Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 1777-1855.
Carl F. Gauss papers.
Very large collection, includes manuscripts on physics (37 folders) particularly electromagnetism, geomagnetism, metrology; astronomy (80 folders); geodesics (200 folders); mathematics (50 folders); manuscripts of published works; 10 notebooks; correspondence (about 1500 folders in 80 boxes) with Airy, Bessel, Crelle, Herschel, Jacobi, Kupffer, Olbers, Petersen, Struve, Schumacher, Gerling, Harding, among others.
German mathematician (mathematics, mathematical physics, astronomy, geophysics). Studied: Collegium Carolinum (Brunswick) 1792-1795; University of Gt̲tingen 1795-1798; private researcher 1898-1806; University of Gt̲tingen 1807 Director of Observatory and o. professor of mathematics.
Airy, George Biddell, 1801-1892
Astronomy
Electromagnetism.
Geodesy.
Geomagnetism
Mathematics
Mensuration.
Physics
Science.
Notebooks. aat
Mathematicians -- Germany.
Metrology. phys-t
Bessel.
Crelle.
Gerling.
Harding.
Herschel.
Jacobi.
Kupffer.
Olbers, W. (Wilhelm), 1758-1840.
Petersen.
Schumacher.
Struve.
AIP-ICOS
Niedersc̃hsische Staats-und Universitt̃sbibliothek Gt̲tingen. Abteilung f r Handschriften und seltene Drucke. Papendiek 14, D-37073 Gt̲tingen