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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[28 September 1847]
Source of text:
RGO 6.56.272
Summary:

Will be happy to supply a copy of the Cape Results [see GA's 1847-9-27]; the next asteroid should be called Flora, to provide 'young goddesses for Mars and Jupiter to admire.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 September 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.183 (C: RGO 6.56.271)
Summary:

Wants a copy of his Cape Results for his assistant. Would he continue to observe the duration of annularity in the coming eclipse?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 September 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.184 (C: RGO 6.56.274)
Summary:

Regarding a letter from the Newcastle Philosophical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project