Miscellaneous correspondence, 1875 - 1878
Scope and Contents
Airy's miscellaneous correspondence with, among others, A. d'Abbadie, A.V. Auwers, F.W. Bessel, G.B. Donati, H.A.E.A. Fayé, E.J.A. Gautier, B.A. Gould, A. Hall, E. Heis, T. Henderson, N.R. Pogson, C. Pritchard, O. Struve, E.W.L. Temple, F.F. Tisserand, C.B. Vignoles, C. Wheatstone and W. Whewell. The papers include notices of the deaths of several eminent people, including non-scientists; testimonials to others; and correspondence on memorials for earlier scientists. There are also two notifications of marriages.
Dates
- Creation: 1875 - 1878
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
F4/17
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:42:20+00:00
Subject
- Adams, L, fl1800 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) (Person)
- Auwers, Arthur Julius Georg Friedrich von, 1838 - 1915 (astronomer) (Person)
- Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1784 - 1846 (astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
- Fayé, Herve Auguste Etienne Albans, 1814 - 1902 (astronomer) (Person)
- Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer) (Person)
- Pogson, Norman Robert, 1829 - 1891 (astronomer) (Person)
- Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) (Person)
- Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer) (Person)
- Vignoles, Charles Blacker, 1793 - 1875 (civil engineer) (Person)
- Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge) (Person)
- Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802 - 1875 (Knight, developer of telegraphy) (Person)
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