William Radcliffe Birt

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William Radcliffe Birt (1804 — 1881) was an English amateur astronomer in the 19th century. His name is used for the Birt crater, a minor crater on the Moon. Birt worked extensively with John Herschel, carrying out a great deal of meteorogical research on atmospheric waves, from 1843 to 1850. A lot of his work is held in the Scientist's Collection at the American Philosophical Society.

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• Vladimir Jankovic, 'John Herschel's and William Radcliffe Birt's research on atmospheric waves'
• Scientists Collection
• Works by William Radcliffe Birt at Project Gutenberg