Author:Henry Kater

Henry Kater
(1777–1835)

Henry Kater

Works

• "On the Light of the Cassegrainian Telescope, Compared with That of the Gregorian" in Philosophical Transactions, 103, pp. 206–212
• "Further Experiments on the Light of the Cassegrainian Telescope Compared with That of the Gregorian" in Philosophical Transactions, 104, pp. 231–247
• "An Improved Method of Dividing Astronomical Circles and Other Instruments" in Philosophical Transactions, 104, pp. 419–435
• "An Account of Experiments for determining the Length of the Pendulum vibrating Seconds in the Latitude of London" in Philosophical Transactions, 108, pp. 33–102
• "On the Length of the French Metre Estimated in Parts of the English Standard" in Philosophical Transactions, 108, pp. 103–109
• "An Account of Experiments for Determining the Variation in the Length of the Pendulum Vibrating Seconds, at the Principal Stations of the Trigonometrical Survey of Great Britain" in Philosophical Transactions, 109, pp. 337–508
• "An Account of the Comparison of Various British Standards of Linear Measure" in Philosophical Transactions, 111, pp. 75–94
• "The Bakerian Lecture: On the Best Kind of Steel and Form for a Compass Needle" in Philosophical Transactions, 111, pp. 104–129
• "Notice Respecting a Volcanic Appearance in the Moon" in Philosophical Transactions, 111, pp. 130–132
• "An Account of the Re-Measurement of the Cube, Cylinder, and Sphere, Used by the Late Sir George Shuckburgh Evelyn, in His Enquiries Respecting a Standard of Weights and Measures" in Philosophical Transactions, 111, pp. 316–326
• "The Description of a Floating Collimator" in Philosophical Transactions, 115, pp. 147–178
• "An Account of the Construction and Adjustment of the New Standards of Weights and Measures of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" in Philosophical Transactions, 116, pp. 1–52
• "An Account of Trigonometrical Operations in the Years 1821, 1822 and 1823, for Determining the Difference of Longitude between the Royal Observatories of Paris and Greenwich" in Philosophical Transactions, 118, pp. 153–239
• "A Description of a Vertical Floating Collimator; and an Account of Its Application to Astronomical Observations with a Circle and with a Zenith Telescope" in Philosophical Transactions, 118, pp. 257–289
• "On the Error in Standards of Linear Measure, Arising from the Thickness of the Bar on Which They are Traced" in Philosophical Transactions, 120, pp. 359–381
• "An Account of the Construction and Verification of a Copy of the Imperial Standard Yard Made for the Royal Society" in Philosophical Transactions, 121, pp. 345–347
• "Description of an Escapement for an Astronomical Clock, Invented by the Late Captain Henry Kater, F.R.S. &c., Drawn up from His Own Memorandums by His Son Edward Kater, Esq." in Philosophical Transactions, 130, pp. 335–340

Works about Kater

• "Kater, Henry," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Kater, Henry," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.