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Correspondence on visitor admissions, 1866 - 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/710
Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding admissions to visit the Royal Observatory. The volume is divided broadly into requests by the Admiralty to visit the Royal Observatory, introductions on behalf of visitors, and personal requests to visit the Observatory. The correspondents include H.C.G.G. Lennox, G.H. Richards, F.J.O. Evans, R. Hall, J. Winlock, B.A. Gould, R. Grant, E.J. Stone, A.A. de la Rive, C.T. Bright, J.W. Lubbock, J.C. Adams, E.J. Routh, J. Glaisher, W. De La Rue, W. Farr, the Earl of Rosse,...
Dates: 1866 - 1872
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Letters from observatories, 1880 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/154
Scope and Contents Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, with enclosed testimonials; the foundation of a new observatory in Hong Kong; work at Indian observatories; covering letters to reports; and observatory reports. The correspondents include J.L.E. Dreyer, E.J. Stone, C. Pritchard, Earl Rosse, Sir H. Thompson, E.J. Cooper, W. Spottiswoode, L. Mallet, N.R. Pogson, T.H. Huxley, E. Dunkin, O. Struve, G.G. Stokes, Earl Portsmouth, R.S. Churchill, Earl Kimberley,...
Dates: 1880 - 1890
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Letters from observatories, 1869 - 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/150
Scope and Contents Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies; the foundation of new observatories at Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand; requests for astronomical works; and recommendations for the Indian observatories. The correspondents include H. Merivale, N.R. Pogson, C.E. Delaunay, Sir W. Denison, J.A. Broun, R.L.J. Ellery, B.A. Gould, the Earl of Rosse, R. Grant, Sir D. Gill, W.M. Maskell, J.C. Adams, A.R. Clarke and W. Harkness. There are proceedings and...
Dates: 1869 - 1872
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Letters from observatories, 1872 - 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/151
Scope and Contents Letters from various British and international observatories on the subject of filling vacancies, requests for new instruments at Oxford, and information on recent work performed at various centres. The correspondents include J.C. Adams, U.J.J. Le Verrier, C. Pritchard, W. Huggins, G. Salt, H. Merivale, R.L.J. Ellery, Lord Lindsay, the Earl of Rosse, Sir R.S. Ball, N.R. Pogson, F.A.T. Winnecke and L. Mallet. There are various additional papers, including 'Le Revue Scientifique'; the history...
Dates: 1872 - 1875
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1834 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/248
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...
Dates: 1834 - 1912
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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
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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
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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 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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Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer) 6
Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) 5
Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist) 5
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Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) 4
Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819 - 1900 (astronomer) 4
Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary) 4
Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer) 4
Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge) 4
Denison, William Thomas, Sir, 1804 - 1871 (Knight, army officer and colonial governor) 3
Ellery, Robert Lewis John, 1827 - 1908 (astronomer) 3
Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher) 3
Grant, Robert, 1814 - 1892 (astronomer) 3
Huggins, William, Sir, 1824 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer) 3
Lassell, William, 1799 - 1880 (astronomer) 3
Lee, John, 1783 - 1866 (antiquary and astronomer) 3
Lubbock, John William, Sir, 1803 - 1865 (3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker) 3
Merivale, Herman, 1806 - 1874 (civil servant) 3
Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician) 3
Plana, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo, 1781 - 1864 (astronomer and mathematician) 3
Pogson, Norman Robert, 1829 - 1891 (astronomer) 3
Quetelet, Lambert (Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist) 3
Spottiswoode, William, 1825 - 1883 (mathematician and physicist) 3
Stone, Edward James, 1831 - 1897 (astronomer) 3
Arago, Dominique François Jean, 1786 - 1853 (physicist) 2
Auwers, Arthur Julius Georg Friedrich von, 1838 - 1915 (astronomer) 2
Biot, Jean (Baptiste (1774-1862) physicist) 2
Christie, William Henry Mahoney, Sir, 1845 - 1922 (Knight, astronomer) 2
Cooper, Edward Joshua, 1798 - 1863 (landowner and astronomer) 2
Delaunay, Charles (Eugène (1816-1872) astronomer and mathematician) 2
Gill, David, Sir, 1843 - 1914 (Knight, astronomer) 2
Glaisher, James, 1809 - 1903 (astronomer) 2
Hamilton, William Rowan, Sir, 1805 - 1865 (Knight, mathematician) 2
Main, Robert, 1808 - 1878 (astronomer) 2
Miller, William Hallowes, 1801 - 1880 (mineralogist) 2
Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (1st Baronet, geologist) 2
Roscoe, Harry Enfield, Sir, 1833 - 1915 (Knight, chemist and university administrator) 2
Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer) 2
Santini, Giovanni, 1787 - 1877 (astronomer) 2
Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1780 - 1850 (astronomer) 2
Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (astronomer) 2
Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm, 1793 - 1864 (astronomer) 2
Todd, Charles, Sir, 1826 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer and meteorologist) 2
Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812 - 1882 (electrical engineer) 2
Winnecke, Friedrich August Theodor, 1835 - 1897 (astronomer) 2
Admiralty 1
Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801 - 1892 (Knight, astronomer) 1
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology 1
Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer) 1
Beechey, St Vincent, 1806 - 1899 (clergyman) 1
Bishop, George, 1785 - 1861 (astronomer) 1
Bond, George Phillips, 1825 - 1865 (astronomer) 1
Bradley, James, 1692 - 1762 (astronomer) 1
Breen, Hugh, 1824 (astronomer) 1
Clarke, Alexander Ross, 1828 - 1914 (Fellow of Royal Society) 1
Common, Andrew Ainslie, 1841 - 1903 (astronomer and astronomical photographer) 1
Cubitt, William, Sir, 1785 - 1861 (Knight, civil engineer) 1
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 1789 - 1864 (critic and antiquary) 1
Draper, John William, 1811 - 1882 (chemist and historian) 1
Dunkin, Edwin, 1821 - 1898 (astronomer) 1
Dyson, Frank Watson, Sir, 1868 - 1939 (Knight, astronomer) 1
Encke, Johann Franz, 1791 - 1865 (astronomer) 1
Evans, Frederick John Owen, 1815 - 1885 (hydrographer) 1
Everett, Joseph David, 1831 - 1904 (scientist) 1
Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789 - 1874 (1st Baronet, engineer) 1
Fayé, Herve Auguste Etienne Albans, 1814 - 1902 (astronomer) 1
Galloway, Thomas, 1796 - 1851 (mathematician) 1
Grubb, Howard, Sir, 1844 - 1931 (Knight, scientist) 1
Hansen, Peter Andreas, 1795 - 1874 (astronomer) 1
Harrison, John, 1693 - 1776 (horologist) 1
Hartnup, John, 1806 - 1885 (astronomer) 1
Henslow, John Stevens, 1796 - 1861 (botanist and Church of England clergyman) 1
Herschel, William, Sir, 1738 - 1822 (Knight, astronomer and musician) 1
Hervey, Thomas Kibble, 1799 - 1859 (poet and journalist) 1
Holland, Henry, Sir, 1788 - 1873 (1st Baronet, physician) 1
Hussey, Thomas John, fl1819 - 1854 (Rector of Hayes, astronomer) 1
Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825 - 1895 (scientist) 1
Imperial Observatory, Paris 1
Johnson, Manuel John, 1805 - 1859 (astronomer) 1
Knobel, Edward Ball, 1841 - 1930 (chemist and astronomer) 1
Langley, Samuel Pierpont, 1834 - 1906 (astronomer, physicist and aeronautics pioneer) 1
Lawson, Henry, 1774 - 1855 (astronomer) 1
Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847 - 1913 (26th Earl of Crawford) 1
Littrow, Jospeh Johann von, 1781 - 1840 (astronomer and mathematician) 1
Liverpool Observatory 1
Lockyer, Joseph Norman, Sir, 1836 - 1920 (Knight, astronomer) 1
Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797 - 1875 (1st Baronet, geologist) 1
Maunder, Edward Walter, 1851 - 1928 (astronomer) 1
Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight, 1809 - 1862 (astronomer) 1
Newcomb, Simon, 1835 - 1909 (astronomer) 1
Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642 - 1727 (Knight, natural philosopher and mathematician) 1
Nichol, John Pringle, 1804 - 1859 (astronomer) 1
Oppolzer, Theodor Egon Ritter von, 1841 - 1886 (astronomer) 1
Peacock, George, 1791 - 1858 (Dean of Ely, mathematician) 1
Pentland, Joseph Barclay, 1797 - 1873 (traveller) 1
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