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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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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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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

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
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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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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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Faraday3921

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
4 December 1860
Source of text:
RGO 6/436, f.169
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel24

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[6 December 1860]
Source of text:
RGO 6.379.144
Summary:

A note with a copy of JH's article on telescopes for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, together with some papers to be forwarded to James Glaisher.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel310

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[8 December 1860]
Source of text:
RGO 6.475.235
Summary:

Has tried a number of different fractional projections, some more interesting than others [see GA's 1860-12-7].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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