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Airy's miscellaneous correspondence with, among others, J.B. Biot. C. Brooke, J. Challis, A. d'Abbadie, A. de Morgan, W. Denison, J.D. Forbes, J.P. Gassiot, B.A. Gould, J.F.W. Herschel, J. Hartnup, W. Lassell, J. Lee, U.J.J. Le Verrier, J.W. Lubbock, R. Main, Mr Manners, F. Maxwell, C. Pritchard, L.A. Quetelet, J.D. Runkle, P.A. Secchi, W.H. Smyth, F. Struve, C.B. Vignoles, G.H. Wiedemann, W. Whewell and Mr Whitbread. The papers include a notice of the death of L.A. Quetelet's wife.

Scope and Contents Airy's miscellaneous correspondence with, among others, J.C. Adams, A.V. Auwers, E. de Beaumont, C.T. Beke, Sir D. Brewster, B.C. Brodie, A d'Abbadie, W. De La Rue, A. de Morgan, G.B. Donati, E.J.A. Gautier, B.A. Gould, W.R. Hamilton, P.A. Hansen, C. Hansteen, J.F.W. Herschel, J.N. Lockyer, J.H. Malder, S. Newcomb, C. Pritchard, L.A. Quetelet, M. Sequin, D.A. Silveira, O. Struve and C.B. Vignoles. The papers include notices of the deaths of several eminent people, including non-scientists,...

Scope and Contents Airy's miscellaneous correspondence with, among others, A. d'Abbadie, A.V. Auwers, F.W. Bessel, G.B. Donati, H.A.E.A. Fayé, E.J.A. Gautier, B.A. Gould, A. Hall, E. Heis, T. Henderson, N.R. Pogson, C. Pritchard, O. Struve, E.W.L. Temple, F.F. Tisserand, C.B. Vignoles, C. Wheatstone and W. Whewell. The papers include notices of the deaths of several eminent people, including non-scientists; testimonials to others; and correspondence on memorials for earlier scientists. There are also two...

Scope and Contents (1) Letters regarding the existence of Neptune, 1846-1878Duplicate copies of collected correspondence on the investigations of J.C. Adams and U.J.J. Le Verrier into the existence of Neptune and in particular of the ensuing controversy over the name of the planet. There are also other letters concerning the minor planets and mathematical formula for their orbits, the Moon's equation and lunar acceleration. The correspondents include J.C. Adams, Sir George Airy, F.N.M. Arago, J....

Scope and Contents (1) Correspondence, 1834-1895Correspondence regarding J.C. Adams and other subjects, as follows:Index to correspondence, 1895.C. Taylor's suggestion of a memorial to J.C. Adams at Westminster Abbey, 1892.D. McAlister's proposal for a publication of J.C. Adams's papers, with lists of important correspondence, 1892-1893.Notes on correspondence in the Royal Observatory records regarding the search for Neptune, 1834.Notes from J.F.W. Hershel's...

Scope and Contents Correspondence between David Gill and various individuals, including members of other observatories, divided into nineteen sections:Professor R.H. Tucker, W.W. Campbell, J.E. Keeler and E.S. Holden of the Lick Observatory, April 1896 - January 1900.W.H. Maw, London, 21 February - 13 June 1899.Professor Simon Newcomb, Washington, 13 January 1896 - 31 January 1900.H.F. Newall, Cambridge, 3 March - 9 October 1899.Professor Vogel and Dr G. Muller, Potsdam,...

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Photographic plate from the book 'Portraits of Astronomers' (Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1918).

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The second part of a series on the expedition on board HMS 'Himalaya' to observe the total solar eclipse in Spain on 18 July 1860. The papers consist of correspondence in preparation for the eclipse, including letters by G. Fisher, R. Grant, J.R. Hind, W.S. Jacob, W. Lassell, U.J.J. Le Verrier, Sir J.W. Lubbock, Sir R. Murchison, W. Pole, C. Pritchard and O. Struve. There is also a paper on the eclipse by Johannes von Gumpach.

Scope and Contents The sixth of a series on the expedition by HMS 'Himalaya' to observe the total solar eclipse in Spain on 18 July 1860. The papers include accounts of observations made at various stations in Northern Spain by R. Parkin; R. Reynolds; J.R. Roberts; Baron de Rottenburg, with watercolours; J. Rubenach; F. Simon; H. le Small; J. Stonglein; the Revd R.A. Thompson, in 'The Church Times'; J. Thompson, with watercolours; F.M. Weedon, with two watercolours and a diagram; C. Weiler, with two sets of...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers on exhibitions, lectures and inquiries. There is material concerning an exhibition of scientific apparatus at South Kensington Museum, with a layout of the Museum; a certificate for loaning instruments; regulations for exhibitors of the Brussels International Exhibition; an inquiry into the Meteorological Committee; a proposed Physical Observatory; the award of the Albert medal to Airy; a proposed science museum; Airy's lecture on 'the interior of the Earth at...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers on magnetic disturbances, magnetic observations, statistics and reductions, requests for data and matters arising from magnetic papers. There are papers concerning the disagreement between Airy and E. Sabine concerning the usefulness of Greenwich magnetic observations; an article in 'The Engineer' on meteorological observations at the Royal Observatory and a paper on early railways by S. Smiles; 'The relation of the Earth's magnetism to the rotation of the Sun' by...

Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Royal Astronomical Society, including a notice on the discovery of a comet by Dr G.B. Donati, 10 November 1857; a speech on the delivering of the medal to the Revd W.R. Dawes; a paper by Airy on a personal equation in the observations for runs of the transit circle; a note by Airy on the occultations of small stars by Saturn in 1854 and 1856; a paper by Airy on the observation of the occultations of Antares in 1856, with reference to the duplicity of the star;...

Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Royal Astronomical Society, including communication on the fringes of light in the total eclipse, 31 December 1861, as seen by Captain Poulain; a lecture by Airy on the apparatus proposed for the observation of the spectra of stars for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich; a note by Airy on the visibility of the stars in the Pleiades to the naked eye; a paper by Airy on the discordance between the results for zenith distances obtained by direct observation and those...

Scope and Contents Correspondence of David Gill and related papers regarding the International Astrographic Chart, divided into sections by correspondent: Professor Bakhuyzen, Leiden; W.H.M. Christie, Greenwich; Ellery, Melbourne; Professor Foerster, Berlin; J.C. Kapteyn, Groningen; Lord McClaren, Edinburgh; Admiral Mouchez, Paris; Professor C. Pritchard, Oxford; H.C. Russell, Sydney; G.G. Stokes, Royal Society; O. Struve, Pulkova; H.C. Vogel, Potsdam; and the Royal Astronomical Society Committee. These...

Scope and Contents Cutting from the 'South Australian Register' concerning a lunar eclipse, 1877.Papers and correspondence, 1877, relating to the total lunar eclipse of 23 August 1877, including a request from 'The Times' for a report on the eclipse.Correspondence with C. Richman, Blandford, 1881, concerning the lunar eclipse of 5 December 1881.Correspondence with various individuals, 1884-1886, concerning eclipses, including a letter from O. Struve on the lunar eclipse of 4 October...

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Foreign printed papers concerning the transits of Venus, 1874 and 1882, including newspaper and magazine articles, Royal Astronomical Society 'Monthly Notices' and government notices. The authors of the papers include A.V. Auwers, C.C. Bruhns, P.A. Hansen, E. Heis, T.E.V. Oppolzer, E. Neumayer, S. Newcomb, Mr Hasselberg, O. Struve, J.A.C. Oudemans, Sir D. Gill and many others. The papers also include diagrams of the Earth.

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1-2. Adam Sedgwick (Autumn 1860, January 1862); 3. Duke of Devonshire, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1862); 4. Otto Struve, St Petersburg (1875); 5-7. Dr Whewell (pre-1866); 8. J. Russell Lowell (undated, c.1860-1880); 9. Robert Ransome of Ipswich (undated, c.1855-1864); 10. Baron Gorell of Brampton (Gorell Barnes) (undated, c.1870-1900).

Scope and Contents Airy's personal correspondence on scientific matters with, among others, F.W.A. Argelander, F. Beaufort, J.B. Biot, J.R. Hind, T. Brooke, R.C. Carrington, W. Cubitt, W. Denison, J.F. Encke, H.A.E.A. Fayé, J.D. Forbes, B.A. Gould, H. Goulbourn, J.A. Grunert, P.A. Hansen, S. Herbert, G. Fisher, U.J.J. Le Verrier, O.M. Mitchel, R. Owen, G. Peacock, C. Pritchard, K.L.C. Rümker, A. Sedgwick, R. Sheepshanks, W.H. Smyth, G.G. Stokes and W. Whewell. The papers include J.C. Adams' application for a...