Astronomical instruments and tools

Astronomical instruments and tools

The case of awarding P. Shelekhova for the invention of the astronomical sphere depicting the daily movement of the sun and the moon

Department of People's Enlightenment of the Ministry of Folk Enlightenment.The case of awarding P. Shelekhov for the invention of the astronomical sphere depicting the daily movement of the sun and the moon.
1803.
Federal State Institution "Russian State Historical Archive" (RGIA)

Pyotr Shelekhov (1741-1804), a Court Councillor, cartographer of the Main Directorate of Schools. Until 1793 he was a naval officer and retired as Second Major. Then he began to serve in the Geographical Department under the Commission for the Schools Establishment (he used to work there even before his retirement). Soon he headed a Geographical Expedition (the former department for creating land maps and globes). In 1804 he was appointed Chief Geographer but died before taking this post.

The case of the invention by the mechanic to the instrument in the device indicating the inclination of the magnetic arrow on the globe, about the monetary awarding of it and death

Department of People's Enlightenment of the Ministry of Folk Enlightenment.The case of the invention by the mechanic to the instrument in the device, indicating the inclination of the magnetic arrow on the globe, about the monetary awarding of it and death.
1817.
Federal State Institution "Russian State Historical Archive" (RGIA)

Robert Hynam (1737-1817), an English mechanic, Corresponding Member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Honorary Member of Moscow University. He worked and died in St. Petersburg.