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== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Little is known about Chary's personal life. It is believed that he was born in [[Madras]] in about 1822.<ref name="cornelluniv">{{cite journal | first1=N. Kameswara | last1=Rao | first2=A. | last2=Vagiswari | first3=Priya | last3=Thakur | first4=Christina | last4=Birdie | title=C. Ragoonatha Chary and his variable stars | date=2009 | journal=[[Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage]] | volume=12| issue=3| pages=201–210 | url=http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2009JAHH...12..201R | bibcode = 2009JAHH...12..201R | accessdate = 25 February 2016 |arxiv=0908.3081}}</ref> | Little is known about Chary's personal life. It is believed that he was born in [[Madras]] in about 1822.<ref name="cornelluniv">{{cite journal | first1=N. Kameswara | last1=Rao | first2=A. | last2=Vagiswari | first3=Priya | last3=Thakur | first4=Christina | last4=Birdie | title=C. Ragoonatha Chary and his variable stars | date=2009 | journal=[[Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage]] | volume=12| issue=3| pages=201–210 | url=http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2009JAHH...12..201R | bibcode = 2009JAHH...12..201R | accessdate = 25 February 2016 |arxiv=0908.3081}}</ref> However, in official records, his birthdate has been recorded as 1828 and given in some sources as 17 March.<ref name="cornelluniv" /> Chary's ancestors were Hindu astronomers who prepared Hindu astrological almanacs called ''[[Panchangam]]''s.<ref name="cornelluniv" /> He lived in [[Nungambakkam]] and joined the [[Madras Observatory]] in 1840 as a "[[coolie]]" under [[Thomas Glanville Taylor]].<ref name="cornelluniv" /> | ||
However, in official records, his birthdate has been recorded as 1828 and given in some sources as 17 March.<ref name="cornelluniv" /> Chary's ancestors were Hindu astronomers who prepared Hindu astrological almanacs called ''[[Panchangam]]''s.<ref name="cornelluniv" /> He lived in [[Nungambakkam]] and joined the [[Madras Observatory]] in 1840 as a "[[coolie]]" under | |||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
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During the [[solar eclipse]] of 18 August 1868, Chary was given the task of conducting observations from a village called [[Wanaparthy]] situated to the north of [[Kurnool, in the district of Mehaboobnagar | During the [[solar eclipse]] of 18 August 1868, Chary was given the task of conducting observations from a village called [[Wanaparthy]] situated to the north of [[Kurnool]], in the district of Mehaboobnagar.<ref name="cornelluniv" /> He was also a part of the team which observed the eclipse of 12 December 1871 at [[Avanashi]].<ref name="cornelluniv" /> In 1874, Chary wrote a [[treatise]] on the transit of [[Venus]] which was published in several local languages.<ref name="currentscience">{{cite journal|title=Chintamani Ragoonathachari and contemporary Indian astronomy|first=B. S.|last=Shylaja|journal=Current Science|volume=96|issue=9|date=10 May 2009|pages=1271–1273|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/may102009/1271.pdf}}</ref> | ||
== Discoveries == | == Discoveries == | ||
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== Publications == | == Publications == | ||
Chary had three papers published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (all before his election to the Society) | |||
Volume 19 (1859), p.337, On the Determination of Personal Equation by Observations of the Projected Image of the Sun. (letter to [[William Stephen Jacob|W S Jacob]] (Madras Observatory Director, 1848-1859))<ref>{{Cite web |title=1859MNRAS..19..337C Page 337 |url=https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1859MNRAS..19..337C |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=articles.adsabs.harvard.edu}}</ref> | |||
Volume 28 (1867), p.193, Occultations visible in the Month of August, 1868, at Madras, and along the Shadow Path of the Total Eclipse of the Sun in India. (communicated by N R Pogson)<ref>{{Cite web |title=1868MNRAS..28..193C Page 193 |url=https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1868MNRAS..28..193C |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=articles.adsabs.harvard.edu}}</ref> | |||
Volume 31 (1871), p.137, On the Total Eclipse of the Sun, on December the 11th, 1871, as visible in the Madras Presideency. (communicated by N R Pogson)<ref>{{Cite web |title=1871MNRAS..31..137R Page 137 |url=https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1871MNRAS..31..137R |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=articles.adsabs.harvard.edu}}</ref> | |||
In 1874, Chary wrote a book on the transit of [[Venus]] in English and six Indian languages, Sanskrit, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu in the form of a ''vivada'' or dialogue between two individuals.<ref name="cornelluniv" /> | In 1874, Chary wrote a book on the transit of [[Venus]] in English and six Indian languages, Sanskrit, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu in the form of a ''vivada'' or dialogue between two individuals.<ref name="cornelluniv" /> | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* {{cite journal|title=Madras Meridian Circle Observations of Fixed Stars during 1862 to 1887|journal=Indian Journal of History | * {{cite journal|title=Madras Meridian Circle Observations of Fixed Stars during 1862 to 1887|journal=Indian Journal of History of Science|first=S. N.|last=Sen|volume=24|issue=4|pages=257–283|year=1989|url=http://202.41.82.144/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b60_257.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402120800/http://202.41.82.144/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b60_257.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-02}} | ||
* {{cite web|last=Venkateswaran T. V.|title=Chinthamani Ragoonathachary and Secularisation of Time During the Late Nineteenth Century Madras Presidency|url=http:// | * {{cite web|last=Venkateswaran T. V.|title=Chinthamani Ragoonathachary and Secularisation of Time During the Late Nineteenth Century Madras Presidency|url=http://web.gnowledge.org/episteme3/pro_pdfs/04-tvv.pdf|work=Proceeding No 521 of March 26, 1878, Fr St George.|accessdate=30 May 2013}} | ||
*{{cite DNB|wstitle=Chary, Chintamanny Ragoonatha|first=Agnes Mary |last=Clerke|volume=10}} | *{{cite DNB|wstitle=Chary, Chintamanny Ragoonatha|first=Agnes Mary |last=Clerke|volume=10}} | ||