George Biddell Airy
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Sir George Biddell Airy 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 ach
George Biddell Airy in 1891
George Biddell Airy
Airy's Transit Circle in the Transit Circle Room of the Royal Greenwich Observatory; for a hundred years from 1884 to 1984, it marked the Prime meridian of the world, or more accurately, the Prime Meridian was marked by or derived from it.
The Prime Meridian in Greenwich (1884–1984); the telescope shown above left is behind the glass
Royal Astronomical Society
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The Royal Astronomical Society is a learned society and charity that encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science. Its headq
Entrance to the Royal Astronomical Society at Burlington House, London
The Royal Astronomical Society at the University of London History Day, 2016.
The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society awarded to Asaph Hall
The council room at the RAS