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Herschel8936

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Date:
1862-[3]
Source of text:
Manchester Philosophical Society Proceedings, 2 (1862), 215-7
Summary:

Responds to some erroneous claims made at the Society regarding JH's views in meteorology, e.g., JH asserts his support for the Hadleian theory of winds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8955

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Date:
[2 February 1867]
Source of text:
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Proceedings, 6 (1867), 91-3 & Revu
Summary:

Notes that JH had pointed out the perpendicularity of the direction of wind to the direction of a wavefront's advance. Encourages research on the causes of such meteorological phenomena.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8957

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Date:
[28 April 1868]
Source of text:
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Proceedings, 7 (1868), 193
Summary:

Attempts to clear up a misstatement made before the Society by J. C. Dyer concerning JH's views in regard to optics, especially in relation to the luminiferous ether.

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John Herschel Project
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