Miscellaneous correspondence, 1856 - 1863
Scope and Contents
Airy's miscellaneous correspondence with, among others, J.C. Adams, W.C. Armstrong, J.B. Biot, G. Bishop, Mr Bloxam, A. Caswell, J. Challis, J. Cockle, A. d'Abbadie, W. Dension, A.A. De La Rive, W. De La Rue, A. de Morgan, R.L.J. Ellery, J.D. Everett, W. Fairbairn, J.D. Forbes, J.G. Forchhammer, A. Gautier, J.M. Gillis, B.A. Gould, R. Grant, J.F.W. Herschel, J.R. Hind, J. Lee, G.B.I.T. Libri, J.T. Littrow, E. Loomis, R. Main, W.H. Miller, O.M. Mitchel, F.N.M. Moigno, R. Murchison, G.E. Paget, H.E. Roscoe, Lord Rosse, K.L.C. Rümker, E.S.G. Santini, P.A. Secchi, A. Smith, C.P. Smyth, W.H. Smyth, F. Struve, W. Whewell and Mr Whitbread. The papers include a pamphlet, in French, containing scientific and literary documents of J.B. Biot; a circular describing the areas covered by two lectures on the history and instruments of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich; a newspaper cutting from 'The Sydney Morning Herald', 15 February 1861, describing a vase presented to Lady Denison by her friends on her leaving the colony; printed testimonials in favour of S.J. Mackie and J.D. Everett; and a petition addressed to the French Senate concerning G.B.I.T. Libri's affairs.
Dates
- Creation: 1856 - 1863
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
2 archive box(es) (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
French
Former / Other Reference
F4/13
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:42:12+00:00
Subject
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer) (Person)
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Adams, L, fl1800 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) (Person)
- Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer) (Person)
- Biot, Jean (Baptiste (1774-1862) physicist) (Person)
- Challis, James, 1803 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) (Person)
- Denison, William Thomas, Sir, 1804 - 1871 (Knight, army officer and colonial governor) (Person)
- Ellery, Robert Lewis John, 1827 - 1908 (astronomer) (Person)
- Everett, Joseph David, 1831 - 1904 (scientist) (Person)
- Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher) (Person)
- Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer) (Person)
- Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer) (Person)
- Littrow, Jospeh Johann von, 1781 - 1840 (astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
- Main, Robert, 1808 - 1878 (astronomer) (Person)
- Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician) (Person)
- Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (1st Baronet, geologist) (Person)
- Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer) (Person)
- Roscoe, Harry Enfield, Sir, 1833 - 1915 (Knight, chemist and university administrator) (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)
- Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge) (Person)
- Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight, 1809 - 1862 (astronomer) (Person)
- Miller, William Hallowes, 1801 - 1880 (mineralogist) (Person)
- Grant, Robert, 1814 - 1892 (astronomer) (Person)
- Lee, John, 1783 - 1866 (antiquary and astronomer) (Person)
- Bishop, George, 1785 - 1861 (astronomer) (Person)
- Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789 - 1874 (1st Baronet, engineer) (Person)
- Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm, 1793 - 1864 (astronomer) (Person)
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