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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

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

Herschel1729

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 November 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0626.4;.Reel 1084 (ACCS: RGO 6.340.273)
Summary:

The Standards Commission will need to meet soon; JH is asked to indicate most convenient, and most inconvenient, days. [See GA's 1838-6-9].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1730

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0626.5 (ACCS: RGO 6.340.278)
Summary:

Trying to organize a meeting time for the Standards Commission that will suit everybody; GA wants to make very few changes in the standard relationships [see JH's 1838-11-18].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1731

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 November 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0626.6
Summary:

A notice of meeting of the Standards Commission.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3456

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1838]
Source of text:
RS MM.16.147 (ACCS: RGO 6.675.213)
Summary:

No one on committee has taken sufficient initiative to obtain funding for magnetic instruments. Hopes S. H. Christie and JH will act in this regard. Discusses doubts about South Polar magnetic expedition.

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

Herschel99

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[3 November 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.211
Summary:

Asks a number of questions about a projected South Polar magnetic expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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