Papers are at the Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives, Cambridge University Library, the Royal Astronomical Society, the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and three institutions in South Africa: the Cape Archives, the South African Astronomical Observatory, and the Chief Directorate, Surveys and Mapping, in Mowbray.

Other References: Historical

Dept of Land Affairs, Republic of South Africa, History of Geodetic Surveying in South Africa
http://w3sli.wcape.gov.za/Surveys/Mapping/svyhist.htm

Brück, H.A., “Lord Crawford’s Observatory at Dun Echt 1872-1892,” Vistas in Astronomy 35, 81-138 (1992).

Chinnici, Ileana, La Carte du Ciel: Correspondence inédite conservée dans les archives de l’Observatoire de Paris (Observatoire de Paris, Paris & Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, Palermo, 1999).

Clerke, Agnes M., A Popular History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century (Adam & Charles Black, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1885, 1887, 1893, 1902; fourth ed. reprinted by Scholarly Press, St. Clair Shores, MI, 1977).

Clerke, Agnes M., “A Southern Observatory,” The Contemporary Review 4, 380-92 (1889); reprinted in Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for 1891 (Smithsonian Inst., Washington, DC, 1893).

Crawford, L., “Gill’s Work on the Determination of the Solar Parallax,” Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa 2, 85-88 (1943).

Evans, David S., Under Capricorn: A History of Southern Hemisphere Astronomy (Adam Hilger, Bristol and Philadelphia, 1988).

Gill, David, “The Determination of the Solar Parallax,” Observatory 1, 7-13, 38-44, 74-82, 101-06, 129-33 (1877).

Gill, David, History and Description of the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope ( H.M. Stationer Off., Edinburgh, 1913).

Gill, David, “Presidential Address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science,” Observatory 30, 299-306 (1907).

Gill, Isobel (Mrs. David), Six Months in Ascension: An Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition (John Murray, London, 1878).

Krumm, H.E., “Gill’s work on Stellar Parallax with the Heliometer,” Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa 2, 88-89 (1943).

Mitton, J., “David Gill and the Measurement of the Astronomical Unit,” Mercury 9, 124 (1980).

Murray, C.A., “David Gill and Celestial Photography,” in Suzanne Debarbat, ed., Mapping the Sky: Past Heritage and Future Directions: Proceedings of the 133rd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Paris, France, 1-5 June 1987. IAU Symposium no. 133 (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1988), p.143-48.

Packer, J.E., “Astronomy in Mid-Atlantic,” Sky & Telescope 43, 74 (1972)

Rose, Colonel, “Reminiscences of Sir David Gill,” Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa 2, 79 (1943).

South African Astronomical Observatory, History of the South African Astronomical Observatory
http://www.saao.ac.za/about/history/history-detailed/

Warner, Brian, Astronomers at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope: A History with Emphasis on the Nineteenth Century (Univ. of Capetown, Capetown, 1979).

Whittingdale, W., “Reminiscences of Sir David Gill,” Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa 2, 73-78 (1943).

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Other References:Scientific

Gill, Jr., David, “Note on Stars within the Trapezium of the Nebula in Orion,” MNRAS 27, 315-16 (1867).

Lindsay, Lord & David Gill, “On Lord Lindsay’s Preparations for Observations of the Transit of Venus in 1874,” MNRAS 33, 34 (1872).

Lindsay, Lord & David Gill, “On the Determination of the Solar Parallax by Observations of Juno at Opposition,” MNRAS 34, 279-300 (1874).

Lindsay, Lord & David Gill, “Progress of Reduction of the Observations of the Transit of Venus,” MNRAS 36, 10-12 (1875).

Gill, David, “On the Proposed Expedition to Observe the Approaching Opposition of Mars,” MNRAS 37, 310-33 (1877).

Gill, David, “Mr. Gill’s Expedition to Ascension, Correspondence and Reports,” MNRAS 38, 1-11 (1877).

Lindsay, Lord & David Gill, Mauritius Expedition 1874. Determination of the Solar Parallax by Observations of the Minor Planet Juno at Opposition (Dun Echt Observatory Publications, vol. 2, 1877) [summary in MNRAS 38, 86-88 (1877)].

Gill, David, “On Observations of α Centauri Made with the Heliometer at Ascension in 1877,” MNRAS 39, 123 (1878).

Gill, David, “On the Value of the Solar Parallax Derived from Observations of Mars Made at Ascension Island during the Opposition of 1877,” MNRAS 39, 434-37 (1879).

Gill, David, “On Photographs of the Great Comet (b) 1882,” MNRAS 43, 53 (1882).

Gill, David, “Note on the Nucleus of the Great Comet (b), 1882,” MNRAS 43, 319-21 (1883).

Gill, David & J.C. Kapteyn, The Cape Photographic Durchmusterung for the Equinox 1875 (H.M. Stationery Off., London, 1896).

Gill, David, et al, A Determination of the Solar Parallax and Mass of the Moon, Annals of the Cape Observatory, vol. 6-7 (Darling & Son, Ltd., London, 1896-97).

Gill, David, Observations of Comets made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, in the Years 1880 to 1894Annals of the Cape Obs., vol. 1, part 1 (H.M. Stationery Office, Edinburgh, 1898).

Gill, David, Reference Catalogue of Southern Double Stars, Annals of the Cape Obs., vol. 2, part 2 (H.M. Stationery Office, Edinburgh, 1899).

Gill, David, Researches on Stellar Parallax Made with the Cape Heliometer (H.M. Stationery Office, Edinburgh, 1900).

Gill, David, Results of Meridian Observations of the Sun, Mercury and Venus Made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, in the Years 1884-1892 (H.M. Stationery Office, Edinburgh, 1907).

Gill, David, William Finlay, & Willem de Sitter, Determination of the Mass of Jupiter and Elements of the Orbits of Its Satellites from Observations Made with the Cape Heliometer (H.M. Stationery Office, Edinburgh, 1915).

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Other Works: Popularizations, History, etc.

Gill, David, “The Applications of Photography in Astronomy,” Observatory 10, 267-72, 283-94 (1887).

Gill, David, “The Cape Observatory,” Observatory 11, 85-87 (1888).

Gill, David, “An Astronomer’s Work in a Modern Observatory,” Observatory 14, 335-341, 370-375 (1891).

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