Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to George F Chambers.
The letter concerns the following:
1. Airy is preparing to go on leave for a few weeks and cannot meet for an interview.
2. Airy says that the sender's work is 'trustworthy and useful work'.
3. Airy suggests some corrections
4. Airy recommends that the recipient contacts Rev. W. R. Dawes of Grays Inn
5. Airy comments on the theory of spring tides
6. Comments on the reflection of light from a comet's tail
7. Airy comments on Laplace's theory of gravitation
8. Airy is happy to be mentioned in the work but not as an official endorsement (i.e. as a fellow scholar, not as the Astronomer Royal)
1. Airy is preparing to go on leave for a few weeks and cannot meet for an interview.
2. Airy says that the sender's work is 'trustworthy and useful work'.
3. Airy suggests some corrections
4. Airy recommends that the recipient contacts Rev. W. R. Dawes of Grays Inn
5. Airy comments on the theory of spring tides
6. Comments on the reflection of light from a comet's tail
7. Airy comments on Laplace's theory of gravitation
8. Airy is happy to be mentioned in the work but not as an official endorsement (i.e. as a fellow scholar, not as the Astronomer Royal)
Record Details
| Item reference: | AGC/A/4/7 |
|---|---|
| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1861-06-18 |
| Creator: | Airy, George Biddell |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to W. Newman, Mathematical Instrument Maker, Regent Street, London. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/2)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Flamsteed House, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to George Peacock, Dean of Ely. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/3)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to George Ransome, Ipswich. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/4)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to George Ransome. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/5)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to Professor Wheatstone, King's College, Somerset House. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/6)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to George F Chambers. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/7)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to E W Cooke. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/8)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Sutherland, to His Grace The Duke of Northumberland. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/9)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to William M. Dobie [address unknown]. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/10)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to William M. Dobie [address unknown]. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/11)
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