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Herschel4858

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.245 (C: RGO 6.195.250)
Summary:

Passes on information on stars received from a Bengal pilot.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3739

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
9 March 1860
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3745

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
13 March 1860
Source of text:
RGO 6/678, f.158
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3758

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
6 April 1860
Source of text:
RGO 6/326, f.133-4
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4859

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 April 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.246 (C: RGO 6.379.138)
Summary:

Regarding the printing of JH's British Metrical scale. Comparison between the chimes of Big Ben and those of St. Mary's, Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4860

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.247
Summary:

Further details on the chimes of Big Ben.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14690

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 May 1860]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0650; Reel 1084
Summary:

[Form Letter] GA's address, as Astronomer Royal, to Board of Visitors. Progress report on F. G. W. Struve's proposal for joint French-English-Belgian triangulation survey.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1816

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 June 1860]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0639.1 (ACCS: RGO 6.83.136)
Summary:

Urges JH to attend the next meeting of the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory, especially as GA believes some of the members of the Board do not understand the scientific problem [?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1817

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 October 1860]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0639.2
Summary:

Circular letter advising of the availability of back copies of various Royal Observatory printed observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel23

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 October 1860]
Source of text:
RGO 6.379.142
Summary:

Comments on Jupiter's appearance and on the eclipse photographs [see JH's 1860-8-23].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3908

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
26 November 1860
Source of text:
RGO 6/410, f.376
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3919

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
3 December 1860
Source of text:
RGO 6/326, f.142
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3920

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
3 December 1860
Source of text:
RGO 6/436, f.168
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4861

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.248 (C: RGO 6.475.233)
Summary:

Thanking him for his paper on telescopes. Observations of JH's semicircular map of the world.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3943

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
18 January 1861
Source of text:
RI MS RI CG/4/1/1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4862

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 January 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.249
Summary:

Offering sympathy on the death of JH's daughter [Margaret Louisa].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3964

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 March 1861
Source of text:
RGO 6/410, f.384-5
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3971

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
22 March 1861
Source of text:
RGO 6/410, f.388
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel365

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1861]
Source of text:
RGO 6.476.390
Summary:

Reminds JH that the algebraic formulation of the theory of the achromatic telescope eyepiece was formulated by GA.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4863

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.250
Summary:

Is sending a tract on 'Probable Errors.' Further observations on JH's article on telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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