Scientific correspondence, 1827 - 1854
Scope and Contents
Airy's personal correspondence on scientific matters with, among others, F.W.A. Argelander, F. Beaufort, J.B. Biot, J.R. Hind, T. Brooke, R.C. Carrington, W. Cubitt, W. Denison, J.F. Encke, H.A.E.A. Fayé, J.D. Forbes, B.A. Gould, H. Goulbourn, J.A. Grunert, P.A. Hansen, S. Herbert, G. Fisher, U.J.J. Le Verrier, O.M. Mitchel, R. Owen, G. Peacock, C. Pritchard, K.L.C. Rümker, A. Sedgwick, R. Sheepshanks, W.H. Smyth, G.G. Stokes and W. Whewell. The papers include J.C. Adams' application for a professorship and an obituary of D.F.J. Arago. There are also A. de Morgan's speculations on Catherine Barton, Newton's niece; a note of the period of Newton's attendance at Trinity College, Cambridge; material on a decree awarded to O. Struve by Nicholas I; and a list of Trinity College prizes.
Dates
- Creation: 1827 - 1854
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
2 archive box(es) (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
F4/8
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:42:01+00:00
Subject
- Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642 - 1727 (Knight, natural philosopher and mathematician) (Person)
- Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (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)
- Biot, Jean (Baptiste (1774-1862) physicist) (Person)
- Carrington, Richard Christopher, 1826 - 1875 (astronomer) (Person)
- Cubitt, William, Sir, 1785 - 1861 (Knight, civil engineer) (Person)
- Denison, William Thomas, Sir, 1804 - 1871 (Knight, army officer and colonial governor) (Person)
- Encke, Johann Franz, 1791 - 1865 (astronomer) (Person)
- Fayé, Herve Auguste Etienne Albans, 1814 - 1902 (astronomer) (Person)
- Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher) (Person)
- Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer) (Person)
- Hansen, Peter Andreas, 1795 - 1874 (astronomer) (Person)
- Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer) (Person)
- Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) (Person)
- Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819 - 1900 (astronomer) (Person)
- Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist) (Person)
- Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer) (Person)
- Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge) (Person)
- Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight, 1809 - 1862 (astronomer) (Person)
- Trinity College, Cambridge (Organization)
- Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 (geologist) (Person)
- Fisher, George, 1794 - 1873 (astronomer) (Person)
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