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From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 April 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.246 (C: RGO 6.379.138)
Summary:

Regarding the printing of JH's British Metrical scale. Comparison between the chimes of Big Ben and those of St. Mary's, Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.247
Summary:

Further details on the chimes of Big Ben.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.248 (C: RGO 6.475.233)
Summary:

Thanking him for his paper on telescopes. Observations of JH's semicircular map of the world.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[2 March 1860]
Source of text:
RGO 6.457.147
Summary:

Is arguing for the development of a British metrical system based on the length of the polar axis of the earth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project