61. 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 http://www.bartleby.com/65/ai/Airy-Sir.html

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Encyclopedia 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). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, air transportation Aishah Print this page Cite this page AD AD AD ADS Link to Fact Monster Add Fact Monster search to your site ... Privacy Brought to you by:

65. 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 http://www.st-alfege.org/gb-airy.htm

Introduction times of opening How to find us The bells ... Links Astronomer Royal (1801-1892) Contact us Search the web site How you can help Pleasaunce ... Link to us Sir George Biddell Airy, Astronomer Royal (1801-1892) 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. The early church The building of the new church Damage to the church in 1941 Famous and important people associated with St Alfege over the past 1000 years 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.

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AIRY physics and astronomy. The former are for the m6st part concerned with questions relating to the theory of light? "arising out of his professorial lectures, among which may be specially mentioned his paper " On the Diffraction of an Object-Glass with Circular Aperture." In 1831 the Copley medal of the Royal Society was awarded to bin) for these researches. Of his astronomical writings during this period the most important are his investigation of the mass of Jupiter, his report to the British Association on the progress of astronomy during the rgth century, and his memon1 On an Inequality of Long Period in the Motions of the Earth and Venus. One of the sections of his able and instructive report was devoted to " A Comparison of the Progress of Astronomy in England with that in other Countries," very much to the .disadvantage of England. This reproach was subsequently to a great extent removed by his own labors. A complete list of Airy's printed papers, numbering no less than 518, will be found in his Autobiography, edited in 1896 by his son, Wilfrid /Airy, B. A., M. Inst.C.E. Amongst the most important of his works not already mentioned may be named the following:Mathematical Tracts (1826) on the Lunar Theory, Figure of the Earth, Precession and Nutation, and Calculus of Variations, to which, in the second edition of 1828, were added tracts on the Planetary Theory and the Undulatory Theory of Light; Experiments on Iron-built Ships, instituted for the purpose of discovering a correction for the deviation of the Compass produced-by the Iron of the Ships (1839); On the Theoretical Explanation oj

67. 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 cameacross an article written by george Biddel airy. george Biddell airy. http://www.besslerwheel.com/airy/

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. George Biddell Airy On certain Conditions under which a Perpetual Motion is possible. Cambridge Philosophical Transactions, December 14, 1829 airy_01.jpg airy_02.jpg airy_03.jpg airy_04.jpg Here is the paper referenced on page 3 of Airy's article above... On the Disturbances of Pendulums and Balances, and on the Theory of Escapements.

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69. OASI - G B Airy's Country Retreat Lane, Playford. The former owner in question was no less a personthan Sir george Biddell airy, 7 th Astronomer Royal! Ed s visit http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~ipswich/History/Airys_Country_Retreat.htm

G B Airy's Country Retreat © Kenneth J Goward My main pleasure in the wonderful science of astronomy comes from the occasional study of its rich and colourful history. That pleasure was compounded in summer 1999 when Mr Ed O'Sullivan visited our observatory to progress his enquiries into a former owner of his cottage, Airy's , Church Lane, Playford. The former owner in question was no less a person than Sir George Biddell Airy, 7 th Astronomer Royal! Ed's visit passed all too quickly discussing Airy, his many scientific achievements, his links to this corner of East Anglia and Orwell Park. Ed has no links with astronomy and didn't purchase the cottage because of its astronomical history. All he knew when he bought the property in 1997 was what the estate agent said: Some famous scientist was supposed to have lived there Following that fascinating meeting I sent off a package of information about Airy to Ed and was delighted to receive in return an invitation to visit the cottage. In November 1999, I was privileged to make the visit and was treated to a most interesting tour of the cottage, which still has much of Airy's influence pervading, and the adjacent St Mary's Church where the Airy family is buried and where one may see many mementos of the locally prominent Biddell family. The visit afforded me the chance to photograph the cottage inside and out for the information of Dr Allan Chapman who visited Orwell Park in May 2001 to deliver a lecture on Airy. Anyone who has ever been privileged to hear Allan lecture will know what a treat the lecture was. Allan has for some time been researching Airy with the intention of writing his biography and has full access to both the Greenwich archive and the Airy family papers. Indeed, Allan has told me that the family papers alone take up in excess of 30 feet of shelf space - such was the prodigious output from the 7

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72. George's Astronomical Observations george s Astronomical Observations. Last updated February 2, 2004. airy Md andNorthern Virginia. The goal now is to obtain 1000 fps video equipment. http://www.gvarros.com/

George's Astronomical Observations Last updated: February 2, 2004 Something I worked on for several years reached the surface of Mars! Twice! Both Spirit and Opportunity have a copy of the Send Your Name To Mars DVD on board the lander portion. Here is a nice color shot of the spent lander with the disk Mars Rocks,GO NASA! Tracked Meteors The "Meteor Tracker" is a computerized two camera system used for detecting and tracking meteors and imaging them in high resolution. The video signal from a wide field image intensified camera is processed by a computer which drives stepper motors that hold first surface mirrors. Light from meteors is reflected from the steered mirrors into the high resolution camera's lens. The tracker was recently converted from a "rocker-box" system that was actually slewing a PC-164 camera, to a "first-surface mirror" based system resulting in a major reduction in the mass driven by the motors and a significant increase drive speeds. Image of the prototype - This new version uses first surface mirrors cut to specification from Bill Bixby, F.S. Mirrors

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75. Zoom Astronomy Glossary: A airy, george Sir george Bidell airy (18011892) was the director of GreenwichObservatory/Astronomer Royal of England from 1835 to 1881. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/glossary/index.shtml

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77. George C. Draper he put in Mt. airy did “come up here and make some good arrests”as did george himself on one occasion. He also recalls that http://www.wman.net/40/Draper.htm

West Mount Airy Neighbors 6819 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19119 Office Hours M-Th 8 - 1 wman@wman.net Fax (215) 438-2296 [Home] [News] [Information] [Neighborhood Links] ... [About Us] George C. Draper George C. Draper has been one of the leaders of the Upper Wissahickon Civic Association (UWCA) since it was founded in the early 1990s. UWCA is an association devoted to improving life in the Wissahickon Avenue / Allens Lane area. A primary goal of the group is, according to George, “to preserve the beauty of the area.” It also honors young people in the area who graduate from or do particularly well in school. It works to reduce crime in the area. And it keeps an eye on local and state government for the members of the association. As George jokingly puts it, “We are busybodies.” George has served as recording secretary of UWCA for two years and chairperson of UWCA’s fund raising project for the last four years. He is a liaison person for UWCA with other community organizations. And, given his experience as a retired sergeant of the Philadelphia Police Department, he helps his neighbors who have concerns about safety and security in the neighborhood. In addition to his work with UWCA, George served on the steering committee of Wissahickon Avenue Neighbors, a group formed to oppose the widening of Wissahickon Avenue. George says “The state wanted to cut down trees and widen the road. We convinced them to see things our way.” The road was basically unchanged but the state “improved some areas where there had been frequent accidents.”

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DML: Digital Mathematics Library Also: WDML: World Digital Mathematics Library Retrodigitized Mathematics Journals and Monographs Contains links to 1798 digitized books (> 311353 pages ) and to 124 digitized journals (> 2403280 pages). (Numbers of pages are preliminary; not all informations are already available.) Includes all the links mentioned on page 920 of: Allyn Jackson, "The Digital Mathematics Libary", Notices Amer. Math. Soc., vol. 50 (8), 2003 Local Copy A similar list is offered at http://www.wdml.org The database for this table is an ASCII based (ISO Latin 8859-1 extended) list , which may be parsed by this PERL script If you want items to be added here, please send me the necessary data. Lists ordered by "Author name", "Title", or "Repository" are provided: (ordering by "Repository" gives a list of journals only. Sorting by "Author" gives lists only with those items - such as books - with an author entry.) Author: A B C D ... Z Title: A B C D ... Z Nr. Repository: Author, Title (Books only): Pages: Year(s): Type: Michigan Abbott, Edwin Abbott

80. The Antique Watch Store AIRY, George Biddell. Ref20654 airy, george Biddell. Letter and chart. chart. Written to Professor Lloyd,Trinity College, Dublin, whilst airy was Astronomer Royal, 20 March, 1839. http://cgi.www.antiquewatchstore.co.uk/cgi-bin/www.antiquewatchstore.co.uk/ss000

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