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RS-MM-001109

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
12 November 1838
Source of text:
MM/16/147, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001110

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
16 April 1839
Source of text:
MM/16/148, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel1

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[15 August 1833]
Source of text:
RGO 6.157.162 (C: RS:HS 25.3.16)
Summary:

Encourages GA to consider favorably the offer of Hugh Percy [Duke of Northumberland] of donating a telescope to Cambridge Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel100

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[15 November 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.217 (C: TxU:H/L-0010)
Summary:

Details about proposals for magnetic expeditions, as they are to be presented to British government [see GA's 1838-11-12]. Also included is a copy of the resolutions passed at a B.A.A.S. meeting on 25 Aug. 1828.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel160

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[21 July 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.676.46 (draft RS:HS 1.74 & 21.254)
Summary:

About JH's visit to Carl Friedrich Gauss, and Gauss's well-devised magnetic measuring instruments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[27 August 1833]
Source of text:
RGO 6.157.164
Summary:

A note along with letters from R. A. Cauchoix, the telescope maker, and [J. C. Spencer,] Lord Althorp, about the B.A.A.S.; JH is trying to clean up observation reports before leaving for the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel235

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[5 April 1839]
Source of text:
RGO 6.245.63
Summary:

About the question of an astronomer for a vacant position at Kew Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 August 1833]
Source of text:
RGO 6.157.167
Summary:

Further about the telescope to be donated by Hugh Percy [see JH's 1833-8-15], along with a promise that JH will write to R. A. Cauchoix about the telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4694

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[9 October 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.83 & 22.27
Summary:

George Everest-Thomas Jervis affair. Observations on the production of color by chemical rays.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 September 1833]
Source of text:
RGO 6.157.171
Summary:

More about arrangements with R. A. Cauchoix and the telescope for Cambridge Observatory; JH also comments on the state of his nebula work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel518

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[24 May 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.270
Summary:

Has been asked to serve on a Standards Commission, to reestablish standards destroyed by the fire in the Houses of Parliament [1834]; is willing to serve.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel520

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 November 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.274
Summary:

Comments on the work of the Standards Commission, hoping that it will move quickly to a conclusion [see GA's 1838-11-14].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel521

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[18 November 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.276
Summary:

Replies to GA's request for meeting dates [see GA's 1838-11-14], and suggests ways to shorten the work of the commission [see JH's 1838-11-16].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel522

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[21 November 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.279
Summary:

Agrees to GA's suggested dates [see GA's 1838-11-20]; comments on several approaches to defining a standard of weight.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel53

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[20 February 1835]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.596 (C: RS:HS 25.4.7)
Summary:

Describes the tests and adjustments JH has recommended to Thomas Maclear to try to remove anomalies from the functioning of the transit circle at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope; also comments on the beauty of some southern nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel54

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[19 September 1835]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.598 (drafts RS:HS 1.70 & 21.187)
Summary:

Congratulates GA on being honored by H. M. Government [GA was offered a knighthood, which he declined], and of being appointed Astronomer Royal, and further tells GA about some of JH's observations, and the instruments in use [letter finished 11 Oct.].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel55

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[27 February 1839]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.620
Summary:

Thanks GA for all his efforts on Thomas Maclear's behalf [see GA's 1839-2-25]; comments on some developments in photography, including the work of Nicephore Niepce done in approximately 1826.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel56

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[1 August 1839]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.622
Summary:

Sympathizes with GA in the family sorrow [deaths of GA's sons Arthur and George]; JH complains that house hunting, and other matters, are keeping him from important work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel58

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 November 1839]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.629 (ACCS RS:HS 25.5.19)
Summary:

About astronomical matters, such as parallax and variable stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel593

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 December 1830]
Source of text:
RGO 6.807.142 (draft: RS:HS 1.45 & 21.77)
Summary:

Comments on GA's and Edward Sabine's work on the figure of the earth; describes some results JH obtained from using quartz for polarizing light, and is unhappy with the proposed recipient of the R.A.S. medal, M. C. T. Damoiseau, whose lunar theory JH cannot understand.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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