Miscellaneous correspondence, 1857 - 1859
Scope and Contents
Airy's miscellaneous correspondence, letters L-W. The correspondents include, among others, J. Lee, U.J.J. Le Verrier, T. Maclear, F. Maxwell, C. May, W.H. Miller, O.M. Mitchel, J.P. Nichol, G. Peacock, C.H.F. Peters, F. Petit, Mr Plarr, C. Pritchard, L.A. Quetelet, W. De La Rue, E. Sabine, G.S.G. Santini, P.A. Secchi, Miss Sheepshanks, W.H. Smyth, C.P. Smyth, F.G.W. Struve, J. Tyndall and W. Whewell. The papers include a printed circular on Madame Quetelet's death; circulars advertising paintings of famous people; a diagram of M.J. Johnson's hearing tube being used by an observer; a paper titled 'Notice of certain relics found near Aylesbury'; further remarks on 'Rubbings' in a letter from Vice-Admiral Smyth; and correspondence on several chronometers that belonged to R. Sheepshanks.
Dates
- Creation: 1857 - 1859
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
F4/11
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:42:07+00:00
Subject
- Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (astronomer) (Person)
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer) (Person)
- Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph Le, 1811 - 1877 (astronomer) (Person)
- Johnson, Manuel John, 1805 - 1859 (astronomer) (Person)
- Maclear, Thomas, Sir, 1794 - 1879 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Peters, Christian Heinrich Friedrich, 1813 - 1890 (astronomer) (Person)
- Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) (Person)
- Quetelet, Lambert (Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist) (Person)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) (Person)
- Santini, Giovanni, 1787 - 1877 (astronomer) (Person)
- Secchi, Pietro Angelo, 1818 - 1878 (astronomer) (Person)
- Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819 - 1900 (astronomer) (Person)
- Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary) (Person)
- Tyndall, John, 1820 - 1893 (natural philosopher) (Person)
- Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge) (Person)
- Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight, 1809 - 1862 (astronomer) (Person)
- Miller, William Hallowes, 1801 - 1880 (mineralogist) (Person)
- Lee, John, 1783 - 1866 (antiquary and astronomer) (Person)
- Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm, 1793 - 1864 (astronomer) (Person)
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