From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[3 December 1870]
Source of text:
RGO 6.382.356
Summary:
About the health of Richarda Airy and that of JH.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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About the health of Richarda Airy and that of JH.
Is sending on G. G. Stokes instructions about polarization; several expeditions have left for more southerly locations to observe the upcoming solar eclipse.
Is sending G. G. Stokes's instructions about polarization. Observation parties are off to Oran, Gibraltar and Cadiz.
Is sending two copies of his book on magnetism [Treatise on Magnetism (London, 1870)].
Thanking him for copies of books. People at Collingwood are gazing at the eclipse. Concerning the astatic needle.