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* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Biddell_Airy George Biddel Airy] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Biddell_Airy George Biddel Airy] @ Wikipedia | ||
Latest revision as of 09:26, 18 September 2021
Sir George Biddell Airy KCB PRS (/ˈɛəri/; 27 July 1801 – 2 January 1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, 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.
His reputation has been tarnished by allegations that, through his inaction, Britain lost the opportunity of priority in the discovery of Neptune.
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Fiction cross-reference
- Crimes against astronomical constants
- Crimes against mathematical constants
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- George Biddel Airy @ Wikipedia