Miscellaneous correspondence, 1857 - 1859
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, the other on the death of Professor G.P. Bond, and a printed page from the catalogue of stars.
Dates
- 1857 - 1859
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
F4/10
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:42:06+00:00
- Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer)
- Adams, L, fl1800 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude)
- Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer)
- Biot, Jean (Baptiste (1774-1862) physicist)
- Bond, George Phillips, 1825 - 1865 (astronomer)
- Carrington, Richard Christopher, 1826 - 1875 (astronomer)
- Cubitt, William, Sir, 1785 - 1861 (Knight, civil engineer)
- Denison, William Thomas, Sir, 1804 - 1871 (Knight, army officer and colonial governor)
- Encke, Johann Franz, 1791 - 1865 (astronomer)
- Faraday, Michael, 1791 - 1867 (natural philosopher)
- Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher)
- Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer)
- Hamilton, William Rowan, Sir, 1805 - 1865 (Knight, mathematician)
- Hansen, Peter Andreas, 1795 - 1874 (astronomer)
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer)
- Johnson, Manuel John, 1805 - 1859 (astronomer)
- Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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