Official and scientific correspondence, 1823 - 1830
Scope and Contents
Airy's official and scientific correspondence, volume 1, including letters from Amici, Baily, Beaufort, Bouvard, Brewster, Carlini, Cerquene, Colby, Davy, Gambart, Garvey, Gilbert, Hamilton, Herschel, Hudson, Hussey, Jenkins, Lardner, Lax, Maclear, Pearson, Pond, Rigaud, Robinson, Rumker, Sabine, Sanchis, Schumacher, South, Stratford and Young, with an index to the correspondents at the end. There are a few letters in French and Italian.
Dates
- Creation: 1823 - 1830
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
French
Italian
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:59:10+00:00
Subject
- Pond, John, 1767 - 1836 (astronomer) (Person)
- Baily, Francis, 1774 - 1844 (stockbroker and astronomer) (Person)
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1780 - 1850 (astronomer) (Person)
- Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer) (Person)
- Maclear, Thomas, Sir, 1794 - 1879 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Robinson, John Thomas Romney, 1792 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) (Person)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) (Person)
- Stratford, William Samuel, ?1791 - 1853 (naval officer and astronomer) (Person)
- Hamilton, William Rowan, Sir, 1805 - 1865 (Knight, mathematician) (Person)
- Colby, Thomas Frederick, 1784 - 1852 (Major General, Director of Ordnance Survey) (Person)
- Young, Charles Augustus, 1834 - 1908 (astronomer) (Person)
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