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Discussion of star places, 1849 - 1855

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/194
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Correspondence on the positions of stars, observations of stars mentioned in catalogues, corrections to star positions, and examination and formulation of star tables for catalogues. The correspondents include W.H. Smyth, E.J. Cooper, A. Graham, J.C. Adams, T. Maclear, H.C. Schumacher, J.R. Hind, U.J.J. Le Verrier, R.C. Carrington, G.P. Bond, E. Dunkin, N.R. Pogson, O. Struve, M.J. Johnson, E. Heis and J.C. Miller.

Dates: 1849 - 1855
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, 1849 - 1850

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/371
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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
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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  • Names: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer) X
  • Names: Johnson, Manuel John, 1805 - 1859 (astronomer) X

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Adams, L, fl1800 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 2
Biot, Jean (Baptiste (1774-1862) physicist) 2
Bond, George Phillips, 1825 - 1865 (astronomer) 2
Cubitt, William, Sir, 1785 - 1861 (Knight, civil engineer) 2
Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher) 2
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Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) 2
Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1780 - 1850 (astronomer) 2
Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819 - 1900 (astronomer) 2
Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm, 1793 - 1864 (astronomer) 2
Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph Le, 1811 - 1877 (astronomer) 2
Arago, Dominique François Jean, 1786 - 1853 (physicist) 1
Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer) 1
Carrington, Richard Christopher, 1826 - 1875 (astronomer) 1
Challis, James, 1803 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) 1
Denison, William Thomas, Sir, 1804 - 1871 (Knight, army officer and colonial governor) 1
Dunkin, Edwin, 1821 - 1898 (astronomer) 1
Encke, Johann Franz, 1791 - 1865 (astronomer) 1
Faraday, Michael, 1791 - 1867 (natural philosopher) 1
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer) 1
Hamilton, William Rowan, Sir, 1805 - 1865 (Knight, mathematician) 1
Hansen, Peter Andreas, 1795 - 1874 (astronomer) 1
Henslow, John Stevens, 1796 - 1861 (botanist and Church of England clergyman) 1
Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer) 1
Lassell, William, 1799 - 1880 (astronomer) 1
Maclear, Thomas, Sir, 1794 - 1879 (Knight, astronomer) 1
Miller, William Hallowes, 1801 - 1880 (mineralogist) 1
Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician) 1
Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer) 1
Plana, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo, 1781 - 1864 (astronomer and mathematician) 1
Pogson, Norman Robert, 1829 - 1891 (astronomer) 1
Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (astronomer) 1
Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary) 1
Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist) 1
Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer) 1
Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge) 1
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