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Authorised form of nameBaily; Francis (1774 - 1844); astronomer
Dates1774 - 1844
NationalityBritish
Place of birthNewbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Date of birth28 April 1774
Place of deathLondon, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Date of death30 August 1844
Dates and placesBurial:
St Mary's Church, Thatcham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
OccupationStockbroker; Astronomer
Research fieldAstronomy
Metrology
ActivityEducation:
Grammar School, Newbury
Career:
Apprenticeship (1788-1795) at a mercantile house based in City of London; travelled to North America (1796); became an active stockbroker (c.1798) and published multiple works on life-contingencies; gave up working in the stock market and became a full-time astronomer (1825); contributed and edited catalogues, including Joseph de Lalande's (FRS 1763) and Nicolas de Lacaille's (FRS 1760) star catalogues, and compiled the British Association's 'Catalogue of 8377 stars' (1845)
Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (founding member; later president); Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election22/02/1821
Age at election46
Royal Society activityRoyal Society roles:
Sworn into Council 1 December 1832 ; Treasurer 1835-1838; VP 1832-1834, 1835-1840, 1842-1843
Committee and panels:
Catalogue Committee (appointed 9 February 1832) ; Telescope Committee (appointed 8th December 1831) ; Meteorological Committee (appointed 22 December 1831) ; Medal Committee (appointed 9 December 1830) ; Excise Committee ; Report of the Hydrometer Committee ; Committee of Mathematics (31 May 1837) ; Committee of Physics (31 May 1837) ; Committee of Astronomy (31 May 1837)
RelationshipsParents: Richard Baily (1744-1814); Sarah Head (1745-1823)
Siblings: Elizabeth Baily;
Published worksRCN: 26082
RCN: 28381
RCN: 26078
RCN: 26084
General contextBaily's journey to North America stemmed from both commerical and personal interest - he wanted to expand the international interests of the mercantile house in London that he had worked at, and in addition he shared republican views and wanted to initiate the process to obtain American citizenship. This, however, failed. Baily documented his travels in journals which were posthumously published under the title 'Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North America in 1796 and 1797', edited by Professor De Morgan. In these journals he expresses his views on the value of education and his opposition to slavery. After returning to the UK in early 1798, he volunteered to travel for the African Association [Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa] for an expedition of Niger. However, the funds for this trip could not be raised so he remained in England.
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SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; ODNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1844 No 60 pp 524-525
References:
Craik, A D D. 2002. 'James Ivory's last papers on the 'Figure of the Earth' (with biographical additions)' in Notes and Records, vol. 56, pp. 187-204
Rothman, P. 2000. 'By 'the light of his own mind': the story of James Ferguson, astronomer', in Notes and Records, vol. 54, pp 33-45
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/37072338
Royal Society codeNA6486
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1820/23Baily, Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society
HS/3/67Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel28 January 1827
MM/9/43Letter from Francis Baily, 37 Tavistock Place, to Edward Cooper16 September 1835
DM/4/102Copy of a letter from Davies Gilbert, President, Royal Society, to Francis Baily1830
MM/12/35Letter from Francis Baily to P M Roget6 December 1837
DM/1/19Letter from Francis Baily, 37 Tavistock Square, to James Hudson, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society9 March 1831
DM/3/143Summation of a report of the Pendulum Committee 11 June 1829
DM/4/101Letter from Francis Baily to Davies Gilbert, President, Royal Society5 November 1830
DM/4/96Letter from Charles Rumker to Davies Gilbert, President, Royal Society25 June 1830
DM/2/39Report of the Lottery Office Committee21 March 1828
CMB/42/2/7Minutes, meeting of the Royal Medal Committee25 November 1834
CMB/42/2/1Minutes from the Medal Committee10 December 1832
IM/000187Baily, Francisnd
RR/1/56Referee's report by Francis Baily and Richard Sheepshanks, on a unnamed paper by Demouville25 July 1833
MS/123/2Letter from the Duke of Sussex to John George Children, British Museum, London30 October 1832
HS/3/168Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough29 November 1839
HS/3/273Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place12 February 1844
MS/257/1/75Letter from Francis Baily, 37 Tavistock Place to [A] Miles9 July 1839
MC/2/232Letter from William Prout, Sackville Street, to Francis Baily, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]25 November 1836
MS/426/215Copy letter from [Charles Richard Weld, the Assistant Secretary of] the Royal Society; to Miss Baily21 July 1846
MC/2/211Letter from [Joseph Barclay] Pentland, 6 Willow Place, London, to Francis Baily, [Treasurer and] Vice-President of the Royal Society6 June 1836
HS/3/77Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily21 April 1828
DM/2/34'Memorandum about rooms being set aside by the Royal Society for the use of the Royal Astronomical Society'20 September 1834
CMB/42/2/4Minutes, meeting of the Royal Medal Committee in Astronomy13 April 1833
MC/2/148Letter from William Whewell, Trinity College Cambridge, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society26 November 1834
CMP/1/1Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society1 December 1832
MM/12/24Letter from J G Children, British Museum, to Francis Baily18 July 1836
RR/1/252Referee's report by Francis Baily, on two papers 'On the span of exchange' and 'On the English standards' by Trevor11 January 1833
CMP/1/2Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society13 December 1832
NLB/15/177Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to the Government Astronomer, the Observatory, Madras [Chennai]8 July 1897
PT/5/13Paper, 'On the solar eclipse which is said to have been predicted by Thales' by Francis BailyNovember 1810
MC/1/39Letter from Francis Baily, Grays Inn, to the Royal Society 28 March 1811
PT/5/13/1Manuscript, 'On the solar eclipse which is said to have been predicted by Thales' by Francis BailyNovember 1810
PT/5/13/2Plate, 'The path of the moon's umbra in the eclipse which happened September 30 610 BC' by unknown artist1810
MC/3/176Letter from Henry Raper, Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society22 June 1841
MC/1/139Letter from Rev. George Fisher, Stansted Vicarage, Essex, to Captain Edward Sabine20 February 1826
PT/20/8/5Plate, brass or steel rod with sphere at centre of oscillation by unknown artist[1832]
MC/1/155Letter from [George Biddell] Airy, Trinity College Cambridge, to Francis Baily, 37 Tavistock Place22 January 1828
MC/4/23Letter from Francis Baily, 37 Tavistock Place, to Dr [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society2 May 1844
PT/20/8Paper, 'On the correction of a pendulum for the reduction to a vacuum: together with remarks on some anomalies observed in pendulum experiments' by F [Francis] Baily[1832]
PT/26/15Paper, 'Contributions to the chemical history of the compounds of palladium and platinum' by Robert Kane[1842]
PT/20/8/2Plate, brass tube and iron frame on vacuum apparatus by unknown artist[1832]
PT/20/8/1Manuscript, 'On the correction of a pendulum for the reduction to a vacuum: together with remarks on some anomalies observed in pendulum experiments' by F [Francis] Baily[1832]
PT/20/8/4Plate, brass or steel rod with sphere at end by unknown artist[1832]
PT/20/8/3Plate, knife edges of convertible pendulum by unknown artist[1832]
MC/1/285Letter from Francis Baily, 37 Tavistock Place, to Davies Gilbert25 February 1831
RR/1/28Referee's report by Francis Baily, on a paper 'Proposal for a new method of determining the longitude, by an absolute altitude of the moon' by John Christian Bowring31 March 1838
MC/2Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1832-1838
MC/2/62Letter from Francis Baily, 37 Tavistock Place, to John George Children, Secretary of the Royal Society26 October 1832
MC/2/147Letter from George Peacock, Trinity College Cambridge, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society26 November 1834
MC/2/196Letter from Dr. Peter Mark Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society], to Francis Baily, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]3 March 1836
MC/2/252Letter from Charles Few to Francis Baily, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]4 May 1837
MC/2/267Letter from [Heinrich Christian] Schumacher, Altona, to Francis Baily, Vice-President and Treasurer of the Royal Society29 December 1837
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/3/146Letter from George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to Francis Baily, Chairman of the Committee of Astronomy12 March 1841
HS/3/52Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn20 May 1822
MC/3/169Letter from Francis Baily, 37 Tavistock Place, to Samuel Hunter Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society10 June 1841
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
HS/3/234Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood24 February 1843
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
HS/3/80Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel17 June 1828
AP/8/3Unpublished paper, 'On a new method of calculating the value of life-annuities' by Francis Baily14 May 1812
RR/1/74Referee's report by Francis Baily, on a paper 'Experiments on the vibration of the pendulum' by William James Frodsham9 July 1838
RR/1/8Referee's report by Francis Baily and Richard Sheepshanks, on a paper 'An account of the construction of a fluid lens refracting telescope of eight inches aperture, and eight feet and three quarters length, made for the Royal Society by George Dollond, Esq. F. R. S' by Peter Barlow 29 January 1833
AP/23/24Unpublished paper, 'Description of a calculating machine, invented by Mr Thomas Fowler, of Torrington in Devonshire [England]' by Augustus de MorganJune 1840
MS/257/1/74Letter from Francis Baily, 37 Tavistock Place to [Francis] Beaufort1 June 1833
PT/23/7Paper, 'Contributions to the chemical history of archil [orchil] and litmus' by Robert Kane21 April 1840
HS/3/144Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily17 September 1838
HS/3/130Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen4 December 1835
HS/3/186Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place11 November 1840
MS/257/1/73Letter from Francis Baily, 37 Tavistock Place to Edward Sabine21 September 1829
HS/3/269Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place22 January 1844
HS/3/232Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at [Collingwood]10 November 1842
HS/3/264Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place22 November 1843
HS/3/61Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn4 October 1825
HS/3/225Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Milan10 July 1842
HS/3/132Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen27 February 1836
HS/3/50Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn8 March 1822
HS/3/158Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough28 April 1839
HS/3/37Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn11 March 1820
HS/3/226Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place26 August 1842
HS/3/237Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place4 March 1843
HS/3/251Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood4 July 1843
HS/3/35Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn24 January 1820
HS/3/125Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen12 March 1835
HS/25/8/53Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood1843-3
HS/3/40Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn19 March 1821
HS/3/266Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place16 December 1843
HS/3/265Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood14 December 1843
HS/3/83Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place14 July 1828
HS/3/193Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood10 December 1840
HS/3/162Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily27 September 1839
HS/3/203Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily10 April 1841
HS/3/102Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily19 December 1831
HS/3/195Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood30 December 1840
HS/3/245Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood9 May 1843
HS/3/164Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London15 November 1839
HS/3/51Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn26 March 1822
HS/3/146Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place24 October 1838
HS/19/203Notes on the solar eclipse of 8 July 1842, from Francis Baily to Sir John Frederick William Herschel26 August 1842
HS/3/119Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Portsmouth12 November 1833
HS/3/44Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn10 November 1821
HS/3/238Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood15 March 1843
HS/3/277Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel19th century
HS/3/157Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London15 April 1839
HS/3/101Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place5 August 1831
HS/3/88Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place15 February 1829
HS/3/109Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place22 April 1832
HS/3/242Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place25 March 1843
HS/3/259Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood13 September 1843
HS/3/62Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn31 October 1825
HS/3/256Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood14 August 1843
HS/3/56Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn20 February 1824
HS/3/145Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough23 October 1838
HS/3/204Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place15 April 1841
HS/3/89Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place10 November 1829
HS/3/96Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London21 May 1831
HS/3/151Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough15 February 1839
HS/3/240Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place20 March 1843
HS/3/72Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place7 January 1828
HS/3/252Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place22 July 1843
HS/3/260Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place18 September 1843
HS/3/161Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place24 September 1839
HS/3/127Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London14 July 1835
HS/3/57Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn28 February 1825
HS/3/276Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel19th century
HS/3/280Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily13? March 1843
HS/3/272Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood11 February 1844
HS/3/208Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily8 June 1841
HS/3/206Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place22 May 1841
HS/3/227Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood27 August 1842
HS/3/85Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London22 August 1828
HS/3/192Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place27 November 1840
HS/3/281Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis BailyMarch 1843
HS/3/165Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough17 November 1839
HS/3/117Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place19 September 1833
HS/3/104Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Windsor1 January 1832
HS/3/279Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel19th century
HS/3/241Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place22 March 1843
HS/3/60Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn31 May 1825
HS/3/176Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London19 February 1840
HS/3/236Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place25 February 1843
HS/3/230Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place13 September 1842
HS/3/245aCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood10 May 1843
HS/3/53Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn29 June 1822
HS/3/123Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen22 October 1834
HS/3/278Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel19th century
HS/3/134Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London8 July 1836
HS/3/255Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place5 August 1843
HS/3/115Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily3 August 1833
HS/3/39Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn17 February 1821
HS/3/235Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily25 February 1843
HS/3/147Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place12 January 1839
HS/3/49Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn6 March 1822
HS/3/43Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn4 June 1821
HS/3/133Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London2 May 1836
HS/3/254Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place25 July 1843
HS/3/216Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood6 August 1841
HS/3/138Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen1 March 1837
HS/3/36Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn22 February 1820
HS/3/78Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place10 May 1828
HS/3/283Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily1839[?]
HS/3/229Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood1 September 1842
HS/3/98Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily8 June 1831
HS/3/92Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough19 December 1830
HS/3/178Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place6 March 1840
HS/3/284Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily19th century
HS/3/84Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel26 July 1828
HS/3/93Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place19 February 1831
HS/3/140Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London26 June 1837
HS/3/262Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place9 October 1843
HS/3/41Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn19 April 1821
HS/3/263Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place8 November 1843
HS/3/148Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough14 January 1839
HS/3/267Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock PlaceDecember 1843
HS/3/219Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place14 October 1841
HS/3/211Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place24 July 1841
HS/3/173Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place7 January 1840
HS/3/285Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis BailyMarch 1842 [?]
HS/3/199Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place28 January 1841
HS/3/275Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place25 March 1844
HS/3/223Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place19 January 1842
HS/3/231Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place7 November 1842
HS/3/194Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place15 December 1840
HS/3/271Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place10 February 1844
HS/3/200Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily2 April 1841
HS/3/118Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough21 October 1833
HS/3/171Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London3 January 1840
HS/3/47Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn9 February 1822
HS/3/174Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place3 February 1840
HS/3/86Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at East Titherley House18 September 1828
HS/3/233Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place2 January 1843
HS/3/268Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place16 January 1844
HS/3/59Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn17 May 1825
HS/3/188Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily23 November 1840
HS/3/222Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place13 November 1841
HS/3/112Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place21 May 1832
HS/3/155Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough9 April 1839
HS/3/87Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London21 October 1828
HS/3/220Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place9 November 1841
HS/3/139Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen7 April 1837
HS/3/179Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place21 March 1840
HS/3/250Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place28 June 1843
HS/3/136Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London1 December 1836
HS/3/215Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood28 July 1841
HS/3/135Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London16 August 1836
HS/3/45Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn4 January 1822
HS/3/246Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place17 May 1843
HS/3/166Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough17 November 1839
HS/3/239Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place17 March 1843
HS/3/248Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place22 May 1843
HS/3/58Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn28 March 1825
HS/3/181Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place20 April 1840
HS/3/131Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London18 January 1836
HS/3/198Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at [Collingwood]26 January 1841
HS/3/187Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place20 November 1840
HS/3/124Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen10 March 1835
HS/3/107Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough18 March 1832
HS/3/210Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood15 June 1841
HS/3/154Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London2 March 1839
HS/3/207Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily26 May 1841
HS/3/180Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at [Collingwood]14 April 1840
HS/3/217Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place30 September 1841
HS/3/128Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen17 August 1835
HS/3/70Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough20 December 1827
HS/3/126Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen19 May 1835
HS/3/82Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough11 July 1828
HS/3/73Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place26 January 1828
HS/3/228Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place29 August 1842
HS/3/111Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough17 May 1832
HS/3/71Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London29 December 1827
HS/3/253Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place24 July 1843
HS/3/69Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place6 November 1827
HS/3/75Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place20 March 1828
HS/3/261Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood8 October 1843
HS/3/116Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough15 October 1833
HS/3/103Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place24 December 1831
HS/3/212Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood25 July 1841
HS/3/153Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough26 February 1839
HS/3/33Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at [Slough]1819
HS/3/150Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel15 February 1839
HS/3/74Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough12 March 1828
HS/3/113Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London18 December 1832
HS/3/201Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood2 April 1841
HS/3/108Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough19 March 1832
HS/3/189Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily23 November 1840
HS/3/65Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough2 April 1826
HS/3/129Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen22 October 1835
HS/3/183Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood8 June 1840
HS/3/185Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood8 November 1840
HS/3/122Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London18 August 1834
HS/3/110Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough24 April 1832
HS/3/152Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place25 February 1839
HS/3/218Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood11 October 1841
HS/3/257Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place22 August 1843
HS/3/191Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place25 November 1840
HS/3/172Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at [Slough]4 January 1840
HS/3/221Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood11 November 1841
HS/3/184Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place10 July 1840
HS/25/3/20Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen11 July 1834
HS/25/14/2Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to [Francis Baily?]1842?
HS/19/188Draft epitaph to F[rancis] Baily, by Sir John Frederick William Herschel13 March 1845
HS/25/1/22Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough21 February 1831
HS/25/8/36Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood9 April 1841
HS/13/412Letter, from Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana to [Francis] Baily, dated at Turin, Italy16 August 1824
HS/22/42Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough9 February 1840
HS/14/177Letter, from Jean Louis Pons to Francis Baily, dated at Marlia17 July 1824
HS/3/170Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London6 December 1839
HS/3/270Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place29 January 1844
HS/21/118Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough21 October 1832
HS/25/8/65Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at [Collingwood]1840-4
HS/25/2/3Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough8 April 1831
HS/3/114Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place29 January 1833
HS/25/1/19Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough10 February 1831
HS/21/245Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily17 May 1838
HS/3/34Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn22 January 1820
HS/3/46Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn4 February 1822
HS/3/66Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Devonshire St.22 April 1826
HS/25/8/52Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood23? March 1843
HS/3/141Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen16 December 1837
HS/3/214Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place27 July 1841
HS/3/202Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place6 April 1841
HS/3/55Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn18 February 1823
HS/3/137Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London8 December 1836
HS/3/163Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London11 November 1839
HS/25/8/13Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at London16? September 1838
HS/3/81Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Kensington29 June 1828
HS/3/282Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily1847[?]
HS/25/8/62Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at [Collingwood]1843-4
HS/3/209Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place12 June 1841
HS/25/14/5Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood1840-12?
HS/3/159Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough28 April 1839
HS/3/76Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place17 April 1828
HS/3/97Extracts from letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily8 June 1831
HS/3/249Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place26 May 1843
HS/3/100Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London27 July 1831
HS/3/213Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place26 July 1841
HS/3/156Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London13 April 1839
HS/3/94Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel1 March 1831
HS/3/68Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London28 August 1827
HS/3/167Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Society28 November 1839
HS/3/258Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place12 September 1843
HS/3/190Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place24 November 1840
HS/3/160Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough12 August 1839
HS/3/224Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood21 January 1842
HS/3/38Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn19 June 1820
HS/25/8/57Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood23? July 1843
HS/3/79Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough12 May 1828
HS/3/169Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at London2 December 1839
HS/3/54Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn30 July 1822
HS/3/91Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough11 November 1829
HS/3/48Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gray's Inn12 February 1822
HS/3/149Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place20 January 1839
HS/3/64Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place1 April 1826
HS/3/142Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place30 August 1838
HS/3/42Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily29 May 1821
HS/3/63Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place2 March 1826
HS/3/274Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place15 February 1844
HS/3/182Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily6 May 1840
HS/27/14Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at [London]25 November 1826
HS/3/177Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel4 March 1840
HS/3/90Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough11 November 1829
HS/3/120Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Cape Town23 January 1834
HS/27/7Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at Somerset House23 November 1826
HS/3/99Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place10 June 1831
HS/3/95Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel19 May 1831
HS/3/143Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at 10 Hanover Terrace2 September 1838
HS/3/105Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Windsor1 January 1832
HS/3/247Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood21 May 1843
HS/3/175Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place8 February 1840
HS/3/121Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place12 February 1834
HS/3/197Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place9 January 1841
HS/3/244Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place25 April 1843
HS/3/196Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place2 January 1841
HS/3/106Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place18 March 1832
HS/3/243Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place1 April 1843
HS/25/2/6Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough13 May 1831
HS/25/8Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to Francis Baily, from 23 January 1834 to 10 November 18421873
HS/27/8Extract from letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at [London]25 November 1826
HS/25/8/2Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen22 October 1834
HS/25/8/46Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood27 August 1842
HS/25/8/6Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen17 August 1835
HS/25/8/7Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen22 October 1835
HS/25/8/8Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen4 December 1835
HS/25/8/9Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen1 March 1837
HS/20/118Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily29 May 1821
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