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RS-MM-000478

From:
Edward Joshua Cooper
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
8 May 1848
Source of text:
MM/9/58, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

SOMERVILLE299

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
John Herschel
Date:
15 Jul 1848
Source of text:
HS 1.202, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE3

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
8 Jul 1848
Source of text:
MSA 1 / 211, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Faraday2072

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17 April 1848
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday2073

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
17 April 1848
Source of text:
RGO 6/465, f.109-10
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday2119

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
9 November 1848
Source of text:
RGO 6/401, f.360
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday2125

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
13 November 1848
Source of text:
RGO 6/401, f.361
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[6 May 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.160.32
Summary:

Does not believe that GA's proposal [see GA's 1848-5-4] will work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[8 May 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.160.34
Summary:

Apologizes for having questioned GA's proposal [see GA's 1848-5-6], which is very good and should work well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel124

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 September 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.579
Summary:

Explains how the money from the Admiralty came to be awarded as it was [see JH's 1848-9-24].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel125

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[26 October 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.581
Summary:

Will now work with S. J. A. Compton, the President of the R.S.L., to try to get fair treatment for another applicant for the Admiralty money [see GA's 1848-9-25].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel126

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[28 October 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.582
Summary:

Further clarification to JH's 1848-10-26.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel127

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.583
Summary:

Sends GA's correspondence on the subject of the Admiralty grant, with further explanatory comments [see JH's 1848-10-28].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel128

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 November 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.585
Summary:

A note to accompany further copies of correspondence to the Admiralty [see GA's 1848-10-30].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1778

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 January 1848]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0634.1 (C: RGO 6.9.141)
Summary:

Responds to some of JH's concerns [see JH's 1847-12-30] about changes in instrumentation at the Royal Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1779

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 January 1848]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0634.2
Summary:

A note accompanying a printed circular about the proposed changes in instrumentation at the Royal Observatory. [Encloses GA's circular to Board of Visitors.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1780

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 January 1848]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0634.3 (C: RGO 6.9.172)
Summary:

Proposes changes in the buildings at the Royal Observatory to accommodate the shifting of one of the telescopes [see GA's 1848-1-6].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1781

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 January 1848]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0634.4 (C: RGO 6.9.183
Summary:

Responds to a number of JH's concerns about buildings, instruments and printing at the Royal Observatory [see JH's 1848-1-22 & 1847-12-30].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1782

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 November 1848]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0634.5 (C: RGO 6.9.241)
Summary:

Wants a meeting of the Board of Visitors to determine the extent of time to be given to magnetic and meteorological observations at the Royal Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel236

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 September 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.245.120
Summary:

Wants more information about a Venus parallax expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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