From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1845-7
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.13
Summary:
Expands on the work of the coal map committee [see JP's 1845-7] by sending along the resolution that created it.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Expands on the work of the coal map committee [see JP's 1845-7] by sending along the resolution that created it.
Informs JH that JH together with several others will be responsible for the distribution of the B.A.A.S. catalogue of stars.
Send names of members of B.A.A.S. committee appointed to cooperate with R.S.L. committee for purpose of procuring continuance of observations of terrestrial magnetism.
Invites JH to come to the magnetic conference meeting being held at the B.A.A.S. meeting.
Sends JH a copy of the resolution dealing with the publication of Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis.
Informs JH that the committee to deal with the publication of Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis has been struck and is to prepare a request to the government for aid in publishing.
Report to B.A.A.S. on progress and expenses in reduction of stars in N. L. Lacaille's Coelum australe stelliferum.
B.A.A.S. requests that JH head a committee to work on the reduction of observations of N. L. Lacaille's stars. G. B. Airy and Thomas Henderson will also be assigned to the committee.
The report by G. B. Airy, Thomas Henderson, and JH on N. L. Lacaille's stars will be brought forth at the next meeting of the B.A.A.S. JP requests a copy in advance of the meeting.
A report by JH, George Peacock, William Whewell, and Humphrey Lloyd on magnetic observations will be read at the B.A.A.S. meeting in August.
JH appointed to committee with G. B. Airy and Thomas Henderson to study the reductions of the calculations on N. L. Lacaille's stars. They will be granted £189.
JH appointed to head a committee including George Peacock, Humphrey Lloyd, and Edward Sabine to study meteorological instruments. They will be granted £400. The grant will be presented in Glasgow next September.
JH, G. B. Airy, and Thomas Henderson are appointed to oversee the publication of the reductions of the calculations of N. L. Lacaille's stars. They will have £184 at their disposal.
JH, William Whewell, George Peacock, Humphrey Lloyd, and Edward Sabine are appointed by the B.A.A.S. to study systems of simultaneous magnetical and meteorological observations. They will be granted £50.
Asks whether JH will be prepared to present the committee report on N. L. Lacaille's stars at the B.A.A.S. meeting on 29 July.
Asks whether JH will be prepared to give the committee report on systems of simultaneous magnetical and meteorological observations at the B.A.A.S. meeting on 29 July.
JH, G. B. Airy, and Thomas Henderson are appointed to oversee the publication of the reductions of the calculations of N. L. Lacaille's stars. They will have £105 at their disposal.
JH, William Whewell, George Peacock, Humphrey Lloyd, and Edward Sabine are appointed by the B.A.A.S. to study systems of simultaneous magnetical and meteorological observations. They will be granted £100.
Asks whether JH will be prepared to give the committee report on systems of simultaneous magnetical and meteorological observations at the B.A.A.S. meeting on 23 June.
Asks whether JH will be prepared to present the committee report on N. L. Lacaille's stars at the B.A.A.S. meeting on 23 June.