George Biddell Airy

George Biddell Airy in 1891 Sir George Biddell Airy (; 27 July 18012 January 1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, as well as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1826 to 1828 and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. His many achievements include work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the Earth, a method of solution of two-dimensional problems in solid mechanics and, in his role as Astronomer Royal, establishing Greenwich as the location of the prime meridian. Provided by Wikipedia
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    On sound and atmospheric vibrations, with the mathematical elements of music / by Airy, George Biddell

    Published 1871
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    Treatise on magnetism / by Airy, George Biddell

    Published 1870
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