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From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
(?) William Somerville
Date:
30 Mar 1832
Source of text:
MSA 1 / 210, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
Text Online
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
c September 1834
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/2/14
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
2 December 1835
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 November 1838
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
4 March 1839
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 June 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0626.1; Reel 1084 (ACCS: RGO 6.340.272)
Summary:

Asks JH to compile list of questions to be sent to 'commercial bodies' regarding prospective changes in standards of weights and measures. To be presented at June 1838 meeting of Commission of Standards [see JH's 1838-5-24].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 July 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0626.2; Reel 1084
Summary:

Announces 7 July meeting of Standard Commission at R.A.S. apartments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 June 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0626.3
Summary:

A notice of meeting of the Standards Commission.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 November 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0626.4;.Reel 1084 (ACCS: RGO 6.340.273)
Summary:

The Standards Commission will need to meet soon; JH is asked to indicate most convenient, and most inconvenient, days. [See GA's 1838-6-9].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0626.5 (ACCS: RGO 6.340.278)
Summary:

Trying to organize a meeting time for the Standards Commission that will suit everybody; GA wants to make very few changes in the standard relationships [see JH's 1838-11-18].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 November 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0626.6
Summary:

A notice of meeting of the Standards Commission.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1838]
Source of text:
RS MM.16.147 (ACCS: RGO 6.675.213)
Summary:

No one on committee has taken sufficient initiative to obtain funding for magnetic instruments. Hopes S. H. Christie and JH will act in this regard. Discusses doubts about South Polar magnetic expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 April 1839]
Source of text:
RS MM.16.148
Summary:

Encloses graph of C. F. Gauss's magnetic observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 January 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.40
Summary:

Giving observations on stars. Discussion of clock rates and sky sweeps.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.41
Summary:

Informing JH that he and GA have just been appointed to a committee to consider the extension of the Astronomical Society's catalogue. Observations on this catalogue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.42
Summary:

Wants JH's views on a 20-foot reflector. Inviting him to Cambridge. With this letter he encloses Volume 2 of the Cambridge Observatory's Observations and Lectures in Optics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 July 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.43
Summary:

Sends volume of observations. Remarks on A. J. Fresnel's experiments. Lists errors in JH's treatise on light. Requests information on circular double refraction.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.44
Summary:

Encloses paper 'Figure of the Earth.' Wants information on rays in quartz. Has tried A. J. Fresnel's experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.46
Summary:

Opinion on M. C. T. Damoiseau's theory and tables; worth a medal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.47
Summary:

Remarks on Greenwich observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project