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RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains:
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139 Computations for solar eclipse
140 Correspondence on observatories
141 Letters from observatories
142 Letters from observatories
143 Letters from observatories
144 Letters from observatories
145 Letters from observatories
146 Letters from observatories
147 Letters from observatories
148 Letters from observatories
149 Letters from observatories
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Papers of George Airy

Title Letters from observatories
Reference RGO 6/144
(former reference: K1/6)
Covering Dates 1853–1855
Extent and Medium 1 volume
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Letters from various observatories on filling vacancies, the construction of time balls at Sydney and New Brunswick (with a plan), and the establishment of new observatories at Nottingham, Bristol and other locations. The correspondents include J. Challis, Sir W. Denison, C.E. Trevelyan, J.R. Hind, R. Stephenson, C.P. Smyth, C. Pritchard and M.J. Johnson. There are also two reports on Liverpool Observatory, a paper on Brussels Observatory, and a piece from 'Le Moniteur Universel' on the Paris Observatory.

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Index Terms
Astronomical Observatories
Brussels
Liverpool
New Brunswick
Nottingham
Paris
Sydney
Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist
Denison, Sir William Thomas (1804-1871) Knight, army officer and colonial governor
Hind, John Russell (1823-1895) astronomer
Johnson, Manuel John (1805-1859) astronomer
Pritchard, Charles (1808-1893) headmaster and astronomer
Smyth, Charles Piazzi (1819-1900) astronomer
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