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Herschel487

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 November 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.14 (C: RGO 6.341.15)
Summary:

Will send an assistant to bid for the weights at the auction [see JH's 1851-11-8].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel488

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 November 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.16
Summary:

GA's assistant bought the weights at the auction for less than JH had offered [see GA's 1851-11-9].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel489

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 November 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.17
Summary:

Is sending some papers on standards prepared by Richard Sheepshanks.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel492

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1852]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.25
Summary:

Happened to meet JH's wife, Margaret; was very pleased to see her in such good health. Has heard a rumor about a Bank of England resolution on decimalization [see GA's 1852-3-15].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4941

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4-6-1856 or earlier
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.330
Summary:

Regarding experiments on the Mohamet's coffin theory. His son Wilfrid has won a scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel497

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 February 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.41
Summary:

Clarifies meeting details [see JH's 1853-2-27].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel50

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 May 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.373.167
Summary:

Describes GA's journey to Gothenburg (Sweden), the purpose of which was to observe a solar eclipse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel500

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 August 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.45
Summary:

Is arranging a meeting to seal up and deposit one set of standards [see GA's 1853-6-21].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel502

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 September 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.47
Summary:

Drafting the Standards Commission report is taking up all of GA's spare time.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel506

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 March 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.56
Summary:

A note accompanying a letter for T. S. Rice [Lord Monteagle], which JH is to sign and forward.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel512

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 September 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.68
Summary:

Encourages JH to view the change being proposed [see JH's 1854-9-6] as an improvement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel513

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 September 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.70
Summary:

Sends on a letter from George Peacock, who is quite opposed to the proposed changes [see JH's 1854-9-6]; GA would be interested in JH's response.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel516

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 February 1855]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.75
Summary:

The requests should be made to the Exchequer office [see JH's 1855-2-2]; complains about the incompetence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer [W. E. Gladstone].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel517

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1855]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.76
Summary:

A note accompanying a copy of the act of Parliament legalizing the new standards, the end product of the work of the Standards Commission.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel52

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.373.171
Summary:

A note to clarify receipt of a letter transmitted by Margaret Brodie Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel543

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 January 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.7
Summary:

Likes JH's ideas about decimal coinage [see JH's [1851]-1-4]; will send suggestions for eclipse observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel544

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 January 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.8
Summary:

Further comments on JH's coinage ideas [see JH's [1851]-1-4].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel545

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 June 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.9
Summary:

About a strange mixture of coinage in Prussia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel546

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 February 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.11
Summary:

Is very much in favor of JH's coinage ideas [see JH's [1851]-1-4], but thinks they may be too bold.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel549

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 March 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.18
Summary:

Wants to visit the Royal Mint; the coinage/weight question is more complex than GA imagined [see GA's 1853-3-15]; seeks JH's opinion on part of a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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