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Herschel7397

From:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1840]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 5/2.1.21 verso; Reel 8
Summary:

Elected today as Chancellor of Cambridge University. Thanks for JH's support.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11367

From:
Humphrey Lloyd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.275
Summary:

Has just received JH's letter of August as he has been traveling on the continent. Will see G. B. Airy tomorrow. Comments on Johann von Lamont's observatory at Munich. Discussed the Report of the Magnetic arrangements with Edward Sabine. Encloses letters. L. A. J. Quetelet would like support from the R.S.L. for additional observers in his observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel524

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 October 1840]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.284
Summary:

Is sending comments on GA's proposals [see GA's 1840-10-13]; JH has been asked about obtaining a heliometer from Munich; seeks GA's opinion on the quality of the brass workmanship in Munich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel525

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 October 1840]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.286
Summary:

Provides detailed comments on GA's circulated material on standards [see JH's 1840-10-30]; tends toward maintaining basic units but finding decimal relationships between them.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4343

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.267
Summary:

Disappointed with format of Nautical Almanac. Arguments over this have caused many hard feeling among R.S.L. members. Details the controversy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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