From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.228 (C: RGO 6.376.360)
Summary:
Requesting advice on his reflex zenith tube. Regarding progress on 'Standards.'
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Requesting advice on his reflex zenith tube. Regarding progress on 'Standards.'
Wants one or more of JH's actinometers. Notes his suggestion about the zenith tube.
Relating his experiments with the zenith tube.
Has procured an actinometer and would like details of the scale.
Relating his experiences on his recent tours abroad.
Regarding experiments on the Mohamet's coffin theory. His son Wilfrid has won a scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge.