Orwell Astronomical Society (Ipswich)
Wilfrid Airy's Pesonal Scrapbook
The Airy family has kindly donated Wilfrid's scrapbook of papers and articles for safe keeping in the OASI library. The contents are catalogued below. Articles of astronomical interest are highlighted in red.
16.10.1868
The Engineer
On Safety Grates for Manholes in Streets
27.11.1868
The Engineer
Solar Eclipses
30.04.1869
The Engineer
Notes on Railway Construction I
14.05.1869
The Engineer
Notes on Railway Construction II
09.07.1869
The Engineer
Notes on Railway Construction III
08.10.1869
The Engineer
Notes on Railway Construction IV
1869
Booklet printed by Willis, Sotheran and Co.
The Spiral Pump applied as a force pump, a suction pump or a mercury pump with remarks on the theory of the machine, formulae for calculation etc.
1869
Minutes of the Institution of Civil Engineers, paper no. 1184
On the Experimental Determination of the Strains on the Suspension Ties of a Bow String Girder.
1870
Reprint from Engineering
The Scoop-Wheel. Remarks on the construction of the course and designs for a new and improved scoop-wheel.
1870
Reprint from Engineering
Iron Arches. The practical theory of the continuous arch.
1871
Minutes of the Institution of Civil Engineers, paper no. 1207
On the Archimedean Screw for Lifting Water, II Centrifugal Pumps
02.10.1874
Engineering
The Orwell Park Observatory
13.08.1875
Engineering
Somerley Bridge
09.06.1876
Engineering
Imperial Standards of Length – News Report.
W Airy noted as superintendent of bronze work for Messrs Troughton & Simms for public standard granite inset on the north side of Trafalgar Square.
1876
Minutes of the Institution of Civil Engineers, paper no. 1457
On the Probable Errors of Levelling with rules for the treatment of accumulated errors
1879
Minutes of the Institution of Civil Engineers, paper no. 1588
On the Slopes of Cuttings
1890
Minutes of the Institution of Civil Engineers, paper no. 2417
On the Actions of Quicksands
1890
Minutes of the Institution of Civil Engineers, paper no. 2418
On the Probable Errors of Surveying by Vertical Angles
1892
Minutes of the Institution of Civil Engineers, paper no. 2574
On Weighing-Machines
1898
Minutes of the Institution of Civil Engineers, paper no. 3049
On the Pressure of Grain
1899
Minutes of the Institution of Civil Engineers, paper no. 3169
Note on the Pressure of Grain
1901
Institute of Civil Engineers
Geodesy. An address delivered to the students of the Institute of Civil Engineers 11 January 1901.
1904
Minutes of the Institution of Civil Engineers, paper no. 3476
The Strength of Brick Walls to Resist Wind-Pressure
06.01.1905
Engineering
The Problem of Grain Pressure
12.03.1909
Reprint from Engineering
The History of Land Measurement in England
1909
Minutes of the Institution of Civil Engineers, paper no. 3836
On the Origin of the British Measures of Capacity, Weight and Length
1911
Minutes of the Institution of Civil Engineers, paper no. 3947
On the Extensive Use of the Avoirdupois Pound in the Ancient British Period
1913, September
Letter to The Monthly Review
An Ancient Weight
1913
Minutes of the Institution of Civil Engineers, paper no. 4025
On the Ancient Weights of Britain
1914, April
Letter to The Monthly Review
Kilmarnock Bronze Weights
1915, December
Letter to The Monthly Review
A Roman Measure
1916, January
Letter to The Monthly Review
Capacities of the Ephah and Hin In Leviticus XIX
1916, July
Extract from Quarterly Statement of Palestine Exploration
Miscellaneous Ancient Weights in the Palestine Exploration Fund Museum
1906 - 1911
Report of Proceedings under the Weights and Measures Acts, Appendix No. 15
Knife Edge Friction
Undated
Reprint from Engineering
Notes on the Flowage of Water in Pipes
Undated
Reprint from The Engineer
On Specifications for Rails
Undated
Privately printed booklet
On the Trade Weights of the East
Ken Goward, FRAS