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	Henry Kater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry Kater (April 16, 1777 – April 26, 1835), English physicist of German descent, was born at Bristol.
		His first important contribution to scientific knowledge was the comparison of the merits of the Cassegrainian and Gregorian telescopes, determing the latter to be an inferior design.
		His most valuable work was the invention of Kater's pendulum, enabling the strength of gravity to be determined, first at London and subsequently at various stations throughout the country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Kater (417 words)

	Pioneer of Precision: Captain Henry Kater
		Kater was actively involved in the Royal Society of London and closely associated with scientists whose names are still familiar today such as Thomas Young, Humphry Davy and William Hyde Wollaston.
		Kater was born in Bristol in 1777, joined the army at 22 and was sent to India where he assisted William Lambton in surveying for the Madras government.
		Kater communicated Jones’s innovations in instruments to the Royal Society before the latter was elected a Fellow in 1835.
	www.usyd.edu.au /su/macleay/kater1.htm (2232 words)

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		Henry Kater, F.R.S. An account of experiments for determining the length of the Pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London.
		In 1815 Captain Henry Kater (1777-1835) devised a reversible physical pendulum design, and a data analysis method that improved the precision of determination of gravitational field strength by a factor of 10 to 100.
		Kater's original pendulum had the mass at one end, and with two knife edge suspensions, Kater adjusted one edge until the periods were exactly equal about either suspension point.
	www.lhup.edu /~dsimanek/scenario/labman1/kater.htm (1730 words)

	Lake County Astronomical Society NightTimes
		The earliest recorded observation of the Encke Division was by Henry Kater in December 1825.
		Kater saw the divisions clearly only once and concluded that they were not permanent features of the ring system.
		The fact that Kater was never able to repeat his observation of ring detail suggests that a night of extraordinarily good seeing is required, especially when using a smaller telescope.
	www.bpccs.com /lcas/Articles/satring.htm (1586 words)

	The Encke Minima and Encke Division in Saturn's A-Ring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kater made a drawing of Saturn, and a requested that a friend who was observing with him to examine the ring and make a drawing of it.
		Kater felt that this was because his friend was extremely shortsighted, and that the focus had been left set for Kater's eyes.
		Kater was the most experienced observer of the three, and his observations match those of later observers including William Dawes, William Lassell, and Phillip Sidney Coolidge.
	members.leapmail.net /~ericj/encke.html (2549 words)

	Macleay Museum News 9
		A number of original relics reflecting the work of the metrologist, Captain Henry Kater (1777-1835), are included in a temporary display in the Gallery.
		Pioneer of Precision, Captain Henry Kater, FRS looks at Kater’s work on weights and measures in the 1810s and 1820s in London, his associated work with pendulums for measuring gravity, and his relations with instrument makers.
		Kater’s eldest son migrated to Australia in 1840 and subsequently received his father’s possessions.
	www.usyd.edu.au /su/macleay/cnews09.htm (3039 words)

	KATER, HENRY (1777-1835) - Online Information article about KATER, HENRY (1777-1835)
		KATER, HENRY (1777-1835) - Online Information article about KATER, HENRY (1777-1835)
		Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.
		As the inventor of the floating collimator, Kater rendered a great service to See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /JUN_KHA/KATER_HENRY_1777_1835_.html (735 words)

	Kater Coat of Arms
		The name Kater is from the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain.
		The surname Kater was an official name, "the cater," derived from the Old French ale catour, a title meaning a buyer of groceries for the gentleman's house.
		It is hard to say exactly when man first came to the lands that were to become the British Isles, but it can be said with certainty that Paleolithic tribes were flourishing there by 8000 BC.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/kater-coat-arms.htm (1210 words)

	HENRY KATER - LoveToKnow Article on HENRY KATER
		Trans., 1821, 1831) on British standards of length and mass; and in 1832 he published an account of his labors in verifying the Russian standards of length.
		The principal means of communication are the Irrawaddy Flotilla steamers, which run between Mandalay and Bhamo, and the railway which communicates with Sagaing to the south and Myitkyina to the north.
		To properly cite this HENRY KATER article in your work, copy the complete reference below:
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KA/KATER_HENRY.htm (862 words)

	BIOGRAPHIES OF SOME OBSCURE CONTRIBUTORS
		The middle brother, Henry (1748-1795), married an Englishwoman, Anne Collins; their only child, Capt. Henry Kater (1777-1835; see DNB), left Bristol and sugar, joined the army, was engaged under Col. Lambton in the trigonometric survey of India, and pubished extensively in scientific journals.
		Edward’s mother had brought to the marriage the Yorkshire manors of Mexborough and Wickersley and buildings and lands in Richmond and Swinton, all in the Reeve family at least since the beginnng of the 18th century; her own mother was known for holding court as the lady of Mexborough Manor.
		Capt. Kater was consulted by the “Admiralty, the War Office, the makers of scientific equipment, manufacturers and mathematical scholars,” who knew of his inventions and discoveries, many of them standardizing measurements or aiding navigation.
	victorianresearch.org /Obscure_contributors.html (14609 words)

	PUSS 'N BOOTS (1955, West Germany)
		Henry left, downcast, and suddenly he realized, when he spoke a thought aloud, that the cat had answered him--that Puss could talk.
		And the cat said he would serve Henry as though he were a Duke, and the young man laughed and said he was a Duke indeed with no place to sleep and a slice of dry bread in his pocket.
		Henry laughs, but decides to humor the cat and parts with six of his ten thaler to supply Puss with his outfit.
	www.kiddiematinee.com /p-pib55.html (975 words)

	New Lands: A Hypertext Edition of Charles Hoy Fort's Book
		Early in the year 1821—;- and a light shone out on the moon — a bright point of light in the lunar crater Aristarchus, which was in the dark at the time.
		It was seen, upon the 4th and the 7th of February, by Capt. Kater (An.
		The light was also seen by Kater on February 6.
	www.resologist.net /lands201.htm (2756 words)

	29 May 2004 - pafg24 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Henry Kater CRIPPS [Parents] was born on 22 May 1850 in Bristol.
		Married Henry Kater CRIPPS on 24 Feb 1874 in St Editha, Tamworth.
		Frederick Howard CRIPPS [Parents] was born on 04 Dec 1852 in Bristol.
	www.varrall.net /pafg24.htm (291 words)

	Reversible (Kater's) Pendulum
		Using a simple pendulum, the value of g can be determined by measuring the length L and the period T. The value of T can be obtained with considerable precision by simply timing a large number of swings, but comparable precision in the length of the pendulum is not easily come by.
		Two knife-edge pivot points and two adjustable masses are positioned on the rod so that the period of swing is the same from either edge.
		The Kater's pendulum used in the instructional laboratories is diagramed below and its adjustments are described in Setting it up.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~scdiroff/lds/OscillationsWaves/ReversiblePendulum/ReversiblePendulum.html (631 words)

	Basil Hall
		It was with reluctance that I left the neighbourhood of the equator, without having made more numerous and varied, and, consequently, less exceptionable observations on the length of the pendulum.
		Substance of a Letter to Captain Henry Kater, read before the Royal Society, April 24, 1823, giving an Account of some Experiments made by Captain Hall and Mr Foster with an Invariable Pendulum, during the Voyage to South America, in his Majesty's Ship Conway.
		The methods followed for making the adjustments of the instruments, conducting the experiments, and deducing ther results, were those laid down in Captain Kater's paper on the length of the pendulum at the principal stations of the Trigonometrical Survey.
	www.galapagos.to /TEXTS/HALL.HTM (4506 words)

	Rugby - formerly 6Nations, formerly WRC - Page 19 - sffworld.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I was looking for something Kater said, but this caught my eye.
		Personally I'm amazed Henry left Holah behind, sure Masoe's a decent player but Holah would have to be the second best openside in the world.
		I think the trouble with Cooper is that he is a more natural threat than Peel, so he takes a step or two to pass - sizing up whether the running option is on.
	www.sffworld.com /forums/showthread.php?p=272815 (3803 words)

	Pendulum
		Other apparatus was ordered, mainly from France, by his successor, Frederick Barnard (1809-1889) who was the president of Columbia University after the War Between the States.
		This was designed by Captain Henry Kater in 1818 for measurements of the strength of the earth's gravitational field.
		The 1929 Central Scientific Company catalogue describes it : "The bar is made of steel about 160 by 2.5 by 1 cm, white nickel-plated [the plating has largely disappeared from this example], and the knife edges are at a fixed distance and fitted with adjustments for making them parallel.
	physics.kenyon.edu /EarlyApparatus/Mechanics/Pendulum/Pendulum.html (961 words)

	[No title]
		Both Charles and John Henry are referred to at times as Beckwith, at times as Lohmeyer, and at times as Beckwith-Lohmeyer, with no consistency even in a close associae\rquote s usage.\~\~ Sometimes it seems that when they weren\rquote t Beckwith-Lohmeyer, Charles was Beckwith and John Henry was Lohmeyer, but then Mr.
		Beckwith, is John Henry, not Charles as Wullschlager calls him (309); the same man signed as John Henry Lohmeyer\~ when he received payment for Charles Beckwith\rquote s translations from Andersen, who referred to his translator as Mr.
		The second passenger, a Southern lawyer and politician named Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880), struck up a conversation with \lquote Moscati, \rquote who was going to New Orleans (Foote disembarked at Vicksburg).
	victorianresearch.org /Obscure_Contributors_04a1.rtf (5595 words)

	Migrant Ships Arriving In New Zealand 1839-1860
		It lists the ships mentioned in Sir Henry Brett's two volumes of "White Wings" which were published in Auckland in 1924 and 1928 respectively.
		Henry W. WEBB 16 (SURGEON: John Henry COOPER; ALSO: arrived Wellington; WHITE WINGS: arrived 2/4/1842) LONDON 10 04 1842 Nelson 17 11 1841 Gravesend...
		BACON 16 (SURGEON: William Henry KATER; First ship to sail from London to Nelson direct) JANE GIFFORD 09 09 1842 Auckland 18 06 1842 Greenock 255 558...
	members.iinet.net.au /~perthdps/shipping/mig-nz1.htm (3358 words)

	Globe In Transit
		For an account by Captain Henry Kater of an apparent volcano and 'star-like appearance' observed by Capt.Kater and others on the evenings between February 4th and 7th, 1821,
		One of those beautiful and extraordinary wonders of the heavens - a large and brilliant meteor - passed over the northern parts of the county of Nottingham on the afternoon of Friday the 28th October, and was witnessed by a great number of the inhabitants.
		While walking through the forest, near Ladoga Lake, she suddenly noticed a giant sphere that was hanging over the tree tops.
	www.xdream.freeserve.co.uk /UFOBase/19C.htm (1950 words)

	This Rings of Confusion!
		Captain Henry Kater is perhaps the first to report extensively on ring gaps other than Cassini's Division.
		Kater reported the A ring to be "separated by numerous dark divisions, extremely close, and one stronger than the rest, dividing the ring about equally." Many of the observations he reported were made with a 10" achromatic refractor.
		It might be worth pointing out that Encke's observation is very similar to Kater's report.
	obs.nineplanets.org /psc/guest/medkeff.html (1489 words)

	Telescope Aperture Considerations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		If you have two telescopes, a larger one that has only fair optics at best, and a smaller one that has excellent optics, the larger one may show a brighter image, but not necessarily more detail.
		Case in point was Henry Kater's observation of the Encke Minima and Encke Division back in the 1820's.
		He could clearly see this detail in his smaller 6-1/4" reflector, but not at all, or not as well, in his larger 6-3/4" reflector.
	members.leapmail.net /~ericj/aperture.html (1577 words)

	Historical Background of Saturn's Rings
		1825 - Henry Kater reports seeing three gaps in the A Ring, but no one else could verify Kater's claim for several years.
		1837 - Johann Encke observes a dark band in the middle of the A Ring that matches one of the gaps that Kater observed in 1825.
		This dark band in the A Ring would be later known as Encke's Division, even though Encke never really observed it as a gap in the rings.
	www.solarviews.com /eng/saturnbg.htm (2228 words)

	EARTH, FIGURE OF THE - Online Information article about EARTH, FIGURE OF THE
		The theodolites used for this work were, in addition to the two great theodolites of Ramsden which were used by General Roy and See also:
		Captain Kater, a smaller theodolite of 18 in.
		India and determining the figure of the earth were commenced in 1800.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /DRO_ECG/EARTH_FIGURE_OF_THE.html (6742 words)

	PETTIGREW PAPERS (Osborn Shelves Pettigrew) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One letter discusses Richard Powell and includes Sir Henry Halford's tribute to him in the 1835 Harveian oration.
		ALS and AL to T. Pettigrew 1829 Feb, 1830 Nov One letter is about the election of the Duke of Sussex to the Presidency of the Royal Society.
		LS (signed Henry Christmas) to C. Smith 1846 Feb 5 Announces a meeting of the Numismatic Society.
	webtext.library.yale.edu /beinflat/osborn.PETTIGRE.HTM (10172 words)

	TPS: Exploration of the Outer Planets Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Henry Kater reports seeing three gaps in the A ring, but no one can verify his claim.
		Johann Encke observes a dark band in the middle of the A ring that matches one of the gaps Kater observed in 1825.
		The divisions in the A ring are now named for Encke (the Encke Division, near the outer edge, and the Encke Minima, a band across the middle).
	www.planetary.org /saturn/timeline.html (2939 words)

	Ned Kelly World - Australia's Famous Bushrangers
		Lowry was next heard of in July, when he held up the Mudgee mail coach with the help of his two friends, John Foley and an eighteen year old lad named Larry Cummins.
		The coach had only two passengers, Mrs Smith, the wife of an inn-keeper at Ben Bullen, and Mr Henry Kater, who was the manager of the Mudgee branch of the Joint Stock Bank, and who was carrying £5700 in notes.
		The money was quickly secured by Lowry, while Mrs Smith was not interfered with; she was only asked to stand aside and wait.
	www.nedkellysworld.com.au /bushrangers/lowry_f.htm (569 words)

	[No title]
		Ariail, Robert B. On the Location and Restoration of an 1849 Henry Fitz Telescope.
		The Papers of the Instrument Dealer, Collector, and Researcher Thomas Henry Court (1868-1951).
		(Fitz) Death of Henry Fitz, the Telescope Maker.
	www.europa.com /~telscope/telebibl.txt (11838 words)

	Talbot Correspondence Project: HERSCHEL John Frederick William to TALBOT William Henry Fox, 12 Jan 1826 [01354] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		WHFT mentions his examination of the spectra emitted by the red fires used in theatres in ‘Some Experiments on Coloured Flames’, Edinburgh Journal of Science, v.5 n.1, June 1826, pp.
		No: 01349, WHFT requested the London address of Captain Henry Kater (1777–1835), instrument maker and man of science.
		An instrument used to measure the radius of the curvature of a lens.
	www.foxtalbot.arts.gla.ac.uk /corresp/01354.asp?target=3 (664 words)

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