Janus: Papers of George Airy

RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains:
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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
208	'Nautical Almanac' correspondence
209	'Nautical Almanac' correspondence
210	Papers on rainbow experiments
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Papers of George Airy

Title	'Nautical Almanac' correspondence
Reference	RGO 6/205 (former reference: C3/103)
Covering Dates	1853–1855
Extent and Medium	1 box

Content and context

Correspondence concerning the 'Nautical Almanac' with regard to the positions of the minor planets, expansion in the number of stars included in the 'Nautical Almanac', observations of the Moon's culminating stars, places of fundamental stars and errors. There are ephemerides of the minor planets and Neptune. The correspondents include Sir F. Beaufort, J. Glaisher, J.R. Hind, A.D. Bache, R.C. Carrington, C.P. Smyth, J.M. Gillis and G.A. Erman.

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Beaufort, Sir Francis (1774-1857) Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer

Carrington, Richard Christopher (1826-1875) astronomer

Glaisher, James (1809-1903) astronomer

Hind, John Russell (1823-1895) astronomer

Smyth, Charles Piazzi (1819-1900) astronomer

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