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Herschel11249

From:
William Lassell
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[14 August 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.140
Summary:

Believes he has discovered a second satellite of Neptune; gives readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12600

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[8 September 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0020; Reel 1054
Summary:

Humphrey Lloyd wants R.S.L. and B.A.A.S. committees on magnetism to meet together at B.A.A.S. meeting in Leeds. JH suggests inviting Edward Sabine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel130

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.212.342
Summary:

Informs JH that GA (and his assistants) have been making pendulum observations in a coal pit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel132

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[28 May 1850]
Source of text:
RGO 6.97.135
Summary:

Sends on announcement of 'new planet Parthenope' from Annibal de Gasparis at Naples.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel133

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 May 1850]
Source of text:
RGO 6.97.137
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of JH's 1850-5-28; GA will pass on the news to some others.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13366

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[21 March 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0595; Reel 1089
Summary:

Details of how coins are tested and stamped for weight. Procedures are not regulated, and variances are common. Encloses Mr. Miller's letter on decimal coinage. [JH annotation: 'Substance sent to Airy March 21 / 53 but altogether diff in form and wording.']

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel145

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[25 January 1858]
Source of text:
RGO 6.694.471
Summary:

Thanks GA for a letter of introduction to friends in Rome [used by JH's daughter Margaret Louisa and her new husband, Reginald Dyke Marshall]; JH is willing to serve on a committee with GA and others if he does not have to go to London for meetings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel146

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
1858-5-12 or earlier
Source of text:
RGO 6.694.492
Summary:

Suggests GA alter some phraseology and tone in his response [see GA's 1858-5-4] to Edward Sabine's report on magnetic observatories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14691

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 February 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0656; Reel 1084
Summary:

Agenda items for 2 Mar. 1853 meeting of Commission for Restoration of Standards of Lengths and Weights.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel147

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[26 June 1858]
Source of text:
RGO 6.694.500
Summary:

Intends to set up a meeting with appropriate members of the B.A.A.S., in order to prepare presentation about magnetic observatories for the B.A.A.S. meetings in Leeds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel150

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[18 December 1858]
Source of text:
RGO 6.694.530
Summary:

Asks GA to help in determining cost of one observation station in Peking [see Richard Owen's 1858-12-18].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel151

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1858]
Source of text:
RGO 6.694.533
Summary:

Given the Treasury stance [see Richard Owen's 1858-12-18], GA sees little point in setting up one station [see JH's 1858-12-18].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1783

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0635.1 (C: RGO 6.341.18)
Summary:

Writes to inquire as to the whereabouts of the Richard Sheepshanks's papers [see GA's 1851-11-25].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1784

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 February 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0635.2
Summary:

Would like the brief version of Richard Sheepshanks's paper to send to William Parsons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1785

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0635.3
Summary:

A notice of meeting of the Standards Committee.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1786

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0635.4 (C: RGO 6.341.23)
Summary:

Is asking JH to bring the long version of Richard Sheepshanks's paper to the next meeting of the Standards Committee [see JH's 1852-2-11].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1787

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0635.5 (C: RGO 6.341.24)
Summary:

Agrees with JH's idea of decimalizing the pound weight, but the stone should not then be used [see JH's 1852-3-5].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1788

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 February 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0636.1 (C: RGO 6.341.30)
Summary:

The standardization of weights and measures is moving ahead; the question of storage of standards must be addressed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1789

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0636.2
Summary:

Has heard that one of JH's daughters [Amelia] has been hurt by burning; expresses concern.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel179

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[17 March 1857]
Source of text:
RGO 6.251.265
Summary:

Expresses unease about P. S. Laplace's formulation of the barometric determination of height; in a postscript comments that Michael Faraday's lecture on conservation of force is a 'strange production.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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