From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
25 December 1841
Source of text:
MM/11/160, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
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Asks the Physical Committee (Chair, JH) of the R.S.L. to note the concurrent disturbances of magnetometers and the appearance of aurora borealis, and to make a long term study of this relationship.
Points out an error in the instructions for magnetic observers provided for the Antarctic expedition.
A letter accompanying a 'fair copy' of the Report of the Standards Commission; GA indicates he has incorporated the views of all members of the Commission.