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Herschel8383

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 March 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.217
Summary:

Speculates on gravitational effect of sun and moon on earth's atmosphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9535

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.265
Summary:

Thanks for his opinion; it will save him from exposure, but it is too late to get the book altered. Comments on some parts of JH's book on meteorology. The atmosphere appears to be smaller in extent than John Dalton conceived.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9534

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 May 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.264
Summary:

Sending a paper to replace the one sent previously. Comments on the effect of the moon on the atmosphere. Wrote his Weather Book in a great hurry. Regrets the expression 'lines of force' but had the approbation of several practical electricians.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9536

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.266
Summary:

Sends three pamphlets by Lieut. John Maclear. Was very interested in JH's 'Words" for January.

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John Herschel Project
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