- Oliver , S.P. 1881 . On board a union steamer London This was an account of a voyage to Capetown during which the ship called at St. Helena.
- Herbert , Thomas . 1785 . New and complete collection of voyages and travels (quoted by Philip Gosse, St. Helena 1502–1938, 1938, London, 35).
- Halley , Edmond . 1932 . “ Letter to Sir Jonas Moore, 22nd November 1677 ” . In Correspondence and papers of Edmond Halley Edited by: MacPike , E.F. 39 – 41 . Oxford
- Attributed by MacPike to Martin Folkes, President of the Royal Society 1741–42 Memoir of Dr. Halley MacPike 1932 1 13
- These very long telescopes were developed before the corrections required for spherical and chromatic aberrations had been discovered. Hevelius of Danzig had already made one with a wooden tube of 150 feet, and Huygens an ‘aerial telescope’ without a tube, the objective of which was hoisted on a high pole. Magnification was quite good, but image brightness poor. See King H.C. The history of the telescope London 1955 48 48 et seq.
- Gill , David . 1878 . Six months in Ascension 33 – 34 . London This rare little book, subtitled An unscientific account of a scientific expedition, describes a stay on Ascension Island, mainly spent encamped in a little rocky bay now called ‘Mars Bay’. David Gill, who later became Astronomer at the Cape, made observations of the quadrature of Mars which enabled him to make a very accurate determination of the Astronomical Unit. Mrs. Gill's book is devoted to their domestic and social life and the manifold difficulties in a small naval garrison.
- Patton , Lt. Col. G. 1803 . Signals Code , Bracknell, Berks : Archives of the Meteorological Office .
- Brooke , T.H. 1808 . A history of the island of St. Helena London
- Cocks , Lt. Col. 1804 . St. Helena Archives, showing principally land holdings for revenue purposes manuscript map
- Kitching , G.C. 1938 . Secretary to the Government of St. Helena He took an interest in Island history, and Gosse's book was dedicated to him. Some of his papers are preserved at Plantation House, the Governor's residence.
- Gill . 1878 . Six months in Ascension 26 – 26 . London 27. Gill himself describes the site in similar words in Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc., 1878, 38, 2–3.
- Oliver , S.P. 1881 . On board a union steamer London Captain Oliver, who accompanied Gill, was probably one J.R. Oliver, and not the author.
- Kitching , G.C. 1938 . Secretary to the Government of St. Helena our italics. All other evidence suggests this is untrue.
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- Johnson , M. 1835 . Catalogue of 606 principal fixed stars in the southern hemisphere London
- Gill . 1878 . Six months in Ascension 33 – 34 . London
- Gosse , P. 1938 . St. Helena, 1502–1938 333 – 333 . London
- Dictionary of National Biography , 563 – 567 .
- Dictionary of National Biography , 840 – 845 .
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- Abbe , C. March 1890 . The St. Helena Guardian March , letter to 16
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