Janus: Papers of George Airy

RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains:
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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
162	Papers on altitude and azimuth instruments
163	Correspondence on new techniques and discoveries
164	Correspondence on new techniques and instruments
165	Correspondence on the Southern Telescope
166	Correspondence on instruments
167	Astronomical methods
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Papers of George Airy

Title	Papers on altitude and azimuth instruments
Reference	RGO 6/162 (former reference: L4/6)
Covering Dates	1849–1850
Extent and Medium	1 box

Content and context

Computations and calculations for the altitude and azimuth instruments, including tables for finding zenith distances and azimuths from hour angles and north polar distances, tables of extreme elongation in azimuth, corrections to zenith distances, corrections to be applied to zenith distances of 'Nautical Almanac' stars when observed near the meridian, intervals of the wires, comparisons between the number of meridian and azimuth observations, and checks on the accuracy of the instruments.

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