Janus: Papers of George Airy

RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains:
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197	Discussion of star places
198	Discussion of star places
199	Comparisons of north polar distances
200	Computations for Herschel's catalogue
201	Correspondence on Airy's Ipswich lectures
202	Computations to find the constant of refraction
203	Correspondence with Nautical Almanac Office
204	'Nautical Almanac' correspondence
205	'Nautical Almanac' correspondence
206	'Nautical Almanac' correspondence
207	'Nautical Almanac' correspondence
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Papers of George Airy

Title	Computations to find the constant of refraction
Reference	RGO 6/202 (former reference: C3/81)
Covering Dates	1857
Extent and Medium	1 box

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Computations by R. Main in order to find the constant of refraction. The papers include a catalogue of stars from 1836-1854 suitable for determining refractions; corrections; errors in the constants of refraction; and comparisons of T. Maclear's Cape of Good Hope observations with those undertaken at Greenwich. There is one letter from C.P. Smyth.

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Maclear, Sir Thomas (1794-1879) Knight, astronomer

Main, Robert (1808-1878) astronomer

Smyth, Charles Piazzi (1819-1900) astronomer

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