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Correspondence on transit of Venus, 1869 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/277
Scope and Contents Correspondence on instruments used in observing the transit of Venus. The correspondents include J.C. Adams, J. Challis, W. De La Rue, G. Forbes, Messrs C. Frodsham and Co., Messrs Dent and Co., J.H. Dallmeyer and C.J. Corbett. The papers include lists of clocks, with some of their rates; a list of telescopes used in the transit of Venus observations; plans of plate holders for photoheliographs; two photographs of the Corbett 6 1/3" Equatorial Telescope; drawings and a diagram from a...
Dates: 1869 - 1879
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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Correspondence on transit of Venus, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/283
Scope and Contents Correspondence relating to the transit of Venus, 1882. The correspondents include W. Spottiswoode, J.R. Hind, A. d'Abbadie, J.C. Adams, W. De La Rue, Maxwell Hall, Sir D. Gill, G. Forbes and J.H. Dallmeyer. Included amongst the correspondence are printed papers on instructions to observers; minutes of the meetings of the Transit of Venus Executive Committee; a Report of the Committee; a paper on Airy's Double-Image Micrometer; and newspaper cuttings on the transit of Venus and expeditions....
Dates: 1880
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1855 - 1856

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/376
Scope and Contents Airy's personal correspondence on scientific and non-scientific matters with, among others, J.C. Adams, F. Beaufort, J.B. Biot, E.M. Brayley, R.C. Carrington, A. de Morgan, W. Denison, J.F. Encke, H.A.E.A. Fayé, J.D. Forbes, B.A. Gould, P.A. Hansen, J.F.W. Herschel, J.R. Hind, U.J.J. Le Verrier, J.S. Bowerbank, E. Loomis, O.M. Mitchel, R.I. Murchison, C.H.F. Peters, C. Pritchard, L.A. Quetelet, J. Richardson, G.S.G. Santini, P.A. Secchi, W.H. Smyth, C.P. Smyth, J. Sopwith, O. Struve, J....
Dates: 1855 - 1856
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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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1857 - 1859

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/377
Scope and Contents Aiy's miscellaneous correspondence, letters A-K. The correspondents include, among others, J.C. Adams, F. Beaufort, J.B. Biot, G.P. Bond, J. Booth, R.C. Carrington, W. Cubitt, A. d'Abbadie, A. de Morgan, W. Denison, J.F. Encke, M. Faraday, J.D. Forbes, E. Frankland, J.E. Galle, A. Gautier, B.A. Gould, W.R. Hamilton, P.A. Hansen, C. Hansteen, J.F.W. Herschel, F.W.H.A. Humboldt, W.S. Jacob and M.J. Johnson. The papers include two newspaper cuttings, one on the death of Sir Francis Beaufort,...
Dates: 1857 - 1859
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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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1862 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/381
Scope and Contents Airy's miscellaneous personal correspondence on scientific and non-scientific topics, including a great number of obituaries and memoirs of fellow scientists. The correspondents include C. Abbe, J.C. Adams, A.V. Auwers, G.P. Bond, A. Caswell, W.H.M. Christie, A. d'Abbadie, A. de Morgan, W. De La Rue, H.A.E.A. Fay, J.D. Forbes, W.J. Foerster, J.G. Galle, B.A. Gould, W. Huggins, W.R. Hamilton, P.A. Hansen, A.S. Herschel, J.F.W. Herschel, J.R. Hind, A.W.V. Hofmann, U.J.J. Le Verrier, J.H.V....
Dates: 1862 - 1869
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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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1849 - 1850

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/371
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1849 - 1850
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1856 - 1863

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/380
Scope and Contents Airy's miscellaneous correspondence with, among others, J.C. Adams, W.C. Armstrong, J.B. Biot, G. Bishop, Mr Bloxam, A. Caswell, J. Challis, J. Cockle, A. d'Abbadie, W. Dension, A.A. De La Rive, W. De La Rue, A. de Morgan, R.L.J. Ellery, J.D. Everett, W. Fairbairn, J.D. Forbes, J.G. Forchhammer, A. Gautier, J.M. Gillis, B.A. Gould, R. Grant, J.F.W. Herschel, J.R. Hind, J. Lee, G.B.I.T. Libri, J.T. Littrow, E. Loomis, R. Main, W.H. Miller, O.M. Mitchel, F.N.M. Moigno, R. Murchison, G.E....
Dates: 1856 - 1863
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Papers on planetary and lunar theory, 1880 - 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/150
Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning Sir George Airy's numerical lunar theory, 1880.Correspondence with S. Newcomb, Washington, concerning lunar theory, 1880.Letter from Archdeacon Kaye concerning the Moon's influence on terrestrial motion, 1880.Correspondence with T.E.V. Oppolzer concerning errors in the lunar tables, 1880.Correspondence with J.D. Forbes, Glasgow, concerning the trans-Neptunian planet, 1880.Correspondence with R.S. Ball concerning his 'elements...
Dates: 1880 - 1893
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Adams, L, fl1800 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 5
Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) 5
Biot, Jean (Baptiste (1774-1862) physicist) 4
Denison, William Thomas, Sir, 1804 - 1871 (Knight, army officer and colonial governor) 4
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer) 4
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Hansen, Peter Andreas, 1795 - 1874 (astronomer) 4
Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer) 4
Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician) 4
Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819 - 1900 (astronomer) 4
Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary) 4
Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge) 4
Challis, James, 1803 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) 3
Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer) 3
Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer) 3
Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer) 3
Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph Le, 1811 - 1877 (astronomer) 3
Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer) 2
Bond, George Phillips, 1825 - 1865 (astronomer) 2
Carrington, Richard Christopher, 1826 - 1875 (astronomer) 2
Cubitt, William, Sir, 1785 - 1861 (Knight, civil engineer) 2
Encke, Johann Franz, 1791 - 1865 (astronomer) 2
Fayé, Herve Auguste Etienne Albans, 1814 - 1902 (astronomer) 2
Hamilton, William Rowan, Sir, 1805 - 1865 (Knight, mathematician) 2
Henslow, John Stevens, 1796 - 1861 (botanist and Church of England clergyman) 2
Johnson, Manuel John, 1805 - 1859 (astronomer) 2
Lee, John, 1783 - 1866 (antiquary and astronomer) 2
Miller, William Hallowes, 1801 - 1880 (mineralogist) 2
Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight, 1809 - 1862 (astronomer) 2
Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (1st Baronet, geologist) 2
Plana, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo, 1781 - 1864 (astronomer and mathematician) 2
Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) 2
Quetelet, Lambert (Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist) 2
Roscoe, Harry Enfield, Sir, 1833 - 1915 (Knight, chemist and university administrator) 2
Santini, Giovanni, 1787 - 1877 (astronomer) 2
Secchi, Pietro Angelo, 1818 - 1878 (astronomer) 2
Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (astronomer) 2
Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist) 2
Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm, 1793 - 1864 (astronomer) 2
Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801 - 1892 (Knight, astronomer) 1
Arago, Dominique François Jean, 1786 - 1853 (physicist) 1
Auwers, Arthur Julius Georg Friedrich von, 1838 - 1915 (astronomer) 1
Ball, Robert Stawell, Sir, 1840 - 1913 (Knight, astronomer) 1
Bishop, George, 1785 - 1861 (astronomer) 1
Christie, William Henry Mahoney, Sir, 1845 - 1922 (Knight, astronomer) 1
Dallmeyer, John Henry, 1830 - 1883 (optician) 1
Ellery, Robert Lewis John, 1827 - 1908 (astronomer) 1
Everett, Joseph David, 1831 - 1904 (scientist) 1
Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789 - 1874 (1st Baronet, engineer) 1
Faraday, Michael, 1791 - 1867 (natural philosopher) 1
Frodsham, Charles, 1810 - 1871 (clockmaker) 1
Grant, Robert, 1814 - 1892 (astronomer) 1
Huggins, William, Sir, 1824 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer) 1
Lassell, William, 1799 - 1880 (astronomer) 1
Littrow, Jospeh Johann von, 1781 - 1840 (astronomer and mathematician) 1
Main, Robert, 1808 - 1878 (astronomer) 1
Newcomb, Simon, 1835 - 1909 (astronomer) 1
Oppolzer, Theodor Egon Ritter von, 1841 - 1886 (astronomer) 1
Peters, Christian Heinrich Friedrich, 1813 - 1890 (astronomer) 1
Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford 1
Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1780 - 1850 (astronomer) 1
Spottiswoode, William, 1825 - 1883 (mathematician and physicist) 1
Stone, Edward James, 1831 - 1897 (astronomer) 1
Todd, Charles, Sir, 1826 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer and meteorologist) 1
Tyndall, John, 1820 - 1893 (natural philosopher) 1
Winnecke, Friedrich August Theodor, 1835 - 1897 (astronomer) 1
Wrottesley, John, 1798 - 1867 (2nd Baron Wrottesley, landowner and astronomer) 1
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