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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

Herschel415

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[2 March 1860]
Source of text:
RGO 6.195.251
Summary:

Offers some possible explanation for what the unnamed observer saw [see GA's 1860-3-1].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel558

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[2 March 1860]
Source of text:
RGO 6.457.147
Summary:

Is arguing for the development of a British metrical system based on the length of the polar axis of the earth.

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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Faraday3744

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
12 March 1860
Source of text:
RGO 6/678, f.156-7
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
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Faraday3760

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
9 April 1860
Source of text:
RGO 6/326, f.135-6
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

Herschel22

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[23 August 1860]
Source of text:
RGO 6.379.140
Summary:

Asks for details about a strange drawing of Jupiter JH had seen at the Royal Observatory some months earlier, and offers some comments about Warren de La Rue's eclipse photographs.

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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Faraday3907

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
24 November 1860
Source of text:
RGO 6/410, f.375
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday 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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Faraday3912

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
30 November 1860
Source of text:
RGO 6/326, f.141
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
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