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Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy by George Biddell Airy, Wilfrid Airy, 2010-08-18 The Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar: With Replies to the Remarks of the Astronomer-Royal [G.B. Airy] and of the Late Camden Professor of Ancient History at Oxford [Edward Cardwell] by Edward Cardwell, Thomas Lewin, et all 2010-03-10 The Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar: With Replies to the Remarks of the Astronomer-Royal [G.B. Airy] and of the Late Camden Professor of Ancient History at Oxford [E. Cardwell]. by Edward Cardwell, George Biddell Airy, 2010-02-13 A treatise on magnetism [microform]: designed for the use of students in the university by George Biddell Airy, 2010-08-19 On Sound and Atmospheric Vibrations: With the Mathematical Elements of Music by George Biddell Airy, 2010-02-24 Mathematical Tracts On Physical Astronomy, the Figure of the Earth, Precession and Mutation, and the Calculus of Variations by George Biddell Airy, 2010-03-09 Verification and extension of La Caille's arc of meridian at the Cape of Good Hope; by Thomas Maclear, George Biddell Airy, et all 2010-07-28 An elementary treatise on partial differential equations, designed for the use of students in the university by George Biddell Airy, 2010-08-01 Southern Soldier Stories,: The Figure of the Earth, Precession and Nutation, and the Calculus of Variations. Designed for the Use of Students in the University. by George Biddell Airy, 2009-04-27 An Elementary Treatise On Partial Differential Equations by George Biddell Airy, 2010-01-10 Six Lectures on Astronomy, Delivered at the Meetings of the Friends of the Ipswich Museum, at the Temperance Hall, Ipswich, in the Month of March, 1848, by George Biddell Airy, 2009-04-27 Notes on the Earlier Hebrew Scriptures by George Biddell Airy, 2009-12-20 Gravitation: An Elementary Explanation of the Principal Perturbations in the Solar System by George Biddell Airy, 2010-03-01 A Treatise On Trigonometry by GEORGE BIDDELL AIRY, 2010-03-09

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1. Airy
   George Biddell Airy. Born 27 July 1801 George Airy's father was WilliamAiry while his mother was Ann Biddell. William Airy was from  
   http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Airy.html
   
   Extractions: George Airy 's father was William Airy while his mother was Ann Biddell. William Airy was from Lincolnshire and Ann was the daughter of a farmer from Suffolk. Originally William had been a farmer too, but he had educated himself and risen to the position of tax inspector. When George was born his parents were living in Northumberland where William was a collector of excise, but in the following year the family moved to Hereford when William was transferred there. George attended Byatt Walker's school in Colchester and at the age of ten he took first place at the end of his primary school career. He had learnt some useful skills at the school such as arithmetic, double-entry book keeping and how to use a slide rule. He had probably learned more, however, from studying his father's books. He wrote in his autobiography that (see [3]):- ... he was not a favourite with his school mates. Eggen writes [1]:- An introverted but not shy child, Airy was, even for the time and especially for his circumstances, a young snob. Nevertheless, he overcame some of the dislike of his schoolmates by his great skill and inventiveness in the construction of peashooters and other such devices.

2. WIEM: Airy Sir George Biddell
   (encyklopedia.pl)Category World Polska Leksykon Encyklopedia encyklopedia.pl AAiry Sir George Biddell (18011892), astronom, matematyk i fizyk brytyjski. W latach1826­1835 profesor matematyki na uniwersytecie w Cambridge airy george.  
   http://wiem.onet.pl/wiem/00d4f2.html
   
   Extractions: poka¿ powi±zane Airy George Airy Sir George Biddell (1801-1892), astronom, matematyk i fizyk brytyjski. W latach 1826­1835 profesor matematyki na uniwersytecie w Cambridge , 1835­1881 dyrektor obserwatorium w Greenwich. Autor prac z geometrii i teorii b³êdów, opracowa³ teoriê naprê¿eñ w metalach oraz metodê wyznaczania paralaksy S³oñca . U¶ci¶li³ parametry ruchu Ksiê¿yca i  Wenus . Odkry³ niezborno¶æ wzrokow± (astygmatyzm) ludzkiego oka Zobacz równie¿ Paralaksa Odwied¼ w Internecie Airy George Biddell Astronomia zobacz wszystkie serwisy do góry Encyklopedia zosta³a opracowana na podstawie Popularnej Encyklopedii Powszechnej Wydawnictwa Fogra

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5. Airy, George (1801-1892) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientific Biography
   airy, george (18011892), English astronomer and mathematician who wasappointed Astronomer Royal and modernized the Greenwich Observatory.  
   http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Airy.html

6. BBC - History - The Airy Transit Circle
   The interactive History Site of BBC Online. Emily Winterburn introduces george airy, Astronomer Royal and chief rulemaker at the Royal Observatory. george airy  
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/discovery/revolutions/airy_george_01.shtml
   
   Extractions: Print this article Airy's advances George Biddell Airy was Astronomer Royal at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich from 1835 to 1881. In his time, Airy transformed the observatory, installing some of the most advanced astronomical apparatus of his day and expanding both staff numbers and their workload. Staff had to clock-in and clock-out - common practice in Victorian factories and he also introduced new methods for dealing with the larger scale of the organisation. Further steps to automate systems and the production of strict step-by-step guidelines, all helped to reduce human error and increase efficiency. A transit instrument is always lined up with a north-south line, or meridian. When a star passes over the meridian, the transit instrument can be used to measure the angle at which this happens. Whilst this happens, an extremely accurate clock, called a regulator, is used to measure the time it occurs. These two measurements give the co-ordinates of that star, which can be used to make a star chart - and star position tables to aid navigation. The production of these tables, published annually to this day in the Nautical Almanac, was fundamental to the founding duty of the Observatory, which was to improve navigation.

7. Delightful Machines - Airy On Pendulums And Balance Wheels
   airy, george Biddell. "On the Disturbances of Pendulums and Balances, and on the Theory of Escapements."  
   http://www.database.com/~lemur/dmh-airy-1826.html
   
   Extractions: On Pendulum and Balance Wheel Theory Airy, George Biddell. "On the Disturbances of Pendulums and Balances, and on the Theory of Escapements." Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Vol. III, Part I (1830): 105-128, Plate 2. Note: Editorial material has been added in [square brackets]. [Page 105] III On the Disturbances of Pendulums and Balances, COLLEGE, AND OF THE CAMBRIDGE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. [Read Nov. Vol. III, Part I O 106 PROFESSOR AIRY on the Disturbances of Pendulums, If l be the length of a pendulum vibrating in a cycloidal arc, x its distance at any instant from the position of rest, the equation of its motion is ; or putting The solution of this equation is a and b being constants depending on the length of the arc and the time of passing the lowest position. The velocity at any time Suppose now that, besides the force which varies as the distance, another very small accelerating force

8. Providing Attention To Buyers, Sellers, And Renters In The Northwest Philadelphi
   Find out about property for sale, historic rental houses and apartments in Chestnut Hill and Mt. airy, and property management services.  
   http://www.georgewoodwardco.com/

9. WIEM: Airy Sir George Biddell
   airy Sir george Biddell (18011892), astronom, matematyk i fizyk brytyjski. W latach 1826­1835 profesor matematyki na uniwersytecie w Cambridge  
   http://www.encyklopedia.pl/wiem/00d4f2.html
   
   Extractions: poka¿ powi±zane Airy George Airy Sir George Biddell (1801-1892), astronom, matematyk i fizyk brytyjski. W latach 1826­1835 profesor matematyki na uniwersytecie w Cambridge , 1835­1881 dyrektor obserwatorium w Greenwich. Autor prac z geometrii i teorii b³êdów, opracowa³ teoriê naprê¿eñ w metalach oraz metodê wyznaczania paralaksy S³oñca . U¶ci¶li³ parametry ruchu Ksiê¿yca i  Wenus . Odkry³ niezborno¶æ wzrokow± (astygmatyzm) ludzkiego oka Zobacz równie¿ Paralaksa Odwied¼ w Internecie Airy George Biddell Astronomia zobacz wszystkie serwisy do góry Encyklopedia zosta³a opracowana na podstawie Popularnej Encyklopedii Powszechnej Wydawnictwa Fogra

10. References For Airy
    References for george airy. Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica. BooksWA airy, Autobiography of Sir george airy (London, 1896).  
    http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/References/Airy.html
    
    Extractions: A Chapman, Britain's first professional astronomer : George Biddell Airy (1801-1892), Yearbook of astronomy A Chapman, The pit and the pendulum : George Biddell Airy and his measurements of gravity, Astronomy Now A Chapman, George Biddell Airy, F.R.S. (1801-1892) : a centenary commemoration, Notes and Records Roy. Soc. London A M Clerke, George Biddell Airy, Dictionary of National Biography Supplement I (London, 1901), 22-25. J E Kennedy, Exchanges of correspondence between Sir G B Airy and William Brydone Jack, The origins, achievement and influence of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich: 1675-1975, Vistas Astronom. A Macfarlane (ed.), George Biddell Airy, in Lectures on Ten British Physicists of the Nineteenth Century (New York, 1919), 111 A J Meadows, The Airy era, The origins, achievement and influence of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich : 1675-1975, Vistas Astronom.

11. Airy
    Biography of george airy (18011892) george airy's father was William airy while his mother was Ann Biddell.  
    http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Airy.html
    
    Extractions: George Airy 's father was William Airy while his mother was Ann Biddell. William Airy was from Lincolnshire and Ann was the daughter of a farmer from Suffolk. Originally William had been a farmer too, but he had educated himself and risen to the position of tax inspector. When George was born his parents were living in Northumberland where William was a collector of excise, but in the following year the family moved to Hereford when William was transferred there. George attended Byatt Walker's school in Colchester and at the age of ten he took first place at the end of his primary school career. He had learnt some useful skills at the school such as arithmetic, double-entry book keeping and how to use a slide rule. He had probably learned more, however, from studying his father's books. He wrote in his autobiography that (see [3]):- ... he was not a favourite with his school mates. Eggen writes [1]:- An introverted but not shy child, Airy was, even for the time and especially for his circumstances, a young snob. Nevertheless, he overcame some of the dislike of his schoolmates by his great skill and inventiveness in the construction of peashooters and other such devices.

12. Airy, Sir George Biddell
    Sir george Biddell airy July 27, 1801, Alnwick, Northumberland, Eng.d. Jan. 2, 1892, Greenwich, London), versatile English scientist and seventh Astronomer Royal (183581).  
    http://www.phy.bg.ac.yu/web_projects/giants/airy.html
    
    Extractions: (b. July 27, 1801, Alnwick, Northumberland, Eng.d. Jan. 2, 1892, Greenwich, London), versatile English scientist and seventh Astronomer Royal (1835-81). He reorganized the Royal Greenwich Observatory, installing new apparatus and rescuing thousands of observations from oblivion, but his hesitation in acting on the calculations of English astronomer John C. Adams in 1845 somewhat delayed the discovery of Neptune. Airy improved the theory of the orbital motions of Venus and of the Moon, and in 1871 he used a water-filled telescope to test the effect of the Earth's motion on the aberration of light. In 1838 he devised a compass-correction system for the Royal Navy. Airy in 1827 was the first to attempt to correct astigmatism in the human eye (his own) by use of a cylindrical eyeglass lens. He contributed also, in optics, to the study of interference fringes and to the mathematical theory of rainbows. The Airy disk, the central spot of light in the diffraction pattern of a point light source, is named for him. In 1854 he measured gravity by swinging the same pendulum at the top and bottom of a deep mine and thus computed the density of the Earth. He was among the first to propose the theory that root structures of lower density must exist under mountains to maintain isostatic equilibrium. Airy

13. Athenaeum Contributor Index: AIRY, George Biddel To AUSTIN, Sarah
    Athenaeum Contributor Index airy, george Biddel to AUSTIN, Sarah. airy,george Biddel variant spelling AIREY; ALCOCK, Thomas; ALLINGHAM  
    http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/contributors/cona.html

14. Greenwich Past: Biddell Airy
    Very Important People A millennium of historical characters that have shaped history Sir george Biddell airy K.C.B., M.A., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.R.A.S.  
    http://greenwich2000.com/heritage/vip/astronomers/airy.htm

15. Athenaeum Author Index: A To AYTOUN, W. Edmonstone.
    Thomas; AIREY, MajorGen. Sir Richard; airy, GB; airy, george Biddell;airy, Osmund; AITCHENBIE, Henry; AITKEN, William; AITKIN, J. AITKIN  
    http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/authors/autha.html

16. Airy Portraits
    Portraits of george airy george airy. You can see a bigger picture of this stamp at this site.  
    http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/PictDisplay/Airy.html

17. Airy | George Biddell | 1801-1892 | Astronomer Royal
    airy george Biddell 18011892 astronomer royal. Biographicalinformation. Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, AB (1829-1903  
    http://www.nahste.ac.uk/pers/a/GB_0237_NAHSTE_P0320/

18. Airy | Sir | George Biddell | 1801-1892 | Astronomer Royal
    airy Sir george Biddell 18011892 astronomer royal. Biographical Information. Autobiographyof Sir george airy ( 1896 ). Interests and activities  
    http://www.nahste.ac.uk/isaar/GB_0237_NAHSTE_P0320.html
    
    Extractions: Biographical Information Occupation, Sphere of Activity George Biddell Airy ( ), an astronomer royal, was influenced in childhood by his educated uncle Arthur Biddell, whose library probably introduced Airy to the sciences. With support from his uncle - and his own hard work (he was a sizar - a student who works as a servant in order to qualify for reduced fees), he was able to attend Trinity College, Cambridge, from which he graduated with the top first class degree. Airy had a long-running feud with Charles Babbage ( ) during his career, over a chair which Airy won at Babbage's expense. Their bickering led to a number of controversies - not always linked to science, in which the two opposed each other. While Airy usually won these disputes, it is far from clear that he was usually right. Airy was an authoritarian astronomer royal, and though he was clearly talented, some have suggested his principal gift was making others work - "Airy was not a great scientist, but he made great science possible." During his tenure, no young astronomers were trained at the observatory, because he could not tolerate opinions diverging from his own. His personal contributions to the science were relatively minor - mostly accurate data and corrections of the work of previous scientists - most famously Jean-Baptiste Delambre's ( ) work on the relative motion of Venus and the Earth.

19. Airy, George Biddell (1801–92)
    airy, george Biddell (1801–92). source DSB.  
    http://www.sciper.leeds.ac.uk/index/sample/hyperlinks/airy.htm

20. Athenaeum Contributor Index: AIRY, George Biddel To AUSTIN, Sarah
    Athenaeum Contributor Index airy, george Biddel to AUSTIN, Sarah. © Copyright, City University 1995  
    http://web.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/contributors/cona.html

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