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Ocabulary of Definitions : P Service bibliothèque Catalogue historique de la bibliothèque de l’Observatoire de Nice Source : Monographie de l’Observatoire de Nice / Charles Garnier, 1892. Marc Heller © Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur Février 2012 Présentation << On trouve… à l’Ouest … la bibliothèque avec ses six mille deux cents volumes et ses trentes journaux ou recueils périodiques…. >> (Façade principale de la Bibliothèque / Phot. attribuée à Michaud A. – 188? - Marc Heller © Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur) C’est en ces termes qu’Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin décrivait la bibliothèque de l’Observatoire de Nice en 1899 dans l’introduction du tome 1 des Annales de l’Observatoire de Nice 1. Un catalogue des revues et ouvrages 2 classé par ordre alphabétique d’auteurs et de lieux décrivait le fonds historique de la bibliothèque. 1 Introduction, Annales de l’Observatoire de Nice publiés sous les auspices du Bureau des longitudes par M. Perrotin. Paris,Gauthier-Villars,1899, Tome 1,p. XIV 2 Catalogue de la bibliothèque, Annales de l’Observatoire de Nice publiés sous les auspices du Bureau des longitudes par M. Perrotin. Paris,Gauthier-Villars,1899, Tome 1,p. 1 Le présent document est une version remaniée, complétée et enrichie de ce catalogue. (Bibliothèque, vue de l’intérieur par le photogr. Jean Giletta, 191?. - Marc Heller © Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur) Chaque référence est reproduite à l’identique. Elle est complétée par une notice bibliographique et éventuellement par un lien électronique sur la version numérisée. Les titres et documents non encore identifiés sont signalés en italique. Un index des auteurs et des titres de revues termine le document. II Table des matières Catalogue de la bibliothèque p. 1 Index des auteurs p.177 Index des titres des revues p.192 III Catalogue de la bibliothèque 1. Abd-al-Rahman-al-Sûfi. - Description des étoiles fixes composée au milieu du dixième siècle de notre ère..., traduction littérale..., avec des notes par H.-C.-F.-C. Schjellerup. - 1 vol Description des étoiles fixes composée au milieu du dixième siècle de notre ère par l'astronome persan Abd-al-Rahman al-Sûfi : Traduction littérale de 2 manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Royale de Copenhague et de la Bibliothèque Impériale de St. Pétersbourg, avec des notes par H. C. F. C. Schjellerup / Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sûfi (903-986), Auteur ; Hans Karl Frederik Kristian Schjellerup (1827-1887), Traducteur . - Petropoli : Eggers, 1874. - 272 p., 7 pl. : ill ; 33 cm.. Cote : A000591 (autre ex. A001032) . - Doc.accessible en ligne (Source : MENAdoc Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt) 2. Abney. - Method of photographic mapping . - 1 fasc. The Bakerian Lecture. On the photographic Method of mapping the least refrangible end of the solar spectrum : with a map of the solar spectrum from 7600 to 10750 / William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843-1920), Auteur . - London : Trübner and Co., 1880 . - pp. 653-667 : 2 pl. ; 30 cm. - Extract from The Philosophical transactions on the Royal Society [of London]. Part II, 1880. The Bakerian Lecture ; 17 Cote : A000670 3. Acta mathematica. – Journal rédigé par G. Mittag-Leffler. - .Collection complète Acta mathematica / Zeitschrift herausgegeben von G. Mittag-Leffler ; Institut Mittag-Leffler ; The Royal swedish academy of sciences. - Stockholm : F. & G. Beijer ; Djursholm : Institut Mittag-Leffler, 1882- … - ISSN : 0001-5962 . - Note : Diffusion Springer depuis 2006 Cote : P286 (Etat coll : 1,1882-28,1904). - Doc. accessible en ligne (Source : Springer. Accès réservé aux ayants droit) 4. Airy (G. Biddell). - Popular astronomy. - 1 vol. - Mathematical tracts on the lunar and planetary theories, the figure of the earth, precession and nutation, the calculus of variations, and the undulatory theory of optics. - 1 vol. - Numerical lunar theory. - 1 vol. Popular astronomy : a series of lectures delivered at Ipswich / George Biddell Airy (Sir ; 1801-1892) , Auteur . – MacMillan and co, ? [rmq : First edition published 1849 under title : Six lectures on astronomy, delivered at the meetings of the friends of the Ipswich Museum, at the Temperance Hall, Ipswich, in the month of March, 1848] Cote : ? - Doc. accessible en ligne : 1e édition,1849 (Source : Gallica, BNF) ; 5e édition, 1866 (Source : the Internet Archive) ; 5e édition, 1866 ( Source : Hathi Trust digital library) Mathematical tracts on the lunar and planetary theories, the figure of the earth, precession and nutation, the calculus of variations, and the undulatory theory of optics : designed for the use of students in the university / George Biddell Airy (Sir ; 1801-1892) , Auteur. - 3rd ed., corr. and improved. - J. J. Deighton (Cambridge), 1842. - vii, 390 p. , 3 pl. ; 23 cm. Cote : A000043. - Doc accessible en ligne : 3e éd. , 1842 (Source : Univ. of Michigan Library, Historical math. Collection) ; 2e éd., 1831 (Source : The Internet Archive) Numerical lunar theory / George Biddell Airy (Sir ; 1801-1892) , Auteur. - Eyre & Spottiswoode (London - UK), 1886. - x- 178 p.: tables ; 32 x 25 cm. Cote : A000372 5. Ajasson de Grandsagne. - Uranographie ou Description du ciel. - 1 vol. Uranographie ou Description du ciel, renfermant un abrégé de Géométrie mathématique et un Traité du Calendrier, d'après Arago, Biot, Bouvart, Flamsteed, Francoeur, Herschel, S.-F. Lacroix, etc., par Ajasson de Grandsagne. Suivi d'un article sur les étoiles doubles, par Arago. / Jean-Baptiste François Étienne Ajasson de Grandsagne (1802-1845), Auteur . François Arago (1786-1853) - Paris, Imprimerie de G.-A. Dentu , 1834. - 3 part. en 1 vol. (136 pp. , 2 tableaux dépl.(fin 1re partie) ; 104 pp., 1 tableau dépl. (fin 2e partie) ; 132 pp. ,3 pl. dépl. dont 2 cartes célestes (fin 3e et dernière partie)) : dépl., ill. ; 15 cm Cote : ? - Doc. accessible en ligne : vol. 1,1834 (Source : Google books) , vol.3, 1833 (Source : Google books) 1 Catalogue de la bibliothèque 6. Albany. - Annals of the Dudley observatory : Vol. 1. Description de l’observatoire, observations de planètes et de comètes. - 1 vol Vol. 2. Observations météorologiques. - 1 vol - Catalogue de 8241 étoiles entre 0° 50' et 5° 10' de déclinaison boréale (publié par l' Astronomische Gesellschaft).- 1 vol. Annals of the Dudley observatory. Volume 1, Description of the buildings and instruments / G.W. Hough, Auteur ; Dudley Observatory, Auteur . - Weed, Parsons and Co., printers, 1866. – 126 p.+ appendix [126 p.] . - Note : Contient en Appendice : catalog of the library [7] ; Report for 1882 to 1885 ; Observations of the planets Mars , Neptune ; Asteroids , Comets. Cote : PO151. - Doc. accessible en ligne (Source : The Internet Archive) Annals of the Dudley observatory. Volume 2. Meteorological observations made at the Dudley observatory during a period of nine years, from 1862 to 1871 / Dudley Observatory, Auteur ; G.W. Hough, Auteur ; Thomas E. McClure, Collaborateur; Henry L. Foreman, Collaborateur . - Albany : The Argus company, 1871. – xlii,367 p. Cote : PO151. - Doc. accessible en ligne (source : The Internet archive) Catalog der Astronomischen Gesellschaft . Erste Abtheilung, Catalog der Sterne bis zur neunten G. 14, Catalogue of 8241 stars between 0d50'und 5d10'of north declination 1855 for the epoch 1875 / Astronomische Gesellschaft (Allemagne) (1890). - Wilhelm Engelmann (Leipzig ; Potsdam), 1890. - 40, 238 p.; 30 cm. Cote : A001232(1N) 7. Albrecht. - Formeln für geographische Örtbestimmungen (1re et 2 e ed.). - 2 vol. Formeln und Hülfstafeln für geographische Ortsbestimmungen / Theodor Albrecht (1843-1915) – [1e ed.]. - Wilhelm Engelmann (Leipzig ; Potsdam), 1873. - 176 p. ; 28 cm. Cote : A000519 Formeln und Hülfstafeln für geographische Ortsbestimmungen / Theodor Albrecht (1843-1915) – [3e ed.]. - Wilhelm Engelmann (Leipzig ; Potsdam) ,1894. - 344 p.; 28 cm. Cote : A001309 (rmq : on a la 3e éd. et non la 2e éd. qui a été publiée en 1879) 8. American Journal of science. - Depuis 1881, collection complète American journal of science [1880-...] = Am. j. sci. [titre abrégé] / Silliman, Benjamin, Fondateur . - J.D. & E.S. Dana (New Haven) - ISSN : 0002-9599. - Suite de : The American journal of science and arts (1820-1819), ISSN 0099-5363 et de : The American journal of science (1818), ISSN 0271-681X. Cote : P258 (Etat coll. : 3eS.,vol.21,n.121,1881-vol.49,n.294,1895 ; 4eS.,1,n.1,1896-22,1906) 9. Anderson. - Orbite de la planète Sémélé .- 1 fasc. Bestämning af Planeten (86) Semeles Bana / Anderson (Predrik).- Lund, Tryckt uti Berlingska boktryckeriet,1872 . - 17 p. ; 26 cm. - Extrait de : Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Lunds Universitets ars-skrift. T. IX. II. Mathematik och naturvetenskap. 2 Cote : A002150 10. André (C.). - Description du service horaire de la ville de Lyon. - 1 fasc. - Comparaison des effets optiques des petits et grands instruments d'astronomie. - 1 fasc. Description du service horaire de la ville de Lyon / Charles Louis François André (1842-1912), Auteur. – Gauthier Villars, 1889. - 30 p. ; in-4.- Extrait du Bulletin de la Sté des Sciences industrielles de Lyon, 1889 ; 1 Cote : A000404 2 Catalogue de la bibliothèque Comparaison des effets optiques des petits et grands instruments d' Astronomie / Charles Louis François André - Association typographique (Lyon), 1889. - 55 p.; 28 cm. Cote : A002142 11. Angström. - Recherches sur le spectre solaire. - 1 vol. Recherches sur le spectre solaire. 1, [Texte]. 2, Spectre normal du soleil , atlas contenant les longueurs d'onde des raies Frauenhofériennes données en 1/10000000 de millimètre [texte imprimé] / Anders Jonas Angström (1814-1874), Auteur. - W. Schultz (Upsala -
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