Private correspondence, 1819 - 1830
Scope and Contents
Airy's miscellaneous private correspondence, volume 1, including letters concerning many private and scientific subjects, with much on the Dolcoath experiment. There are letters from Babbage, Bayne, Bromhead, Buckland, Clarkson, Coddington, Croker, Davy, Everest, Groswell, Hastler, Hawkes, Herslow, Herschel, Higman, Hustler, Malkin, Musgrave, Parkes, Peacock, Powell, Sedgwick, Sheepshanks, Smyth, South, Thackeray, Trail, Whewell and Woodsworth, with an index to the correspondents at the end.
Dates
- Creation: 1819 - 1830
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:59:19+00:00
Subject
- Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (astronomer) (Person)
- South, James, Sir, 1785 - 1867 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge) (Person)
- Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 (geologist) (Person)
- Babbage, Charles, 1791 - 1871 (mathematician) (Person)
- Everest, George, Sir, 1790 - 1866 (Knight, military engineer) (Person)
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