Miscellaneous Papers, 1824-1869
Scope and Contents
Including [1-8] GBA, personal accounts etc. (1820-91); [10] Specimen of submarine telegraph printing (1851); [18] Design for seal or medal for GBA as Astronomer Royal (1856); [19-20] Royal Warrant for pension to Richarda (1835); [29] Printed letter, WILLIAM WHEWELL (Master of Trinity) to students on bad behaviour (1827); [32] Printed Perambulation of the bounds of Greenwich Parish (1861); [33-35] Details of accidents that befell GBA (1824-69); [39] Memorandum about GBA's childhood friend, Prideaux Selby Rickards (n.d.).
Dates
- Creation: 1824-1869
Creator
- From the Fonds: Airy, Sir George Biddell, 1801-1892 (Knight and astronomer) (Person)
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Language of Materials
English
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