See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE BIDDELL See also:

• SIR GEORGE BIDDELL AIRY (1801-1892)

AIRY (1801-1892)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British Astronomer Royal, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ALNWICK

Alnwick on the 27th of See also:

• JULY

July 18oi . He came of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long- See also:

• LINE

line of Airys who traced their descent back to a See also:

• FAMILY

family of the same name residing at Rentmere, in See also:

• WESTMORLAND
• WESTMORLAND, EARLS OF

Westmorland, in the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century; but the See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch to which he belonged, having suffered in the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WARS

wars, removed to See also:

• LINCOLNSHIRE

Lincolnshire, where for several generations they lived as farmers . See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• AIRY, SIR GEORGE BIDDELL (1801-1892)

Airy was educated first at elementary See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools in See also:

• HEREFORD

Hereford, and afterwards at See also:

• COLCHESTER
• COLCHESTER, CHARLES ABBOT, 1ST BARON (1757-1829)

Colchester See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

Grammar School . In 1819 he entered Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, as a See also:

• SIZAR

sizar . Here he had a brilliant career, and seems to have been almost immediately recognized as the leading See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of his See also:

• YEAR

year . In 1822 he was elected See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar of Trinity, and in the following year he graduated as See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior wrangler and obtained first See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith's See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize . On the 1st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1824 he was elected See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of Trinity, and in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1826 was appointed Lucasian See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• TURTON

Turton . This See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair he held for little more than a year, being elected in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1828 Plumian professor of See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy and director of the new Cambridge See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory . Some See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of his activity as a writer on mathematical and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical subjects during these See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years may be gathered from the fact that previous to this See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment he had contributed no less than three important See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, and eight to the Cambridge Philosophical Society . At the Cambridge observatory Airy soon gave See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of his remarkable See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of organization . The only See also:

• TELESCOPE

telescope erected in the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment when he took it in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge was the transit See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, and to this he vigorously devoted himself . By the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of a See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• WORK

work, and a careful See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of reduction, he was able to keep his observations reduced practically up to date, and published them annually with a degree of punctuality which astonished his contemporaries .

Before long a mural circle was installed, and regular observations were instituted with it in 1833 . In the same year the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• NORTHUMBERLAND
• NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN NEVILLE, EARL OF (c. 1430-1471)

Northumberland presented the Cambridge observatory with a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• OBJECT

object-See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass of 12 in. See also:

• APERTURE (from Lat. aperire, to open)

aperture, which was mounted according to Airy's designs and under his superintendence, although the erection was not completed until after his removal to See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich in 1835 . Airy's writings during this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time are divided between mathematical physics and astronomy . The former are for the m6st See also:

• PART

part concerned with questions See also:

• RELATING

relating to the theory of See also:

• TIGHE, MARY (1772-1810)

Tighe, arising out of his professorial lectures, among which may be specially mentioned his See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper " On the Diffraction of an Object-Glass with Circular Aperture." In 1831 the See also:

• COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON (1737—1815)

Copley See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal of the Royal Society was awarded to him for these researches . Of his astronomical writings during this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period the most important are his investigation of the See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of See also:

• JUPITER

Jupiter, his See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report to the British Association on the progress of astronomy during the 19th century, and his memoit On an Inequality of Long Period in the Motions of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

Earth and See also:

• VENUS

Venus . One of the sections of his able and instructive report was devoted to " A Comparison of the Progress of Astronomy in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England with that in other Countries," very much to the disadvantage of England . This reproach was subsequently to a See also:

• GREAT

great extent removed by his own labours . Airy's See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of a new inequality in the motions of Venus and the earth is in some respects his most remarkable achievement . In correcting the elements of See also:

• DELAMBRE, JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH (1749-1822)

Delambre's See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar tables he had been led to suspect an inequality overlooked by their constructor . The cause of this he did not long seek in vain: Eight times the mean See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion of Venus is so nearly equal. to thirteen times that of the earth that the difference amounts to only the 210th of the earth's mean motion, and from the fact that the See also:

• TERM

term depending on this difference, although very small in itself, receives in the integration of the See also:

• DIFFERENTIAL

differential equations a multiplier of about 2,200,000, Airy was led to infer the existence of a sensible inequality extending over 240 years (Phil . Trans. cxxii . 67) .

The investigation that brought about this result was probably the most laborious that had been made up to Airy's time in planetary theory, and represented the first specific improvement in the solar tables effected in England since the establishment of the theory of See also:

• GRAVITATION (from Lat. gravis, heavy)

gravitation . In recognition of this work the medal of the Royal Astronomical Society was awarded to him in 1833 . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1835 Airy was appointed Astronomer Royal in succession to See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• POND
• POND, JOHN (c. 1767-1836)

Pond, and thus commenced that long career of wisely directed and vigorously sustained See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry at the See also:

• NATIONAL

national observatory which, even more perhaps than his investigations in abstract See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science or theoretical astronomy, constitutes his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title to fame . The See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the observatory at the time of his appointment was such that See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• AUCKLAND
• AUCKLAND, GEORGE EDEN, EARL OF (1784-1849)
• AUCKLAND, WILLIAM EDEN, 1ST BARON (1745-1814)

Auckland, the first lord of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty, considered that " it ought to be cleared out," while Airy admitted that " it was in a queer See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state." With his usual See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy he set to work at once to reorganize the whole management . He remodelled the volumes of observations, put the library on a proper footing, mounted the new (See also:

• SHEEPSHANKS, JOHN (1787–1863)

Sheepshanks) See also:

• EQUATORIAL

equatorial and organized a new magnetic observatory . In 1847 an altazimuth was erected, designed by Airy to enable observations of the See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon to be made not only on the See also:

• MERIDIAN
• MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

meridian, but whenever she might be visible . In 1848 Airy invented the reflex See also:

• ZENITH (from the Arabic)

zenith See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube to replace the zenith sector previously employed . At the end of 185o the great transit circle of 8 in. aperture and 11 ft . 6 in. See also:

• FOCAL

focal length was erected, and is still the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal instrument of its class at the observatory . The mounting in 1859 of an equatorial of 13 in. aperture evoked the comment in his See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal for that year, " There is not now a single See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person employed or instrument used in the observatory which was there in Mr Pond's time "; and the transfcrmation was completed by the inauguration of spectroscopic work in 1868 and of the photo-graphic See also:

• REGISTRATION

registration of See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun-spots in 1873 . The formidable undertaking of reducing the accumulated planetary observations made at Greenwich from 1750 to 183o was already in progress under Airy's supervision when he became Astronomer Royal . Shortly afterwards he undertook the further laborious task of reducing the enormous mass of observations of the moon made at Greenwich during the same period under the direction, successively, of J .

See also:

• BRADLEY, GEORGE GRANVILLE (1821–1903)
• BRADLEY, JAMES (1693–1762)

Bradley, N . See also:

• BLISS, CORNELIUS NEWTON (1833– )

Bliss, N . See also:

• MASKELYNE, NEVIL (1732-1811)

Maskelyne and John Pond, to defray the expense of which a large sum of See also:

• MONEY

money was allotted by the See also:

• TREASURY

Treasury . As the result, no less than 8000 lunar observations were rescued from oblivion, and were, in 1846, placed at the disposal of astronomers in such a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form thatthey -could be used directly for comparison with the theory and for. the improvement of the tables of the moon's motion . For this work Airy received in 1848 a testimonial from the Royal Astronomical Society, and it at once led to the discovery by P . • A . See also:

• HANSEN, PETER ANDREAS (1795-1874)

Hansen of two new inequalities in the moon's motion . After completing these reductions, Airy made inquiries, before engaging in any theoretical investigation in connexion with them, whether any other mathematician was pursuing the subject, and learning that Hansen had taken it in See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand under the patronage of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, but that, owing to the See also:

• DEATH

death of the king and the consequent lack of funds, there was danger of his being compelled to abandon it, he applied to the admiralty on Hansen's behalf for the necessary sum . His See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request was immediately granted, and thus it came about that Hansen's famous Tables de la Lune werededicated to La Haute Amiraute de sa Majeste la Reine de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande . One of - the most remarkable of Airy's researches was his determination of the mean See also:

• DENSITY (Lat. densus, thick)

density of the earth . In 1826 the idea occurred to him of attacking this problem by means of pendulum- experiments at the t9p and bottom of a deep mine . His first See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt, made in the same year, at the Dolcoath mine in See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall, failed in consequence of an See also:

• ACCIDENT
• ACCIDENT (from Lat. accidere, to happen)

accident to one of the pendulums; a second attempt in 1828 was defeated by a flooding of the mine, and many years elapsed before another opportunity presented itself .

The experiments eventually took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at the See also:

• HATTON, JOHN LIPTROT (1809-1886)
• HATTON, SIR CHRISTOPHER (1540–1591)

Hatton See also:

• PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit near See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

Shields in 1854 . Their immediate result was to show that gravity at the bottom of the mine exceeded that at the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top by 19 li 8 6th of its amount, the See also:

• DEPTH

depth being 1256 ft . From this he was led to the final value of 6.566 for the mean density of the earth as compared with that of See also:

• WATER

water (Phil . Trans. cxlvi . 342) . This value, although considerably in excess of that previously found by different methods, was held by Airy, from the care and completeness with which the observations were carried out and discussed, to be " entitled to compete with the others on, at least, equal terms." In 1872 Airy conceived the idea of treating the lunar theory in a new way, and at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of seventy-one he embarked on the prodigious toil which this See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme entailed . A See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general description of his method will be found in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. xxxiv, No . 3 . It consisted essentially in the adoption of Delauny's final numerical expressions for See also:

• LONGITUDE (from Lat. longitudo, " length ")

longitude, See also:

• LATITUDE (Lat. latitudo, latus, broad)

latitude and See also:

• PARALLAX (Gr. aapa?X6, alternately)

parallax, with a symbolic term attached to each number, the value of which was to be determined by substitution in the equations of motion . In this mode of treats See also:

• ING

ing the question the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the terms is numerical, and though the amount of- labour is such- as might well have deterred a younger man, yet the details were easy, and a great part of it might be entrusted to a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere computer . The work was published in 1886, when its author was eighty-five- years of age . For some little time previously he had been harassed by a suspicion that certain errors had crept into the computations, and accordingly he addressed himself to the task of revision .

But his See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers were no longer what they had been, and he was never able to examine sufficiently into the See also:

• MATTER

matter . In 18go he tells us how a grievous See also:

• ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error had been committed in one of the first steps, and pathetically adds, " My - spirit in the work was broken, and I have never heartily proceeded- with it since." In188r See also:

• SIR

Sir George' Airy resigned the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of Astronomer Royal and resided at- the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House, Greenwich, not far from the Royal Observatory, until his death, which took place on the . 2nd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 5892: A See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of Airy's printed papers, numbering no less than 518, will be found in his Autobiography, edited in 1896 by his son, See also:

• WILFRID (c. 634-709)

Wilfrid Airy, B . A., M . Inst.C.E . Amongst the most important of his See also:

• WORKS

works not already mentioned may be named the following:—Mathematical Tracts (1826) on the Lunar Theory, Figure of the Earth, Precession and See also:

• NUTATION (from Lat. nutare, to nod)

Nutation, and Calculus of See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

Variations, to which, in the second edition of 1828, were added` tracts on the Planetary Theory and the Undulatory Theory of See also:

• LIGHT

Light; Experiments on See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron-built See also:

• SHIPS

Ships, instituted for the purpose of discovering a correction for the deviation of the See also:

• COMPASS (Fr. corn pas, ultimately from Lat. cum, with, and passus, step)

Compass produced by the Iron of the Ships (1839); On the Theoretical Explanation of an apparent new See also:

• POLARITY (Lat. polaris, poles, pole)

Polarity in Light (1840); Tides and Waves (1842)• He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1836, its See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president in 1871, and received both the Copley and Royal medals . He was five times president of the Royal Astronomical Society, was correspondent of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy and belonged to many other See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign and See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies . He was D.C.L. of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford and LL.D. of Cambridge and See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh . In 1872 he was made K.C.B . In the same year he was nominated a See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• CROSS

Cross in the Imperial Order of the See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

Rose of See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil; he also held the Prussian Order " Pour le Write," and belonged to the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and to the Order of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• STAR

Star of See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden and See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway . See also Prot . See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy .

Society, li . 1 (E . J . See also:

• ROUTH, EDWARD JOHN (1831—1907)
• ROUTH, MARTIN JOSEPH (1755–1854)

Routh) ; See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

Month . Notices Roy . Astr . Society, lii . 212; Observatory, xv . 74 (E . Dunkin); Nature, 31st of Oct . 1878 (A . Winnecke), 7th of See also:

• JAN

Jan .

1892; The Times, 5th of Jan . 1892; R . See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant's Hist. of Phys . Astronomy; R . P . See also:

• GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

Graves's See also:

• LIFE

Life of Sir W . Rowan See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton . (A . A .