Letters. 1862-1863.

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Letters. 1862-1863.

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Two A.L.S., one (1862 Jan. 25, Cambridge) to Chambers, commenting on "A Handbook of descriptive and practical astronomy," and one (1863 Aug. 21, Cambridge) on zodiacal light.

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Challis, James, 1803-1882

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Sir George Biddell Airy (1801–1892) was a British astronomer. Airy became Lucasian Professor of mathematics at Cambridge in 1826 and Plumian Professor of astronomy and director of the new Cambridge Observatory in 1828. From 1835 to 1881, he served as Astronomer Royal, a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. Airy was born in Northumberland, England, to William Airy and Ann Biddell. His father was a tax collector, but he lost his positi...

Dibner, Bern.

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Chambers, George F. (George Frederick), 1841-1915

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