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151	Letters from observatories
152	Letters from observatories
153	Letters from observatories
154	Letters from observatories
155	Correspondence on Liverpool Observatory
156	Correspondence on Sydney Observatory
157	Correspondence on Northumberland's telescope
158	Papers on Northumberland's telescope
159	Correspondence on instruments
160	Correspondence on instruments
161	Papers on altitude and azimuth instruments
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Papers of George Airy

Title	Correspondence on Sydney Observatory
Reference	RGO 6/156 (former reference: K1/9)
Covering Dates	1855–1861
Extent and Medium	1 box

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Correspondence relating to the observatory at Sydney, including orders and requests for new instruments, the transport of new instruments and their insurance, the filling of vacancies, and financial transactions with the Oriental Bank Corporation. The correspondents include Sir W. Denison, W. Hopkins, W.H. Miller, E. Sabine and B. Stewart, as well as government departments and various instrument makers.

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Astronomical Observatories

Sydney

Denison, Sir William Thomas (1804-1871) Knight, army officer and colonial governor

Sabine, Sir Edward (1788-1883) Knight, army officer and physicist

Miller, William Hallowes (1801-1880) mineralogist

Stewart, Balfour (1828-1887) physicist and meteorologist

Oriental Bank Corporation

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