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	Harold Spencer Jones Bibliography
		Spencer Jones, H., “The Mean Motions of the Lunar Perigee and Node and the Figure of the Moon”; MNRAS 97, 406-09 (1937).
		Spencer Jones, H., “The Determination of the Constant of Nutation from the Greenwich Latitude Variation Observations” MNRAS 98, 440-47 (1938) and 99, 211 (1939).
		Spencer Jones, H., “ On the suitability of Eros for the Accurate Determination of the Solar Parallax,”; MNRAS 100, 422-34 (1940).
	www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu /BruceMedalists/SpencerJones/SpencerJonesRefs.html (1188 words)

	Harold Spencer Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Harold Spencer Jones (March 29, 1890 – November 3, 1960) was a British astronomer.
		In 1913 he became Chief Assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
		Jones crater on Mars (erroneously, since "Spencer" was not his middle name but part of his full surname)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harold_Spencer_Jones (123 words)

	History - Astronomers - SpencerJonesH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was Spencer Jones who initiated the policy of replacing retired staff members with fully qualified South Africans whenever possible, a policy that has been continued with marked success.
		Spencer Jones broke away from the tradition and made an effort to cultivate and recruit staff locally.
		Spencer Jones died in 1960, working actively on his research programme until a day or so before his death".
	www.saao.ac.za /assa/html/his-astr_-_spencer-jones_h.html (709 words)

	Spencer Jones, Harold (1890-1962)
		Educated at Cambridge, Spencer Jones was successively astronomical assistant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, His Majesty’s Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope, and, from 1933 to 1955, director of the Royal Observatory and Astronomer Royal.
		Spencer Jones became a strong advocate of the view that extraterrestrial life is probably common in the Universe.
		As to the likelihood of life evolving on the surface of a suitable planet, Spencer Jones was already optimistic in 1940:
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	Death of John George Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jones, who was born on July 4, 1884, the son of Mary Ann Ross and John Jones, lived in Ontario all his life and in the village of Brooklin for 36 years.
		Jones is survived by his wife, a daughter Myrtle Jones, who is a schoolteacher, a brother, Uriah, who is a real estate agent in Oshawa, and a sister, Bertha, of Whitby.
		Pall-bearers were: Fred Jones, Ralph Jones, Merle Ross, Thomas Ross, Harold Spencer, Allan Jones, all relatives.
	www.brooklin.org /bio/jonesjg.htm (206 words)

	Sir Harold Spencer Jones
		Harold Spencer Jones (1890–1960) was Britain’s tenth Astronomer Royal.
		He began his career as Chief Assistant at Greenwich in 1913, in which capacity he led an expedition to Christmas Island in 1922 to observe the deflection of light around the Sun at a total solar eclipse, an observation first made by his predecessor, Arthur Stanley Eddington.
		Spencer Jones (he preferred being called that rather than simply Jones) was appointed H.M. Astronomer at the Cape in 1923, returning to Britain in 1933 to become Astronomer Royal.
	www.ianridpath.com /stamps/spencerjones.htm (170 words)

	AIP International Catalog of Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jones (1890-1960) was tenth Astronomer Royal, in office 1933-1955; Chief Assistant, 1913-1923.
		By file title as created as the working record of H. Jones and of the Royal Observatory.
		There is overlap between the records of Jones's period in office and those of his predecessor F. Dyson [classmark RGO 8] and those of his successor R v d R Woolley [classmark RGO 10].
	www.aip.org /history/catalog/6686.html (533 words)

	Jones Family Crest
		The feminine form Joan, or Johanna in Latin, was also popular, and the surname Jones may be derived from either the male or female name.
		In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
		In the Jones coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/jones-family-crest.htm (543 words)

	Sir Harold Spencer Jones -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		After studies at the University of Cambridge, Jones became chief assistant at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich in 1913.
		Kroto, Sir Harold W. English chemist who, with Richard E. Smalley and Robert F. Curl, Jr., was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their joint discovery of the carbon compounds called fullerenes.
		It was the English philosopher Herbert Spencer, not Charles Darwin, who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest.” Although Spencer's development of a theory of evolution preceded publication of Darwin's ‘Origin of Species', Spencer is today regarded as one of the leading social Darwinists of the 19th century.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9043929?tocId=9043929 (752 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Jones Sir Harold Spencer
		Jones, Sir Harold Spencer (1890-1960), English astronomer noted for his meticulous habits of observation and precise determinations of astronomical...
		Jones, Sir Harold: calculates distance from earth to sun using Eros
		Macmillan, (Maurice) Harold, Earl of Stockton (1894-1986), British prime minister (1957-1963).
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	Sir Harold Spencer Jones, KBE (1890—1960), Tenth Astronomer Royal from (1933—55)
		Under Spencer Jones, the Observatory worked with the Post Office (GPO) to give us the speaking clock, he also had a quartz crystal clock at Greenwich, and moved the work, staff and equipment of the Observatory to Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex.
		In 1928 Spencer Jones was put in charge of an international project initiated by the International Astronomical Union to calculate the distance of the Sun from Earth using photographs of the minor planet Eros, taken from 24 Observatories around the Earth.
		During the Second World War Spencer Jones was appointed Assistant Director of Inspection of Optical Supplies for the Ministry of Munitions.
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	Harold
		Harold is the English form of an Old English name, Hereweald, and an Old Scandinavian name, Harivald, or Haraldr.
		Harold was originally popularized in England by Scandinavian marauders and settlers sometime before 1066.
		It managed to survive the Norman Invasion and the disastrous defeat of Harald Godwinson (last of the Anglo-Saxon kings), but died out before the 14th century.
	www.geocities.com /edgarbook/names/h/harold.html (136 words)

	AAS Biographical Memoirs - Richard van der Riet Woolley 1906-1986
		Actually, Spencer Jones had, it seems, resolved to divert more of his Observatory's research effort into modern observational astrophysics and he saw in Woolley probably the best-qualified young astronomer to help him.
		Sir Harold and Lady Spencer Jones had encountered some difficulty about moving into their new home near London and had asked to remain for the time being in what was intended to be the Woolleys' new home in part of Herstmonceux Castle.
		Spencer Jones had done all he could, but he was restricted by the fact that the INT was not intended to be part of the RGO, so he had to take care not to give the impression that he was behaving as though it would be.
	www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/aasmemoirs/woolley.htm (22150 words)

	Ernest Jones -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		One of Sigmund Freud's closest associates and staunchest supporters, he wrote an exhaustive three-volume biography of Freud.
		Psychological and psychoanalytic critics such as Ernest Jones have explored questions of character in terms of Oedipal complexes, narcissism, and psychotic behaviour or, more simply, in terms of the conflicting needs in any relationship for...
		Contains a performance record of Jones' accomplishment at the 100-, 200-, and 400-meter races and the long jump.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9043928 (567 words)

	Sir Harold Spencer Jones -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Using their results, the U.S. astronomer Gerald M. Clemence in 1948 derived the equations needed to define a dynamical scale numerically and to convert measurements of the...
		The U.S. honky tonk performer and balladeer George Jones is considered to be one of the greatest country singers of all time.
		Founder of the English classical school of architecture, Inigo Jones was surveyor of works, or official architect, to James I and Charles I. He exerted a wide influence in his own time and left his mark on London by designing the first of its civic squares.
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	Harold Spencer Jones -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sir Harold Spencer Jones (March 29 1890 – November 3 1960) was a (The people of Great Britain) British (A physicist who studies astronomy) astronomer.
		In 1913 he became Chief Assistant at the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Greenwich Observatory) Royal Greenwich Observatory.
		Spencer Jones crater on the (Any natural satellite of a planet) Moon and Jones crater on (The 4th planet from the sun) Mars are named after him (the latter erroneously, since "Spencer" was not his middle name but part of his full surname).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/Ha/Harold_Spencer_Jones.htm (279 words)

	Spencer Jones, Harold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He also studied the speed of rotation of the Earth, and the motions of the Sun, Moon, and planets.
		Spencer Jones was born in London and studied at Cambridge.
		Spencer Jones proved that fluctuations in the observed longitudes of the Sun, Moon, and planets are due not to any peculiarities in their motion, but to fluctuations in the angular velocity of rotation of the Earth.
	cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/S/Spencer/1.html (189 words)

	March 29 - Today in Science History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He led in the worldwide effort to determine the distance to the sun by triangulating the distance of the asteroid Eros when it passed near the earth in 1930-31.
		After WW II he supervised the move of the Royal Observatory to Herstmonceux, where it was renamed the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
		In 1956, Soviet scientists reported in the U.K. the development of a new form of electron microscope that enabled atoms to be seen for the first time.
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		He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1943 and the Bruce Medal in 1949.
		Spencer Jones crater on the Moon and Jones crater on Mars are named after him (the latter erroneously, since "Spencer" was not his middle name but part of his full surname).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Harold-Spencer-Jones (175 words)

	Historical Astronomical Posts in Britain and Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Individual entries in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (for Fallows, Henderson, Maclear, Stone, Gill, Spencer Jones, Jackson).
		The position of Radcliffe Observer was created in 1839 when G. Johnson, who had no astronomical observing experience, was appointed Savilian professor of astronomy.
		Harold Knox-Shaw became Director of the Radcliffe Observervatory, Pretoria, in 1939 (until 1950), following the relocation of the Radcliffe Observatory from Oxford to South Africa.
	brynjones.members.beeb.net /histastron/posts_gbi/posts_gbi.html (3565 words)

	Desperately seeking aliens
		The tide turned just two weeks after the Astronomer Royal, Sir Harold Spencer Jones, announced in 1957 that space travel was bunk — when the Soviet Union sent up the first Sputnik.
		(Jones later compounded his error by saying that he was talking about science fiction.) Once it was generally realized that large objects could travel through space, propelled by rocket motors, the gates were open for speculation about visits and visitations to and from Earth.
		From then onwards, it seemed that most people in the West believed — as had the ancients — that all about us were unseen planets of stars abounding with life.
	www.physics.ohio-state.edu /~wilkins/writing/Assign/topics/alien-life.html (2737 words)

	The Royal Greenwich Observatory at Herstmonceux
		In fact it took ten years, mainly due to the post-war shortages of manpower, building equipment and an initial lack of local housing for the staff.
		To the north of the castle lay the Spencer Jones Group of Meridian instruments.
		These consisted of the Photographic Zenith Tube (PZT) which was used for time determination and for measuring latitude variation; the Danjon Astrolabe, also used for time and latitude determination; and the Cooke Reversible Transit Circle, used for determining star positions and planetary positions and motions.
	www.cowbeech.force9.co.uk /RGO.htm (4485 words)

	History of Astronomical Research in the University of Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The book was republished in several revised editions through to the 1950's (including, at times, with Andrew Crommelin and Harold Spencer Jones as coauthors after Bryan's death).
		Despite this early contribution to astronomy, Bryan's research interests were mostly in applied mathematics and he is remembered as an early pioneer in aviation, particularly for developments in the theory of aircraft.
		A list of Thomas Cowling's papers can be obtained from the NASA Astrophysics Data System, together with digitised copies of the papers.
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	Dream your wishes into reality
		Ultimately, to the embarrassment and envy of the U.S. military, in 1903 near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright brothers became the first to fly an engine-powered vehicle, showing the world yet again that there is no limit to what man can do.
		In 1957, British astronomer Sir Harold Spencer Jones, declared to the world with considerable scientific clout: "Space travel is bunk." Barely two weeks later, the Russians successfully launched Sputnik 1, the first space rocket, into orbit around the Earth.
		Since 1906, the year when Einstein forwarded his celebrated Theory of Relativity, everyone, including scientists, unwaveringly believed that nothing could go faster than the speed of light.
	members.fortunecity.com /tkdass/dreams/dream_your_wishes_into_reality.htm (688 words)

	Brown, Harold -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
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		By 1969, with the number of registrants more than doubled, up to 1,185 fls had been elected to state and...
		U.S. flier Harold Charles Gatty was born in Campbelltown, Tasmania, Australia.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9318145 (703 words)

	Parallax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In a favourable opposition, Eros can approach the Earth to within 22 million kilometres.
		Both the opposition of 1901 and that of 1930/1931 were used for this purpose, the calculations of the latter determination being completed by Astronomer Royal Sir Harold Spencer Jones.
		Also radar reflections, both off Venus (1958) and off asteroids, like Icarus, have been used for solar parallax determination.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parallax (2760 words)

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	A Speck of Foam
		Arthur C.Clarke,the futurologist and author of 2001:A Space Odyssey,once declared that when distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible,he is almost certainly right,but when he states that something is impossible,he is very probably wrong.
		It is not hard to find cases to back Clarke's dictum.The Nobel Prizewinning physicist Ernest Rutherford,the founder of nuclear physics,once declared that talk of nuclear power was "moonshine",while in 1957 Britain's Astronomer Royal,Sir Harold Spencer Jones,dismissed the idea of space flight as "bunk" -just two weeks before the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1.
		Most such blunders have at their heart the underestimation of human ingenuity.The brilliant American Astronomer Simon Newcombe can surely be forgiven for describing the idea of aircraft as "utterly impossible",as even today it is possible to find aircraft engineers who cannot explain why fixed wing machines stay aloft.
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