Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy - Part 35
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Part 35

Aug. 17-18. (Month. Not.)

1868 Biography of G.B. Airy. (Probably corrected by himself.)

1868 Jan. 4 Biography (with portrait) of G.B. Airy. Ill. Lond. News.

(Probably corrected by himself.)

1868 Feb. 6 Comparison of Magnetic Disturbances Phil. Trans.

recorded by the Self-registering Magnetometers at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, with Magnetic Disturbances deduced from the corresponding Terrestrial Galvanic Currents recorded by the Self-registering Galvanometers of the Royal Observatory.

1868 Mar. 13 Address of the Astronomer Royal to the Individual Members of the Board of Visitors.

(Number of Copies of Observations.)

1868 June 6 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors.

1868 July 24 First Report of the Commissioners appointed Parly. Paper.

to enquire into The Condition of the Exchequer Standards.

1868 Sept. 19 The Inundation at Visp. Athenaeum.

1868 Nov. 9 On the Factorial Resolution of the Trinomial Camb. Phil. Soc.

x^n - 2cos n. a. + 1/x^n.

1868 Dec. 10 On the Diurnal and Annual Inequalities Phil. Trans.

of Terrestrial Magnetism, as deduced from Observations made at the Royal Observatory from 1858 to 1863, &c.

1868 Dec.11 On the Preparatory Arrangements for the R. Astr. Soc.

Observation of The Transits of Venus (Month. Not.) 1874 and 1882.

1868 Dec. 12 On the Migrations of the Welsh Nations. Athenaeum.

1869 Mar. 8 Memorandum by the Chairman (on the use of the Troy Weight) for the consideration of the Members of the Standards Commission.

1869 Apr. 3 Second Report of the Commissioners appointed Parly. Paper.

to enquire into the condition of the Exchequer (now Board of Trade) Standards.--The Metric System.

1869 April Syllabus of Lectures on Magnetism to be delivered in the University of Cambridge.

1869 Apr. 27 Remarks on Shelford's Paper "On the Inst. C.E.

Outfall of the River Humber." (Minutes.)

1869 June 1 Memorandum for the consideration of the Standards Commission, on the state of the Question now before them regarding the suggested Abolition of Troy Weight.

1869 June 5 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors.

1869 Supplementary Memorandum by the Astronomer Royal on the proposed Abolition of Troy Weight.

1869 July 6 Correspondence between the Treasury, the Ho. of Comm.

Admiralty, and the Astronomer Royal, (Parly. Paper.) respecting the arrangements to be made for Observing the Transits of Venus, which will take place in the years 1874 and 1882.

1869 Aug. 7 Note on Atmospheric Chromatic Dispersion R. Astr. Soc.

as affecting Telescopic Observation, and (Month. Not.) on the Mode of Correcting it.

1869 Oct. 19 Description of the Great Equatoreal of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

Greenwich Observations, 1868. App.

1870 Feb. 3 Note on an Extension of the Comparison Phil. Trans.

of Magnetic Disturbances with Magnetic Effects inferred from observed Terrestrial Galvanic Currents; &c. &c.

1870 Apr. 8 On the question of a Royal Commission Journ. Soc. Arts.

for Science.

1870 May 2 Letters to the First Lord of the Admiralty enclosing Application of the a.s.sistants for an increase of Salaries.

1870 May 13 On Decimal and Metrical Systems. Journ. Soc. Arts.

1870 June 4 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors.

1870 Aug. 27 On the meaning of the word "Whippultree." Athenaeum.

1870 Oct. 22 On the Locality of "Paradise." Athenaeum.

1870 Nov. 12 On the Locality of the Roman Gesoriac.u.m. Athenaeum.

1870 Nov. 30 Recommendation of Prof. Miller for a R. Soc.(Proc.) Royal Medal of the Royal Society.

(Quoted by the President.)

1870 Revised Edition of "Astronomy." Man. Naut. Sci.

1871 Jan. 21 The Burial of Sir John Moore. Athenaeum.

1871 Mar. 14 Letter to the Hydrographer of the Admiralty on the qualifications and claims of the a.s.sistants of the Royal Observatory.

1871 Apr. 5 Remarks on the Determination of a Ship's R. Soc. (Proc.) Place at Sea.

1871 May 2 Remarks on Samuelson's Paper "Description Inst. C.E.

of two Blast Furnaces," &c. (Minutes.)

1871 May 3 Note on Barometric Compensation of the Phil. Mag.

Pendulum.

1871 June 3 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors.

1871 June 9 Remarks on Mr Abbott's observations on R. Astr. Soc.

eta Argus. Also on A.S. Herschel's and (Month. Not.) J. Herschel's Mechanism for measuring Time automatically in taking Transits.

1871 Erratum in Results of Greenwich R. Astr. Soc.

Observations of the Solar Eclipse of 1860, (Month. Not.) July 18. Also Observations of the Solar Eclipse of 1870, Dec. 21-22, made at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

1871 Aug. Investigation of the Law of the Progress Phil. Mag.