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Herschel601

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[18 May 1827]
Source of text:
RGO 6.803.22
Summary:

Explains to GA the disposition, by the Committee on Papers of the R.S.L., of GA's experimental results [see JH's 1827-5-3].

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John Herschel Project

Herschel8016

From:
William Hyde Wollaston
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.284
Summary:

Corrects yesterday's mistake about 'Russian Platina.' It is chemically pure, but mechanically the worst.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel8665

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Johann Littrow
Date:
[17 May 1827]
Source of text:
NatLibScot MS.582, no.667
Summary:

Discusses JH's efforts to send various publications to JL and to receive publications from JL. Hopes Franz von Gruithuisen, whose 'strange' lunar observations are causing controversy, will come to England with his telescope. Discusses JH's progress in preparing a catalog of nebulae.

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