From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0507; Reel 1093
Summary:
Acknowledges receipt of letter and papers from G. A. Erman.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Acknowledges receipt of letter and papers from G. A. Erman.
B.A.A.S. in Liverpool approved £50 grant to G. A. Erman, to be administered by Erman and JH, for computation of Gaussian constant for 1839.
Explains error in B.A.A.S. report on grant for G. A. Erman. Will notify George Griffith.
Comments on JH's concerns about actinometric measurements [see JH's 1870-9-20]; recommends the study of periodicity of waves on Atlantic Coast.
Reports on status of John Robinson's eye following cataract surgery.