From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
[14 August 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.64
Summary:
G. B. Airy needs HL to send him the information used to set up colonial magnetic observatories.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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G. B. Airy needs HL to send him the information used to set up colonial magnetic observatories.
About the urgent need to prepare a report on the magnetic observations, and that HL is the most logical person to give direction to it.
Sends to HL a sheet of curves laid down by [Charles] Riddell, comparing Brussels declination observations with those made in Toronto. JH frequently refers to HL's work on the subject of terrestrial magnetism.