From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.207 (C: RGO 6.370.41)
Summary:
Encloses perturbation sheets for checking.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Encloses perturbation sheets for checking.
Has received further proof sheets of the perturbations from the printer. Regarding Isaac Newton's theory of the motion of the moon's apse.
Further regarding GA's defense of Isaac Newton's theory on the moon. J. H. Seyfforth's theories seem plausible. Ipswich Philosophical Society.
Regarding the annual equation of the moon's motion.
Regarding the annual equation of the moon's orbit.
Observations on JH's chapters [of Admiralty Manual?] received from the printers.
Comments on observational quality obtainable with the great telescope of William Parsons [Earl of Rosse].