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RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains:
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367 Correspondence on standards
368 Miscellaneous correspondence
369 Miscellaneous correspondence
370 Miscellaneous correspondence
371 Miscellaneous correspondence
372 Miscellaneous correspondence
373 Miscellaneous correspondence
374 Miscellaneous correspondence
375 Scientific correspondence
376 Miscellaneous correspondence
377 Miscellaneous correspondence
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Papers of George Airy

Title Miscellaneous correspondence
Reference RGO 6/372
(former reference: F4/5)
Covering Dates 1850
Extent and Medium 1 box
Content and context

Airy's miscellaneous correspondence with, among others, F. Beaufort, J.B. Biot, G. Bishop, P.H.L. von Boguslowski, S.H. Christie, T.F. Colby, W. Cubitt, A. d'Abbadie, A. de Morgan, W. Denison, J.D. Forbes, C.L. Gerling, B.A. Gould, J.S. Henslow, J.F.W. Herschel, M.J. Johnson, P. Kelland, J. Lee, U.J.J. Le Verrier, Mr Manners, G. Peacock, C. Pritchard, L.A. Quetelet, the Earl of Rosse, E. Sabine, E.S.C. Santini, H.C. Schumacher, A. Sedgwick, R. Sheepshanks, W.H. Smyth, C.P. Smyth, R. Stephenson, G.G. Stokes, W.S. Stratford, F.E.W.V. Struve, A. Stevenson, W. Whewell and Y. Villarceau. The papers include a printed letter from C. Beke criticising A. d'Abbadie, and a print of a picture of sailing ships.

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Sheepshanks, Richard (1794-1855) astronomer
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Schumacher, Heinrich Christian (1780-1850) astronomer
Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph Le (1811-1877) astronomer
Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d' (1810-1897) geographer
Beaufort, Sir Francis (1774-1857) Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer
Biot, Jean-Baptiste (1774-1862) physicist
Christie, Samuel Hunter (1784-1865) mathematician
Cubitt, Sir William (1785-1861) Knight, civil engineer
Denison, Sir William Thomas (1804-1871) Knight, army officer and colonial governor
Forbes, James David (1809-1868) natural philosopher
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1824-1896) astronomer
Johnson, Manuel John (1805-1859) astronomer
Morgan, Augustus de (1806-1871) mathematician
Parsons, William (1800-1867) 3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer
Pritchard, Charles (1808-1893) headmaster and astronomer
Quetelet, Lambert-Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist
Sabine, Sir Edward (1788-1883) Knight, army officer and physicist
Santini, Giovanni (1787-1877) astronomer
Smyth, Charles Piazzi (1819-1900) astronomer
Smyth, William Henry (1788-1865) Admiral, scientist and antiquary
Stokes, Sir George Gabriel (1819-1903) 1st Baronet, physicist
Stratford, William Samuel (? 1791-1853) naval officer and astronomer
Struve, Otto Wilhelm (1819-1905) astronomer
Villarceau, Antoine-Joseph Yvon (1813-1883) astronomer and mathematician
Whewell, William (1794-1866) Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
Stephenson, Robert (1803-1859) civil engineer
Sedgwick, Adam (1785-1873) geologist
Henslow, John Stevens (1796-1861) botanist and Church of England clergyman
Lee, John (1783-1866) antiquary and astronomer
Bishop, George (1785-1861) astronomer
Beke, Charles Tilstone (1800-1874) Abyssinian explorer
Colby, Thomas Frederick (1784-1852) Major General, Director of Ordnance Survey
Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm (1793-1864) astronomer
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