
A. MS., notebook, n.p., September 1882.
The manuscript is partly in CSP's hand and partly in
Preston's. Invariable reversible pendulums.
1083. Simple Pendulum hung by an elastic string
A. MS., n.p., n.d., pp. 1-3; plus 1 p.
1084. [Record of Pendulum Experiments]
A. MS., n.p., n.d., pp. 2-13.
1085. [Metrological Notes]
A. MS., n.p., n.d., 14 pp., not all in CSP's hand, and
a notebook on the history of metrology.
1086. Note de M. Chacornac and Note de M. Charcornac
sur la comete de Donate
A. MS., n.p., n.d., pp. 1-7.
1087. On the Absolute Value of Gravity
Amanuensis (Zina Fay Peirce), n.p., n.d., 6 pp.
1088. On Gravity as an Index of the Movements of the
Earth's Crust
A. MS., n.p., n.d., p. 1.
1089. [On Metrology]
A. MS., n.p., n.d., 4 pp. and 7 pp., one of which contains
dates (July 21-November 1, 1882).
Measurements: Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek. Metre scales
compared. Determination of the length of decimetre
scales.
1090. John P. Hayford's Contributions to the Science
of Geodesy]
A. MS., n.p., March 20, 1914, p. 1.
1091.
1092. Six Reasons for the Prosecution of Pendulum Experiments
Printed article (annotated), G-1883-6b.
1093. Note on the Theory of the Economy of Research
A. MS., n.p., before June 4, 1877, pp. 1-10.
Draft of G-1879-5c.
1094. [Coast Survey Calculations]
A. MS., n.p., n.d., 61 pp.
* 1095. [Fragments on Pendulum Experiments]
A. MS., n.p., n.d., 509 pp.
A good part of what has been collected here appears
to be material for a report or reports to the Coast
and Geodetic Survey. Included are notes to superiors
and subordinates in the Survey; a description of the
Gravitation and Astronomical Station, Ebensburg, Cambria
Co., Pennsylvania; pendulum readings at the Smithsorlian
and in Ann Arbor, Ithaca, and Madison; calculation
for Gautier pendulums; the comparison of a metal decimetre
with a glass decimetre; notes on a clock signal and
self-switch; list of books and apparatus charged to
CSP; corrections to Appendices 15 and 16 of the Report
of 1884. Approximately one-hundred-fifty leaves with
red and blue numbers serawled on one side have been
separated from the rest. These constitute a miscellaneous
collection of worksheets, numbered by CSP in red from
1 to 2038 and in blue from 2038 to 1 (i.e., red number
1 is blue number 2038). Included here are records of
pendulum observations for the Coast and Geodetic Survey,
calculations, exploration of mathematical problems.
1096.[Fragments of Coast Survey Report of 1889]
TS., n.p., [1889], 18 pp., with CSP's corrections, and
2 photographs.
Among the fragments is a typescript of a report (?);
various tables (calculation of atmospheric effects,
coefficients of expansion of the pendulum, constants
for calculating flexure effects, flexure per kilogram);
descriptions and positions of the Smithsonian, Cornell,
Ann Arbor, and Madison astronomical stations; deduction
of the ratio of gravity between the different stations;
general description of the pendulums and other equipment.
1097. [Charts] A. MS., n.p., n.d., 4 charts.
1098. [Fragments]
A. MS., n.p., n.d., 18 pp.; plus pp. 1-7 of a typewritten
report on tide elevations and 4 pp. of TS. (bibliographical
notes).