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