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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 May 1840]
Source of text:
RGO 6.463.70
Summary:

Has a problem with the explanation of interference bands produced by mica being placed between the eye and prism-produced dispersion; the explanation is Baden Powell's.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[1840-5-16 or later]
Source of text:
RGO 6.463.76
Summary:

Writes to supply GA with an address for a reply to JH's 1840-5-16.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[19 May 1840]
Source of text:
RGO 6.463.78
Summary:

Thanks GA for the time and trouble GA took in writing about interference bands [see GA's 1840-5-17]; JH's wife, Margaret, is making many visits to the dentist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[1840-5-20 or later]
Source of text:
RGO 6.463.81
Summary:

A note agreeing with GA about prism interference [see GA's 1840-5-20].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
June 1840
Source of text:
RGO 6/706
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
2 June 1840
Source of text:
RGO 6/8, f.510
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
24 June 1840
Source of text:
RGO 6/706
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[6 July 1840]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.239
Summary:

Comments on a proposed request for a government grant to establish a magnetic and meteorological institute.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[6 July 1840]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0011; Reel 1054
Summary:

GA's correspondence with [R.S.L. president] Lord Northampton [S. J. A. Compton] will be read before Physical Committee. JH favors establishing national physical observatory and experimental institute, but wishes plan had been discussed more fully. Proposes sites, procedures, and instruments for magnetic and meteorological observations in Britain. Ideas for experimental institute.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 July 1840]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.281
Summary:

Responds to GA's circulated material for the Standards Commission; suggests time to digest the information.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[14 August 1840]
Source of text:
RGO 6.693.96
Summary:

Provides information [see GA's 1840-8-13] based on equipping the Breslau Observatory; also comments on lawyers, meteor showers, and photography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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
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
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[20 January 1841]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.297
Summary:

Agrees to proposed meeting date [see GA's 1841-1-16], and encourages GA to come with a draft final report prepared.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
1841-2-17 or later
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.299
Summary:

A note to accompany proposals for the Standards Commission to consider [see GA's 1841-2-17]; twenty pages of proposals are appended.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
1841-3-20 or later
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.314
Summary:

Has received material sent by GA [see GA's 1841-3-20]; comments on the report and JH's unavailability for meetings of the Standards Commission in the near future.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
1841-5-12 or earlier
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.315
Summary:

Comments on additional proposals for consideration by the Standards Commission [see JH's 1841-3-20 or later].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[21 May 1841]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.320
Summary:

Does not expect to come to the meeting [see GA's 1841-5-18], but sends comments on altered sections of the draft report.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[26 May 1841]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.323
Summary:

Believes no error should be legally tolerated [see GA's 1841-5-24] in selling goods; thus the seller always provides a trifle over the due quantity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
15 June 1841
Source of text:
RGO 6/706
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project