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Mathematical theories and calculations, 1859 - 1860

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/434
Scope and Contents Correspondence on various mathematical theories and calculations, mainly pure, but some applied, and miscellaneous papers on scientific matters. The correspondents include, among others, A. Cayley, J.G. Galle, A. de Morgan, I. Todhunter, W.H. Miller, J.B. Biot, W.R. Hamilton and A.R. Clarke. The papers include a 'Supplement to a Proof of the Theorem that Every Algebraic Equation has a Root by G B Airy'; a paper by B. Valz titled 'Effai de resolution des Equations par les series et le...
Dates: 1859 - 1860
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Official and scientific correspondence, 1823 - 1830

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/803
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Airy's official and scientific correspondence, volume 1, including letters from Amici, Baily, Beaufort, Bouvard, Brewster, Carlini, Cerquene, Colby, Davy, Gambart, Garvey, Gilbert, Hamilton, Herschel, Hudson, Hussey, Jenkins, Lardner, Lax, Maclear, Pearson, Pond, Rigaud, Robinson, Rumker, Sabine, Sanchis, Schumacher, South, Stratford and Young, with an index to the correspondents at the end. There are a few letters in French and Italian.

Dates: 1823 - 1830
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Official and scientific correspondence, 1830 - 1832

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/804
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Airy's official and scientific correspondence, volume 2, including letters from Arago, Auber, Baily, Barrow, Beaufort, Becker, Cooper, De Morgan, Encke, Forbes, Foster, Gambert, Gilbert, Gregory, Hamilton, Harcourt, Henderson, Herschel, Hudson, Hussey, Inman, Innes, Lax, Lubbock, Maclear, Princess Olive, Parrot, Pearson, Quetelet, Robinson, Schumacher, Sheepshanks, Stratford, Taylor, Tiarks and Tyson, with an index to the correspondents at the end. There are a few letters in French.

Dates: 1830 - 1832
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on Neptune and the minor planets, 1834 - 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/96a
Scope and Contents Correspondence of G.B. Airy (including many copy letters) and related papers concerning planets, including circulars, ephemerides, observations, announcements of discoveries, discussion of names and requests for information. The papers are in English unless otherwise indicated. They are divided into seven sections, comprised of the following items:Fo. 1r: List of contents.Fo. 2: Blank.Fo. 3r: Short note regarding the binding of the papers.Section 1: Papers...
Dates: 1834 - 1884
Conditions Governing Access: The volume is currently undergoing conservation work and is unavailable to readers, although a microfilm copy may be consulted.

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Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer) 3
Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) 3
Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician) 3
Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1780 - 1850 (astronomer) 3
Baily, Francis, 1774 - 1844 (stockbroker and astronomer) 2
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Cooper, Edward Joshua, 1798 - 1863 (landowner and astronomer) 2
Encke, Johann Franz, 1791 - 1865 (astronomer) 2
Lubbock, John William, Sir, 1803 - 1865 (3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker) 2
Maclear, Thomas, Sir, 1794 - 1879 (Knight, astronomer) 2
Robinson, John Thomas Romney, 1792 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) 2
Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) 2
Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (astronomer) 2
Stratford, William Samuel, ?1791 - 1853 (naval officer and astronomer) 2
Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer) 1
Arago, Dominique François Jean, 1786 - 1853 (physicist) 1
Beechey, St Vincent, 1806 - 1899 (clergyman) 1
Biot, Jean (Baptiste (1774-1862) physicist) 1
Breen, Hugh, 1824 (astronomer) 1
Cayley, Arthur, 1821 - 1895 (mathematician) 1
Challis, James, 1803 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) 1
Clarke, Alexander Ross, 1828 - 1914 (Fellow of Royal Society) 1
Colby, Thomas Frederick, 1784 - 1852 (Major General, Director of Ordnance Survey) 1
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 1789 - 1864 (critic and antiquary) 1
Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher) 1
Galloway, Thomas, 1796 - 1851 (mathematician) 1
Glaisher, James, 1809 - 1903 (astronomer) 1
Hartnup, John, 1806 - 1885 (astronomer) 1
Hervey, Thomas Kibble, 1799 - 1859 (poet and journalist) 1
Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer) 1
Holland, Henry, Sir, 1788 - 1873 (1st Baronet, physician) 1
Hussey, Thomas John, fl1819 - 1854 (Rector of Hayes, astronomer) 1
Lassell, William, 1799 - 1880 (astronomer) 1
Lawson, Henry, 1774 - 1855 (astronomer) 1
Lee, John, 1783 - 1866 (antiquary and astronomer) 1
Main, Robert, 1808 - 1878 (astronomer) 1
Miller, William Hallowes, 1801 - 1880 (mineralogist) 1
Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (1st Baronet, geologist) 1
Nichol, John Pringle, 1804 - 1859 (astronomer) 1
Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer) 1
Peacock, George, 1791 - 1858 (Dean of Ely, mathematician) 1
Pentland, Joseph Barclay, 1797 - 1873 (traveller) 1
Pillans, James, 1778 - 1864 (educational reformer) 1
Plana, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo, 1781 - 1864 (astronomer and mathematician) 1
Pond, John, 1767 - 1836 (astronomer) 1
Quetelet, Lambert (Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist) 1
Riddle, Edward, 1788 - 1854 (mathematician and astronomer) 1
Rümker, Karl Ludwig Christian, 1788 - 1862 (astronomer) 1
Santini, Giovanni, 1787 - 1877 (astronomer) 1
Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 (geologist) 1
Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary) 1
Todhunter, Isaac, 1820 - 1884 (mathematician and historian of mathematics) 1
Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph Le, 1811 - 1877 (astronomer) 1
Walker, Sears Cook, 1805 - 1853 (astronomer) 1
Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge) 1
Young, Charles Augustus, 1834 - 1908 (astronomer) 1
Young, John Radford, 1799 - 1885 (mathematician) 1
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