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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[1840-5-16 or later]
Source of text:
RGO 6.463.76
Summary:

Writes to supply GA with an address for a reply to JH's 1840-5-16.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[19 May 1840]
Source of text:
RGO 6.463.78
Summary:

Thanks GA for the time and trouble GA took in writing about interference bands [see GA's 1840-5-17]; JH's wife, Margaret, is making many visits to the dentist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[1840-5-20 or later]
Source of text:
RGO 6.463.81
Summary:

A note agreeing with GA about prism interference [see GA's 1840-5-20].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 July 1840]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.281
Summary:

Responds to GA's circulated material for the Standards Commission; suggests time to digest the information.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 October 1840]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.284
Summary:

Is sending comments on GA's proposals [see GA's 1840-10-13]; JH has been asked about obtaining a heliometer from Munich; seeks GA's opinion on the quality of the brass workmanship in Munich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 October 1840]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.286
Summary:

Provides detailed comments on GA's circulated material on standards [see JH's 1840-10-30]; tends toward maintaining basic units but finding decimal relationships between them.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project