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23. Greenwich Past: Biddell Airy Very Important People A millennium of historical characters that have shaped history Portals-UK.com. Sir george Biddell airy K.C.B On September 15, 1842, the British Astronomer Royal, Sir http://heritage.greenwich2000.com/vip/astronomers/airy.htm

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25. Bibliography For Sir George Biddell Airy Bibliography for Sir george Biddell airy. Sir george Biddell airy. Mathematical Tracts on Physical Astronomy, the Figure of the Earth, Precession, and Nutation, and the Calculus of Variations. Cambridge, 1826. Sir george Biddell airy. http://coldrain.net/lucas/airy-bib.html

26. 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

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.

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28. 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://web.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/contributors/cona.html

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29. Athenaeum Index: Author, Editor, Translator Record. Author, Editor and/or Translator airy, george Biddell. Authored Essayson the Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar 1972 (August 12,1865); http://web.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/authors/authorfiles/AIRY,GeorgeBiddell.html

Author, Editor and/or Translator: AIRY, George Biddell Authored: Essays on the Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar 1972 (August 12,1865) On Sound and Atmospheric Vibrations 2121 (June 20,1868) The Undulatory Theory of Optics 2048 (January 26,1867) Main Page Search Screen Browse Menu Bulletin Board ... Help

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31. The Hutchinson Dictionary Of Scientific Biography : Airy, George Biddell (1801-1 The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography airy, george Biddell(18011892) @ HighBeam Research. airy, george Biddell (1801-1892). http://static.highbeam.com/t/thehutchinsondictionaryofscientificbiography/januar

eLibrary Web Tour Become a Member ... Customer Support Question / Keyword(s): Advanced Search Current Article: Airy, George Biddell (1801-1892) Start T The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography January 01, 1998 ... Airy, George Biddell (1801-1892) Airy, George Biddell (1801-1892) The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography; January 01, 1998; The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography January 01, 1998 airy, astronomer royal, royal observatory, cambridge observatory, trinity college, geographical boundaries, mathematics, supervised, cambridge, greenwich, george biddell, attended colchester, part, responsible, greatly simplifying The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography Airy, George Biddell (1801-1892) was a British astronomer who, as Astronomer Royal for 46 years, was responsible for greatly simplifying the systematization of astronomical observations and for expanding and improving the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Airy was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, on 27 July 1801. His father, a collector of taxes and excise duties, was periodically transferred from one part of the country to another, with the result that his son was educated in a number of places. From 1814 to 1819 he attended Colchester Grammar School, where he was noted for his incredible memory (on one occasion he recited from memory 2,394 lines of Latin ver...

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Inicio Buscador Utilidades Recomendar sitio Enlaces Airy, George Biddell (Alnwick, 1801-Greenwich, 1892) Astrónomo y matemático británico. Profesor de astronomía en Cambridge (1826-1835), fue nombrado astrónomo real (1835-1881). Fue director del observatorio de Cambridge (1828), al que dio gran impulso, y del de Greenwich (1835-1886), al que reorganizó y dotó de aparatos más modernos. Realizó numerosas investigaciones en el campo de la física matemática y la matemática aplicada a los cálculos astronómicos. Es conocido, principalmente, por no haber sabido reconocer la importancia de los cálculos de J.C. Adams para el descubrimiento del planeta Neptuno. Inicio Buscador Recomendar sitio

33. AIRY, GEORGE BIDDELL, On The Principles And Construction Of The Achromatic Eye-P Antiquariat Botanicum. airy, george BIDDELL On The Principles and Construction ofthe Achromatic EyePieces of Telescopes and on the Achromatic of Microscopes. http://www.polybiblio.com/antiqbot/AB4.html

Antiquariat Botanicum AIRY, GEORGE BIDDELL On The Principles and Construction of the Achromatic Eye-Pieces of Telescopes and on the Achromatic of Microscopes. Cambridge J.Smith 1825 In this off print Airy provides a solution to the critical problem of correction for color aberration in lenses for telescopes and microscopes where different color wavelengths of visible light spectrum do not converge on the same point after passing through a lens. This is a rare article with significant scientific content and provenance as presentation from author. This item is listed on Bibliopoly by Antiquariat Botanicum ; click here for further details.

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35. Online Title george airy s Observatory. Subjects airy, george Biddell ; Astronomy ;Transit circle (scientific instrument) ; Scientific instruments ; Biography. http://web4.si.edu/sil/onlineexhibitions/oe_select.cfm?AlphabeticalSort=G

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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.

37. BBC - History - The Airy Transit Circle scientific research included. Emily Winterburn introduces george airy,Astronomer Royal and chief rulemaker at the Royal Observatory. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/discovery/revolutions/airy_george_01.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index MONDAY 31st May 2004 Text only BBC Homepage History Topics ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! The Airy Transit Circle By Emily Winterburn The Victorians brought order to everything - scientific research included. Emily Winterburn introduces George Airy, Astronomer Royal and chief rulemaker at the Royal Observatory. Page 1 of 6 1. Airy's advances 2. New transit instrument 3. Chronograph 4. Innovations ... Print entire 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.

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Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus The Web eBooks loadkeyword("George Biddell Airy"); George Biddell Airy Encyclopedia Definition: George Biddell Airy de:George Biddell Airy sl:George Biddell Airy George Biddell Airy Sir George Biddell Airy July 27 January 2 ) was British Astronomer Royal from to He was born at Alnwick , one of a long line of Airys who traced their descent back to a family of the same name residing at Kentmere, in Westmorland , in the 14th century . The branch to which he belonged, having suffered in the English Civil War , moved to Lincolnshire and became farmers. George Airy was educated first at elementary schools in Hereford , and afterwards at Colchester Grammar School . In he entered Trinity College, Cambridge , as a sizar , meaning that he paid a reduced fee but essentially worked as a servant to make good the fee reduction. Here he had a brilliant career, and seems to have been almost immediately recognized as the leading man of his year. In he was elected scholar of Trinity, and in the following year he graduated as senior wrangler and obtained first Smith's prize. On

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40. George Bidell Airy Translate this page george Bidell airy. © 2003. Carlos Andrés Carvajal. Astrónomo Autodidacta.Nació el 27 Julio de 1801 en Alnwick, Northumberland, Inglaterra. http://almaak.tripod.com/biografias/george_airy.htm

Principal Búsqueda Grupo Galería ... Constelaciones George Bidell Airy © 2003. Carlos Andrés Carvajal. Astrónomo Autodidacta. Nació el 27 Julio de 1801 en Alnwick, Northumberland, Inglaterra. Posteriormente su familia se trasladó a Hereford. Asistió a la escuela Byatt Walker en Colchester pero siempre afirmó que había aprendido más en la lectura de los libros de su padre. Durante su infancia y durante el tiempo en que su padre atravesaba por una difícil situación económica, fue a vivir donde un tío en el campo, lo cual fue para el muy cómodo y tranquilizador. Estos años marcaron importante huella en Airy. Durante este fue positivamente influenciado por Arthur Biddell quien poseía una extensa biblioteca científica. Ingresó al Trinity College, Cambridge en 1819 donde combinó el trabajo con el estudio. Alcanzó su grado en como primer estudiante de su clase en 1823 y posteriormente comenzó una carrera académica en esta institución. Tres años después de graduarse alcanzó el titulo de la cátedra lucaciana de matemáticas y fue miembro de la oficina de longitudes. Describió el problema ocular que el mismo sufría conocido como astigmatismo, publicando un ensayo llamado On a peculiar Defect in the Eye proveyendo la primera solución practica al problema In 1828 fue nombrado profesor de astronomía y director del Observatorio de Cambridge. Con el salario obtenido en esta nueva posición contrajo nupcias con Richarda Smith en Marzo de 1830.

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