| 2 | Creator: | Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sir George Biddell Airy Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1840-1890 | | | | Abstract: | The collection is divided into two series. The first contains disparate letters from Airy relating to his publications and his position as Astronomer Royal of England, with mentions of topics such as: electrical experiments, magnets, Observatoire de Paris, stars, and telescopes. Correspondents in this series include: Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Challis, Alexander S. Herschel, Balfour Stewart, Septimus Tebay, John Washington. The second series features a group of documents put together by George May of the Harton Colliery at South Shields (1889) relating to Airy's pendulum experiments at Harton Pit in 1854 to measure the density of the earth. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Ai7p | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892 | Anderson, C.W. | Anderson, William | Artifacts | Astronomy - Research - England | Beyond Early America | Brayley, E. W., (Edward Wedlake), 1773-1854 | Challis, James, 1803-1882 | Clippings. | Electricity - Experiments | Geology - Research - England | Geology, Structural | Herschel, Alexander Stewart, 1836-1907 | Magnetism - Experiments | Magnets | May, George, collector | Observatoire de Paris | Pendulum | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Stars -- Magnitudes. | Stewart, Balfour, 1828-1887 | Tebay, Septimus | Telescopes | |
| 3 | Creator: | Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Giambatista Beccaria Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1766-1780 | | | | Abstract: | The papers of the Italian natural philosopher and electrician, Giambatista Beccaria (1716-1781) contain letters to Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Banks, Laura Bassi, Gian Francesco Cigna, and others on a variety of scientific topics, including atmospheric and terrestrial electricity, the aurora borealis, earthquakes, meteorology, and phosphorescence. In addition to Beccaria's epistolary essays, the collection includes several journals of meteorological observations and notes for Giovanni Eandi's biography of Beccaria. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B385 | | | | Extent: | 0.75 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Auroras. | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 | Bassi, Laura, 1711-1778 | Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781 | Beyond Early America | Cigna, Gian Francesco, 1734-1790 | Eandi, Giuseppe Antonio Francesco Girolamo, 1735-1799 | Earthquakes--Early works to 1800 | Electricity--Early works to 1800 | Electricity--Experiments | Foreign Language | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Journals (notebooks) | Lightning | Lightning rods | Manuscript Essays | Meteorology--Italy--Observations | Phosphorescence | Physics--Early works to 1800 | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Scientific apparatus and instruments--18th century | Sketches. | Sunspots | |
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