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Correspondence on reductions, 1833 - 1847
Correspondence concerning requests for reduced lunar observations, etc.; computation of the geocentric places of the planets; instructions and computations for planetary reductions; Bradley's reduced observations; and reductions of the minor planets. The correspondents include J.W. Lubbock, J.C. Adams, W.S. Stratford, J.F. Encke, F. Baily, J. Challis and P.A. Hansen.
Correspondence on transit of Venus, 1869 - 1879
Correspondence on visitor admissions, 1855 - 1860
Letters to Humphrey Lloyd, 1991
Around 150 letters from various correspondents to Professor Humphrey Lloyd, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. There are numerous letters from G.B. Airy and Sir John Herschel. Other correspondents include well-known scientists, including John Couch Adams, A.D. Bache, David Brewster, Buys Ballot, John Challis and C.F. Gauss.
Lunar reduction reports, 1856 - 1860
Weekly reports by J.R. Lucas, the superintendent of the lunar reductions. There are also comparisons of J. Pond's star observations; calculations of epochs; calculations for lunar reductions; calculations of numbers from P.A. Hansen's tables; errata in J. Pond's observations; corrections to the Moon's parallax and semi-diameter; and letters from J.C. Adams, J. Challis and J.R. Hind.
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1846 - 1897
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1834 - 1912
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1849 - 1850
Airy's miscellaneous correspondence with, among others, J.C. Adams, D.F.J. Arago, J.B. Biot, P.H.L. von Boguslowski, J. Challis, W. Cubitt, A. d'Abbadie, J.D. Forbes, J.S. Henslow, J.F.W. Herschel, M.J. Johnson, W. Lassell, U.J.J. Le Verrier, W.H. Miller, J.P. Nichol, G.A.A. Plana, J.C. Ross, the Earl of Rosse, H.C. Schumacher, G.G. Stokes, W.H. Smyth, C.P. Smyth, R. Sheepshanks, F.E.W.V. Struve and W. Whewell.