| Title |
Transcripts of letters from the Royal Greenwich Observatory, made for Donald MacAlister |
| Reference |
Box 34 |
| Creator |
Various |
| Covering Dates |
12 Nov. 1846–21 Apr. 1893 |
| Extent and Medium |
80 letters; paper |
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| Index Terms |
| MacAlister, Sir Donald (1854-1934) 1st Baronet, physician and medical administrator |
| St John's Library/Adams/Box 34 contains: |
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1/fol.48-50
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
3p, foolscap; paper. |
1 Feb. 1847 |
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1/fol.51
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Otto Struve, 1819-1905.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
23 Jan. 1847 |
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1/fol.52
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Copy of letter to U.J.J. Le Verrier. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
28 Feb. 1847 |
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1/fol.53-54
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. In German. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Peter Andreas Hansen, 1795-1874.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
12 Mar. 1847 |
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2/fol.55
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
27 Apr. 1847 |
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2/fol.56-61
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
6p, foolscap; paper. |
28 Apr. 1847 |
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3/fol.62-64
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1792-1871, 1st Baronet.
3p, foolscap; paper. |
21 May 1847 |
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3/fol.65-69
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Copy of letter to R.I. Murchison. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
5p, foolscap; paper. |
21 May 1847 |
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4/fol.70-71
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Copy of letter to J.B. Biot. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
21 June 1847 |
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4/fol.72-73
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Joseph Barclay Pentland, 1797-1873.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
10 Jan. 1848 |
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4/fol.74-75
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Joseph Barclay Pentland, 1797-1873.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
7 Feb. 1848 |
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4/fol.76
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Dominique François Jean Arago, 1786-1853.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
2 Apr. 1848 |
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5/fol.77
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Publication of planetary tables and theories as national project. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
25 Mar. 1851 |
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5/fol.78-79
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Publication of planetary tables and theories as national project. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
10 Apr. 1851 |
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5/fol.80
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Publication of planetary tables and theories as national project. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
11 Apr. 1851 |
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5/fol.81
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Publication of planetary tables and theories as national project. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Richard Sheepshanks, 1794-1855.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
13 Apr. 1851 |
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5/fol.82
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Numbers for Small Planets. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
13 Dec. 1852 |
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6/fol.83-85
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Secular acceleration of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p, foolscap; paper. |
23 June 1853 |
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6/fol.86
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Secular acceleration of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
28 June 1853 |
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6/fol.87-88
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Secular acceleration of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
5 July 1853 |
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6/fol.89
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Secular acceleration of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
8 July 1853 |
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7/fol.90
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Secular acceleration of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
26 Nov. 1853 |
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7/fol.91-92
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Secular acceleration of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
16 Mar. 1854 |
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7/fol.93-94
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Eclipse of Thales. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
20 Mar. 1854 |
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7/fol.95-96
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
17 Mar. 1854 |
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7/fol.97-99
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p, foolscap; paper. |
28 Mar. 1854 |
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8/fol.100
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
29 Mar. 1854 |
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8/fol.101
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
19 Apr. 1854 |
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8/fol.102
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
1854 |
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8/fol.103
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
4 Sep. 1855 |
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8/fol.104
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
28 Sep. 1855 |
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9/fol.105
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
5 May 1856 |
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9/fol.106-107
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
8 May 1856 |
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9/fol.108
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
10 May 1856 |
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9/fol.109
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
13 May 1856 |
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9/fol.110
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Hansen's lunar tables. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
17 Aug. 1857 |
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9/fol.111
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Ancient eclipses. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
28 Oct. 1857 |
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10/fol.112
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
26 Jan. 1859 |
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10/fol.113-114
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
13 Apr. 1859 |
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10/fol.115
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
15 Apr. 1859 |
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10/fol.116
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
15 Apr. 1859 |
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10/fol.117
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
16 Apr. 1859 |
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11/fol.118-120
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p, foolscap; paper. |
22 Apr. 1859 |
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11/fol.121
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
30 Apr. 1859 |
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11/fol.122-123
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
17 June 1859 |
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12/fol.124-125
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
16 Jan. 1860 |
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12/fol.126
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
23 Aug. 1865 |
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12/fol.127
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
9 Oct. 1865 |
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12/fol.128
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Edward James Stone, 1831-1897.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
24 Jan. 1866 |
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12/fol.129-131
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
29 Jan. 1866 |
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13/fol.132
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
30 Jan. 1866 |
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13/fol.133-135
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p, foolscap; paper. |
1 Feb. 1866 |
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13/fol.136
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
2 Feb. 1866 |
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13/fol.137
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
5 Aug. 1878 |
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13/fol.138
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper. |
6 Aug. 1878 |
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14/1
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p, foolscap; paper. |
15 Oct. 1873 |
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14/2
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Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper. |
23 Mar. 1874 |
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15/1
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Copy of letter to W.H.M. Christie. Giving permission for MacAlister to have copies of his father's correspondence held in the files at Greenwich for his biography of JCA.
Creator: W. Airy.
3p; paper. |
21 Apr. 1893 |
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15/fol.1-2
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Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Russell Hind, 1823-1895.
2p; paper. |
12 Nov. 1846 |
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15/fol.2-3
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Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2p; paper. |
17 Nov. 1846 |
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15/fol.3
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Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p; paper. |
19 Nov. 1846 |
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15/fol.4
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Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p; paper. |
23 Nov. 1846 |
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15/fol.4-6
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Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
5p; paper. |
17 Nov. 1846 |
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15/fol.6-9
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Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
4p; paper. |
18 Nov. 1846 |
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15/fol.9
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Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p; paper. |
4 Jan. 1847 |
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15/fol.10
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Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p; paper. |
19 Dec. 1846 |
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16/fol.11-12
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Copy of letter to H.C. Schumacher. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Richard Sheepshanks, 1794-1855.
2p; paper. |
11 Jan. 1847 |
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16/fol.12-13
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Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Heinrich Christian Schumacher, 1780-1850.
2p; paper. |
19 Jan. 1847 |
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16/fol.13-15
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Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
3p; paper. |
14 Feb. 1847 |
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16/fol.15-17
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Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
3p; paper. |
17 Feb. 1847 |
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16/fol.17-19
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Copy of letter to H.C. Schumacher. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Richard Sheepshanks, 1794-1855.
3p; paper. |
7 Apr. 1847 |
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16/fol.19-20
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Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: William Henry Smyth, 1788-1865.
2p; paper. |
30 Apr. 1847 |
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16/fol.21
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Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p; paper. |
2 Nov. 1848 |
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17/1
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Copy of letter to A. Sedgwick. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
3 sheets; paper. |
4 Dec. 1846 |
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17/2
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Copy of letter to A. Sedgwick. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
4 Dec. 1846 |
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17/3
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Copy of letter to A. Sedgwick. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
8 Dec. 1846 |
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17/4
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Copy of letter to A. Sedgwick. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
10 Dec. 1846 |
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18/1
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Copy of letter to W.H. Smyth. Neptune. James Jerwood. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
15 Mar. 1849 |
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18/2
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Copy of letter to A. De Morgan. Neptune. James Jerwood. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
17 Mar. 1849 |
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