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RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains:
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70 Correspondence about Estimates
71 Estimates
72 Admiralty correspondence
73 Admiralty correspondence
74 Admiralty correspondence
75 Admiralty correspondence
76 Admiralty correspondence
77 Solar tables, observations and calculations
78 Longitudinal inequality of Venus and the Earth
79 Theories of the Sun, Moon and planets
80 Theories of the Moon and planets
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Papers of George Airy

Title Admiralty correspondence
Reference RGO 6/75
(former reference: M2/24)
Covering Dates 1855–1860
Extent and Medium 1 volume
Content and context

Correspondence with the Admiralty concerning money grants and salaries:

Letters and a printed address to the Visitors regarding the need for a new south-east equatorial, 1855.

Letter applying to the Treasury to allow the object glass of the new south-east equatorial to pass customs free of duty, 1857.

Letters concerning the need to increase the Imprest Fund from £150 to £400, 1856.

Letters concerning an increase in salary to the Astronomer Royal, 1855-1856.

Letters concerning an increase in salary to the First Assistant, 1856-1857.

Letters concerning an increase in salary to J. Glaisher, 1860

Correspondence relating to a pension for H. Breen and concerning his mental health, 1859-1860.

Lists of the quarterly salary bills, letters concerning pensions and wage rises, etc., and other papers relating to salaries, 1855-1860.

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Indexed

Index Terms
Admiralty
Breen, Hugh (b 1824) astronomer
Glaisher, James (1809-1903) astronomer
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