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Determination of the longitude of Valentia in Ireland: by transmission of chronometers by George Biddell Airy, 1847-01-01 Mathematical Tracts On the Lunar and Planetary Theories: The Figure of the Earth, Procession and Nutation, the Calculus of Variations, and the Undulatory Theory of Optics by George Biddell Airy, 2010-03-05 Gravitation by George Biddell Airy, 2010-02-10 Popular Astronomy: A Series of Lectures by George Biddell Airy, 2010-03-21 Six Lectures On Astronomy by George Biddell Airy, 2010-01-12 Mathematical Tracts On the Lunar and Planetary Theories: The Figure of the Earth, Precession and Nutation, the Calculus of Variations, and the Undulatory Theory of Optics by George Biddell Airy, 2010-03-08 Popular Astronomy: A Series Of Lectures Delivered At Ipswich by George Biddell Airy, 2010-09-10 Mathematical Tracts On Physical Astronomy, 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, 2010-03-05 Mathematical tracts on the lunar and planetary theories, the figure of the earth, precession and nutation, the calculus of variations, and the undulatory ... for the use of students in the university by George Biddell Airy, 2010-05-14 Mathematical Tracts On Physical Astronomy, the Figure of the Earth, Precession and Nutation, and the Calculus of Variations by George Biddell Airy, 2010-04-22 A Treatise On Magnetism Designed for the Use of Students in the University by George Biddell Airy, 2010-01-11 On the algebraical and numerical theory of errors of observations and the combination of observations by George Biddell Airy, 2010-08-05 The Practice of the High Court of Chancery, Under the New Orders: With Tables of Costs, Precedents, &c by George Biddell Airy, Harding Grant, et all 2010-02-03 Syllabus of a Course of Three Lectures On 'magnetical Errors, Compensations, & Corrections, with Special Reference to Iron Ships and Their Compasses'. by George Biddell Airy, 2010-03-05

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21. Biography Of George Biddell Airy
    george airy was an English astronomer and mathematician who was appointedAstronomer Royal and modernized the Greenwich Observatory.  
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    Extractions: George Airy was an English astronomer and mathematician who was appointed Astronomer Royal and modernized the Greenwich Observatory. He was educated at the prestigious Cambridge University where he was the top student in his class for 1823. Three years after graduating from Cambridge, Airy was appointed Plumian Professor at Cambridge University and in 1828 he was appointed the Director of Cambridge Observatory. Airy was made chairman of the Commission set up to construct the Standard Weights and Measures in 1834. In 1835, George Airy bacame the Astronomer Royal and continued to do so until 1881. Airy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1836 thus giving the Bakerian lecture to the Society entitled on the theoretical explanation of an apparent new polarity of light in 1840. Airy made many contributions in the areas of mathematics and astronomy. He improved the orbital theory of Venus as well as the Moon, he studied interference fringes in optics, he made mathematical studies of the rainbow and computed the density of the Earth by swinging a pendulum at the top and bottom of a deep mine. Airy wrote a text on Algebraic and Numerical Theory of Errors of Observations and the Combinations of Observations. At the time, it was said to be unreadable except by those already had a thorough understanding of the subject. George Airy became involved in a dispute with John Couch

22. Airy, George Biddell
    airy, george Biddell (18011892). English astronomer. He installeda transit telescope at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England  
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    Extractions: Airy was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, and studied mathematics at Cambridge, where he became professor of mathematics 1826 and of astronomy 1828. As director of the Cambridge Observatory, he introduced a much improved system of meridian observations and set the example of reducing them in scale before publishing them. As Astronomer Royal, in 1847 he had erected the alt-azimuth (an instrument he devised to calculate altitude and azimuth) for observing the Moon in every part of the sky. Other innovations included photographic registration in 1848, transits timed by electricity in 1854, spectroscopic observations from 1868, and a daily round of sunspots using the Kew heliograph in 1873. Airy's mathematical skills were used in establishing the border between Canada and the USA and the boundaries of the states of Oregon and Maine. His scientific expertise was also called on during the launch of the steamship Great Eastern, the laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable, and the construction of the chimes of the clock in the tower of the Houses of Parliament ('Big Ben'). His Mathematical Tracts on Physical Astronomy 1826 became a standard work.

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    Aird, received 1 tidal letter. airy, george Biddell (18011892), astronomerroyal, was born at Alnwick in Northumberland. At ten  
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    Extractions: Acland to Brown T Back Abram, John, teacher of navigation, wrote 1 tidal letter. Acland, Arthur Hugh, wrote 2 tidal letters. Aird, received 1 tidal letter. Airy, George Biddell (1801-1892), astronomer royal, was born at Alnwick in Northumberland. At ten years of age he took first place in Byatt Walker's school at Colchester. He met at his house James Ransome and studied optics, chemistry, and mechanics in his library. From 1814 to 1819 Airy attended the grammar school at Colchester. He was sent to Cambridge, and entered as sizar of Trinity College, and in 1823 graduated as senior wrangler and first Smith's prizeman. He received in 1831 the Copley medal from the Royal Society. He was admitted to membership of the Astronomical and Geological Societies respectively in 1828 and 1829, and was awarded in 1833 the gold medal of the former body for his detection of the ‘long inequality’ of Venus and the earth, communicated to the Royal Society on 24 Nov. 1831. The Lalande prize followed in 1834, and on 9 Jan. 1835 he was elected a correspondent of the French Academy of Sciences. He made acquaintance in Paris, with Laplace, Arago, Pouillet, and Bouvard. On 7 Dec. 1826 he was elected Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge; but the emoluments of the office, 99l. per annum, with 100l. as ipso facto member of the board of longitude, very slightly exceeded those of his relinquished tutorship. His income was now augmented to 500l. a year, and thus provided for, he succeeded in inducing Richarda Smith to marry him. At the observatory he introduced an improved system of meridian observations, afterwards continued at Greenwich and partially adopted abroad, and set the example of thoroughly reducing before publishing them. In February 1835 Sir Robert Peel offered Airy a civil-list pension of 300l. a year, which, by his request, was settled on his wife; and on 18 June 1835 he accepted the post of astronomer royal, for which Lord Melbourne designated him in succession to John Pond.

24. Groups
    Back. Abram, John. Acland, Arthur Hugh. Aird,. airy, george Biddell(18011892). Alderson, Sir James (1794-1882). Andrews, T. Argent, J.  
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    Extractions: Tidal correspondents of the nineteenth-century up to 1861. Back Abram, John Acland, Arthur Hugh Aird, Airy, George Biddell Alderson, Sir James Andrews, T. Argent, J. Bache, Alexander Dallas Baily, Francis Bald, William Ballingell Barlow, Peter Barnden, George Barnett, Edward (fl. 1811-1848) Barrow, Sir John Basset, J. Bax, Henry B. Bayfield, Capt. Henry W. Bayley, J. Beacham, J. W. Beaufort, Sir Francis Beautemps-Beaupre, Charles Francois (1766-1855) Becher, Alexander Bridport Beechey, Frederick William Belcher, Sir Edward Bennet, John Joseph Bennett, Thomas F. Bevan, B. Blackwood, Capt. John Bowditch, Nathaniel Braaksma, H. Bronwin, B. Brown, Alix Brown, Joseph Brown, T. Buckingham, Marquis of Bullock, Bunt, Thomas Gamlen Burdwood, John (fl. 1825-1869) Bushey M Bywater, Thomas Caley E Campbell, Colin Campbell, Capt. William Carne, Joseph Carpenter, Lant Cerquero, Don J Challis, James Chatham, Earl of Chazallon, Antoine-Marie-Rémi (fl.1839-1862) Chevallier, Edgecumbe Children, John George Christie, Samuel Hunter Church Clarke JT Clibborn, Edw

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    airy, george Biddell (1801 1892) george Biddel airy was born inAlnwick, Northumberland on the 27 July 1801. He was Professor  
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    Extractions: For observations of the solar eclipses of 1842, 1851 and 1860 he traveled to the continent. A list of some of his published papers is found in Pogg. His book 'Popular physical Astronomy' was translated to German by Littrow. G. B. Airy died in London on the 4 January 1892. A Moon and a martian crater is named to honor Airy. Reference(s):

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27. Airy, Sir George Biddell
    Sir george Biddell airy. (b. July 27, 1801, Alnwick, Northumberland,Eng.d. Jan. 2, 1892, Greenwich, London), versatile English  
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    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

28. BBC - History - The Airy Transit Circle
    airy the man. Caricature of george airy, from Vanity Fair, 1875 © A quoteoften used labelling empty boxes empty . george airy and family ©.  
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    Extractions: Print this article Airy the man Caricature of George Airy, from Vanity Fair A quote often used when describing Airy, comes from an ex-employee, Maunder, writing in 1900, who in turn quoted De Morgan who "jocularly said that if Airy wiped his pen on a piece of blotting paper he would duly endorse the blotting paper with the date and particulars of its use, and file it away amongst his papers". There is another anecdote, also from Maunder, where he describes Airy as having spent an entire afternoon labelling empty boxes "empty". George Airy and family While there is undoubtedly some truth in these descriptions of his rather fastidious behaviour, it is also fair to say that it was this obsessive attention to detail that made him an extremely good at his job. It allowed him to break down each project the Observatory was involved in into a series of steps. These he could then delegate accordingly so that each employee could specialise in one particular stage of the process. For the years 1835 to 1881 Airy lived at the Observatory with his wife and children. Of his nine children, six were born while the family lived at the Observatory.

29. George Airy, Astronomer Royal
    george airy, villain or not ? Northumberlandborn george airy ( hewas born in Alnwick in 1801 ) could safely lay claim to being  
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    Extractions: George Airy, villain or not ? Northumberland-born George Airy ( he was born in Alnwick in 1801 ) could safely lay claim to being the most controversial Astronomer Royal that Britain has ever had. All because of his "failure" to detect the planet Neptune as predicted by British astronomer John Adams, thus leaving the way for the glory to be taken by Berlin Observatory, acting on the instructions of the French astronomer, Urban Leverrier. Several years ago, I attended a lecture where the speaker announced : "Let's face it, this guy Airy, he was a complete bastard. He totally failed to look for Neptune, then when he was called to account by the powers-that-be, he told them that the reason he hadn't found Neptune was because his instruments weren't good enough.So the powers-that-be said : in that case here's some money, go out and buy what it is you want." In general all history books that contain no lies are extremely boring, and in this case the truth is likely to be a lot more boring than the above quote. Allan Chapman, respected historian of Science at Oxford University, puts the blame squarely on Adam's shoulders. He twice went to meet Airy, both times without appointment. The first time Airy was away, the second time he was at dinner and was reluctant to interrupt his meal to meet an unannounced caller. There was actually quite a few reasons why he was unwilling to do this

30. Airy, Sir George Biddell. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
    The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001. airy, Sir GeorgeBiddell. 1801–92, English astronomer. The son of a poor farmer  
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    Extractions: Select Search All Bartleby.com All Reference Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Dictionary Roget's Thesauri Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Quotations Bartlett's Quotations Columbia Quotations Simpson's Quotations English Usage Modern Usage American English Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough All Verse Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats, W.B. All Nonfiction Harvard Classics American Essays Einstein's Relativity Grant, U.S. Roosevelt, T. Wells's History Presidential Inaugurals All Fiction Shelf of Fiction Ghost Stories Short Stories Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference Columbia Encyclopedia PREVIOUS NEXT ... BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Airy, Sir George Biddell

31. Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary Of Phrase & Fable. Airy, Sir George B., K.C.B.
    Reference Brewer’s Dictionary Bibliographical Appendix airy, Sir georgeB., KCB. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. airy, Sir george B., KCB.  
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    Extractions: Select Search All Bartleby.com All Reference Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Dictionary Roget's Thesauri Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Quotations Bartlett's Quotations Columbia Quotations Simpson's Quotations English Usage Modern Usage American English Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough All Verse Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats, W.B. All Nonfiction Harvard Classics American Essays Einstein's Relativity Grant, U.S. Roosevelt, T. Wells's History Presidential Inaugurals All Fiction Shelf of Fiction Ghost Stories Short Stories Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference Bibliographical Appendix

32. Airy, Sir George Biddell
    encyclopediaEncyclopedia airy, Sir george Biddell. airy, Sir georgeBiddell, 1801–92, English astronomer. The son of a poor farmer  
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    Extractions: Airy, Sir George Biddell Airy, Sir George Biddell, , English astronomer. The son of a poor farmer, he distinguished himself as Senior Wrangler at Cambridge, where he was elected fellow of Trinity College (1824) and appointed professor (1826). As Astronomer Royal and director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory from 1835 to 1881, he organized the efficient and accurate observation of stellar positions. Airy wrote many governmental reports on astronomical and other subjects, published works on celestial mechanics, and made discoveries in theoretical and practical optics, including the cylindrical lens for correcting astigmatism, an eye defect he himself possessed. See his autobiography (1896).

33. George Biddel Airy - On Certain Conditions Under Which A Perpetual Motion Is Pos
    back to Ideas Early in my research into the Bessler mystery, I came acrossan article written by george Biddel airy. george Biddell airy.  
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    Extractions: Early in my research into the Bessler mystery, I came across an article written by George Biddel Airy. It was published in the Cambridge Philisophical Transactions in the mid 1800s, and I found it at my local university library. It is entitled On Certain conditions under which a Perpetual Motion is possible , and appears to be the only known rigorous mathematical proof of the theoretical possiblity of perpetual motion. The historical record shows that Johann Bessler might have happened upon the secret after working for some time as a pipe organ apprentice. It is interesting to note that Airy's conclusions were based on the work of Robert Willis. Willis was studying the human voice organ and did experiments with air passing over inclined plates. Cambridge Philosophical Transactions, December 14, 1829

34. Greenwich Past: Biddell Airy
    Sir george Biddell airy KCB, MA, LL.D., DCL, FRS, FRAS. References (8 books/articles);The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive george Biddell airy;  
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35. ST ALFEGE | Sir George Biddell Airy, Astronomer Royal (1801-1892)
    ST ALFEGE Sir george Biddell airy, Astronomer Royal (18011892). Sirgeorge Biddell airy, Astronomer Royal (1801-1892). george Biddell  
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    Extractions: George Biddell Airy, a country boy from Alnwick in Northumberland, was entered for Cambridge University by an uncle, impressed by his potential ability in mathematics. He justified his uncle's belief in him by becoming a Fellow of Trinity College, Professor of Mathematics and, subsequently, Professor of Astronomy. He was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1832 and in 1835 took office as Astronomer Royal in which he remained until his retirement in 1881. During his tenure of office, Airy's major contribution was to the re-equipment of the Observatory with new and improved astronomical instruments, many of his own design. These included his famous Airy Transit Circle, by which the prime meridian was finally defined. Also of historic importance was his water telescope, which exploded the old idea of "aether", the substance of air through which light was supposed to travel, and contributed to preparing the ground work for Einstein's Theory of Relativity. He also restored the standards of length and weight which had been destroyed in 1834 by a great fire at the Houses of Parliament, where they were formerly kept.

36. Airy, Sir George Biddell
    airy, Sir george Biddell 180192, English astronomer. The son of airy,Sir george Biddell. 1801-92, English astronomer. The son of  
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    Extractions: Airy, Sir George Biddell 1801-92, English astronomer. The son of a poor farmer, he distinguished himself as Senior Wrangler at Cambridge, where he was elected fellow of Trinity College (1824) and appointed professor (1826). As Astronomer Royal and director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory from 1835 to 1881, he organized the efficient and accurate observation of stellar positions. Airy wrote many governmental reports on astronomical and other subjects, published works on celestial mechanics, and made discoveries in theoretical and practical optics, including the cylindrical lens for correcting astigmatism, an eye defect he himself possessed. See his autobiography (1896).

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38. Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics And You - Timeline - Sir George Biddell A
    Sir george airy was a distinguished nineteenth century English Astronomer Royal whocarried out optical research and first drew attention to the visual defect  
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    Extractions: Sir George Airy was a distinguished nineteenth century English Astronomer Royal who carried out optical research and first drew attention to the visual defect of astigmatism. After graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1823, Airy worked as a mathematics tutor, but was later better-known for his skills in Latin and ancient Greek, poetry, history, theology, architecture, engineering, geology, and his then-controversial beliefs in separating education from religion. By 1826, Airy's interest in astronomy increased dramatically when he was a Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. He published a treatise entitled Mathematical Tracts on Physical Astronomy and by 1828, became Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Cambridge Observatory. Under Airy, the Observatory blossomed from simply providing data to the Royal Navy to a major research institution with the addition of the Altazimuth telescope in 1847 and the Airy Transit Circle. Departments in magnetism and meteorology were subsequently added and regular observations of sunspots and spectroscopy were conducted on a routine basis. From studying eclipses to measuring gravity, Airy's extra-observatory activities were varied, and included his supervision of the first transatlantic telegraph cable placement and the construction of Big Ben's chimes. It took four offers by the Queen, before he agreed to become Sir George in July 1872. Known for his sarcasm and caustic personality, Airy had an ongoing battle with Charles Babbage in which he prevailed professionally and financially to the detriment of science. Airy's infamy ranges from ignoring John Adams' discovery of Neptune to dismissing Michael Faraday's field theory.

39. Airy
    airy, george Biddell. (18011892).  
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    Extractions: A iry , George Biddell Anglický královský atronom. Moderniozoval observatoø v Greenwichi. Kdyby neignoroval výpoèty Adamse , mohl se stát objevitelem Neptunu. Zlepšil dráhové elementy Venuše a Mìsíce, studoval interferenèní proužky, matematicky popsal duhu a vypoèetl hustotu Zemì z kyvù kyvadla umístìného v hlubinném dole. Studoval v Cambridgi, kde se po tøech letech stal profesorem, pozdìji øeditelem observatoøe v Cambridgi.V roce 1834 byl pøedsedou mezinárodní komise pro míry a váhy. Funkci královského astronoma zastával v letech 1835-1881. Astrofyzika Galerie Sondy Úkazy ... Odkazy

40. RASC Library - Author Index - Alphabet A
    Notes. airy, george Biddell, On the Undulatory Theory of Optics,Optics, 535.1 A, London and Cambridge MacMillan Co. 1866, 274,airy  
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    Extractions: Stars 523 A Copy 1 New York: Van Nostrand Abbot, Charles G. The Sun Sun 523.7 A Copy 2 New York: Appleton Author Title Subject heading Out Dewey Note Publisher Lyear L.C. Notes Abell, George O. Exploration of the Universe unclassified 523 A 3rd ed. Weather Meteorology 551.55 A London: Kegan Paul Abetti, Giorgio Solar Research Sun 523.7 A New York: MacMillan Abetti, Giorgio 1882-. 173p. illus 21cm (A survey of astronomy) Abetti, Giorgio The History of Astronomy Astronomy-history 520.9 A

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