Nature November 11th 1875
The conferring of the Freedom of the City of London on Sir
George B Airy, the Astronomer Royal, and late President of the Royal Society,
which took place on Thursday last is, we believe, the first instance in which
that honour has been bestowed for scientific services unconnected with military
or engineering science.
In the civic speeches which accompanied the ceremony, great
stress was laid on Sir G B Airy’s service in connection with the Metric
Standard.
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