Talk:George Biddell Airy

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In this mode of treating the question the order of the terms is numerical, and though the amount of labour is such as might well have deterred a younger man, yet the details were easy, and a great part of it might be entrusted to a mere computer.

In 1911, computer of course had a different meaning! How shall we edit this passage?

Sebastjan

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Lest too many laurels be laid on Airy: he had seriously underadvised Bouch on the Tay's winds; he had believed the Crystal Palace would blow away; and that transatlantic cables would not work even if could lay one. Kwantus 05:05, 2005 Jan 13 (UTC)

And talked the government into cutting off funding for Charles Babbage's computer experiments, right? DanielCristofani 08:05, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

On that last, I'd recommend reading Doron Swade's historiography on Babbage's story and the sources used to write about it (Computer Resurrection 32 (2004), 18-27) [1]. Joseph Myers 09:29, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

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Airy's hypothesis for isostasy

perhaps someone would add something about this too. i think it is quite significant

--- Agreed, this was a fundamental contribution to Earth science, and what I was looking for here. While I'm here, there is an inappropriate finishing line about child molestation on this page at the moment that needs to go.