Miscellaneous correspondence, 1835 - 1848
Scope and Contents
Airy's miscellaneous correspondence, letters A-L. The correspondents include B. Amici, J. Anderson, D.F.J. Arago, F. Baily, F. Beaufort, F.W. Bessel. J.B. Biot, P.H.L. von Boguslowski, J. Coldecott, J. Challis, T. Chevallier, S.H. Christie, E.J. Cooper, W. Cubitt, W.R. Dawes, A. de Morgan, S.H. Drachs, J.F. Encke, J.D. Forbes, T. Galloway, E.J.A. Gautier, B.A. Gould, P.A. Hansen, T. Henderson, J.F.W. Herschel, J.G.S. Lefevre, U.J.J. Le Verrier and J.J. Littrow.
Dates
- Creation: 1835 - 1848
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
2 archive box(es) (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
F4/1
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:41:45+00:00
Subject
- Baily, Francis, 1774 - 1844 (stockbroker and astronomer) (Person)
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph Le, 1811 - 1877 (astronomer) (Person)
- Arago, Dominique François Jean, 1786 - 1853 (physicist) (Person)
- Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer) (Person)
- Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1784 - 1846 (astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
- Biot, Jean (Baptiste (1774-1862) physicist) (Person)
- Challis, James, 1803 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) (Person)
- Chevallier, Temple, 1794 - 1873 (astronomer) (Person)
- Christie, Samuel Hunter, 1784 - 1865 (mathematician) (Person)
- Cooper, Edward Joshua, 1798 - 1863 (landowner and astronomer) (Person)
- Cubitt, William, Sir, 1785 - 1861 (Knight, civil engineer) (Person)
- Dawes, William Rutter, 1799 - 1868 (astronomer) (Person)
- Encke, Johann Franz, 1791 - 1865 (astronomer) (Person)
- Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher) (Person)
- Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer) (Person)
- Hansen, Peter Andreas, 1795 - 1874 (astronomer) (Person)
- Littrow, Jospeh Johann von, 1781 - 1840 (astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
- Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician) (Person)
- Lefevre, John George Shaw, Sir ((1797-1879) Knight, civil servant) (Person)
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