The Historical Meridian: Antiquity and Scripture in the Public Work of George Biddell Airy
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DOI: 10.1177/0021828618773173
Abstract: George Airy, the Astronomer Royal between 1835 and 1881, was the most prolific public scientist and governmental adviser in nineteenth-century Britain. His contributions to parliamentary commissions, like his management of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich,… read more here.
Keywords: work; antiquity scripture; meridian antiquity; scripture public ... See more keywords