Andrew Ainslie Common
1841 - 1903
- Born
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07 August 1841
Oxford Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
- Died
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02/06/1903
His house, 63 Eaton Rise, Ealing, Middlesex
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 04/06/1885
- Fields of Interest
- Astronomy
- Occupation
- Celestial photography; Astronomer; Merchant
- Relationships
- Son of Thomas Common, surgeon, of Newcastle; married Ann Matthews of Gayton, Norfolk 18 July 1867; one son, three daughters
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
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Paper, 'Note on the necessity of using well-annealed and homogeneous glass for the mirrors of telescopes' by Andrew Ainslie Common
Creator: Andrew Ainslie Common Reference number: PP/18/12
Referee of
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Referee's report by Andrew Ainslie Common, on a paper 'On a photographic method for determining variability in stars' by Isaac Roberts
Creator: Andrew Ainslie Common Reference number: RR/10/372 -
Referee's report by Andrew Ainslie Common, on a paper 'On the method of examination of photographic objectives at the Kew Observatory' by L Darwin
Creator: Andrew Ainslie Common Reference number: RR/11/137 -
Referee's report by Andrew Ainslie Common, on a paper 'Stellar photometry' by W J Dibdin
Creator: Andrew Ainslie Common Reference number: RR/11/139 -
Referee's report by Andrew Ainslie Common, on a paper 'Preliminary report on the results obtained with the prismatic cameras during the total eclipse of the Sun, April 16, 1893' by Joseph Norman Lockyer
Creator: Andrew Ainslie Common Reference number: RR/12/187 -
Referee's report by Andrew Ainslie Common, on a paper 'On the photographic spectrum of the great nebula in Orion' by Joseph Norman Lockyer
Creator: Andrew Ainslie Common Reference number: RR/12/189