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Herschel4668

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.53
Summary:

Observations on the gravimeter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4669

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.54
Summary:

Requests that the engravings for the catalogue of nebulae be speeded up. Further observations on the gravimeter. Observations on W. R. Hamilton's experiments on biaxial crystals using A. J. Fresnel's wave surface theory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4670

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 December 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.55
Summary:

Requesting a copy of G. A. A. Plana and Francesco Carlini's 'Lunar Theory.' Further remarks on the practicability of the gravimeter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4671

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 February 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.56
Summary:

Inviting JH to his house if he attends the meeting of the B.A.A.S. Proposes to visit JH in London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4672

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 April 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.57
Summary:

Observations on the work of S. D. Poisson and P. G. le D. Pontecoulant. Is JH's 20-ft. telescope any use for measuring angles and distances? Discussion of solar spots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4673

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.58
Summary:

Copy of letter to Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) stating that the Duke's offer of a refracting telescope of great power, to Cambridge Observatory would be a valuable gift. To JH: Remarks on gift of telescope, planet reduction money, and on his geological exploration of the Charnwood Forest.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4674

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.59
Summary:

Has visited Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) at Buxton, who suggests that JH approaches R. A. Cauchoix for the glass for the new telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4675

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.60
Summary:

Further discussion of the telescope being donated by Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4676

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.61
Summary:

Summary of the letter of same date sent to JH at Slough (HS.1.60).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4677

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.62
Summary:

Has not been requested to settle the affair about Henry Taylor and the Stephen Groombridge business. Would JH send him what he has ready for printing, with directions? Observations on the 4th satellite of Jupiter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4678

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.63
Summary:

Observations on the weather of the past winter. 42 Virginis. Printing of [Stephen] Groombridge's catalogue. Has written article for the Penny Cyclopaedia. Refracted light in prisms. Machine for polarization of the sky. Petition to Parliament to abolish religious tests for degrees at Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4679

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 June 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.64 (C: RS:HS 1.65)
Summary:

Summary of GA's 1834-4-24, with additional information that he has written a book entitled Gravitation. Confusion over 42 Virginis. Affair between James South, and Edward Troughton and William Simms has been referred to arbitration. Experiments on Newton's rings by transmission. Letter to Thomas Maclear about his mural circle. Saw the eclipse of 16 July. Tarnish of JH's mirrors. R. A. Cauchoix's delay with telescope. [The final two pages of this letter are from Richarda Airy to Margaret Brodie Herschel.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4680

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.66 (C: RS:HS 1.67)
Summary:

Abstracts of barometrical pressure in various parts of the earth. Has used James South's equatorial with Richard Sheepshanks's clockwork attached. Constitution of Paris Observatory being changed. D. F. J. Arago's experiments on glass and metal. Humphrey Lloyd's experiments on reflected light. Edinburgh's Observatory site likely to be changed. John Pond (Astronomer Royal) has been asked to resign. Thomas Maclear's Cape circle. Reasons for the delay in delivery of R. A. Cauchoix's telescope to Cambridge. House of Lords and Commons burnt down.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4681

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.68
Summary:

Has just been made president of the R.A.S. No news of John Pond's retirement. R. A. Cauchoix's telescope has arrived. Printing of his 1834 observations are well advanced.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4682

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.69
Summary:

Sends his 1834 observations. Has received JH's weather observing instructions. Likely to accept the post of Astronomer Royal when John Pond resigns. Further remarks on new telescope and of E. J. Cooper's (near Sligo) - planetary disks - errors of divisions of circles. Possibility of small observatory in Upper Canada.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4683

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 February 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.71 (C: RGO 6.368.601)
Summary:

Past difficulties and faults with running of Royal Observatory. Hopes Halley's Comet has been observed. Further information on the telescope presented to Cambridge Observatory by Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland). James Challis has succeeded GA at Cambridge. Proposed new railway near Royal Observatory and its effect on observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4684

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.72 (C: RGO 6.368.608)
Summary:

Another son born. Has given lectures at Cambridge University. Remarks on routine at Royal Observatory. St. Helena Observatory closed. Printing of the Greenwich Observations. 'Northumberland' telescope not ready yet. Observations on the Greenwich zenith tube. Estimates for the Observatory. Suggests that the Observatory should be moved to a new site. Railway plan near Greenwich altered. James MacCullagh's new theory of optics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4685

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.73 (C: RGO 6.368.616)
Summary:

Encloses official instructions to Thomas Maclear. Prices of telescopes. Remarks on caustics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4686

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 January 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.75 (C: RGO 6.368.618)
Summary:

Any news of Field Measuring bars—alteration in size of Observatory at Cape Town? Observations on use of magnetic needle. Has JH found a suitable country house yet?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4687

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 February 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.76
Summary:

Further observations on the alterations at Cape Town Observatory. Any news of the measuring bars?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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