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Herschel518

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[24 May 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.270
Summary:

Has been asked to serve on a Standards Commission, to reestablish standards destroyed by the fire in the Houses of Parliament [1834]; is willing to serve.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel160

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[21 July 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.676.46 (draft RS:HS 1.74 & 21.254)
Summary:

About JH's visit to Carl Friedrich Gauss, and Gauss's well-devised magnetic measuring instruments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel99

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[3 November 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.211
Summary:

Asks a number of questions about a projected South Polar magnetic expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001109

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
12 November 1838
Source of text:
MM/16/147, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel100

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[15 November 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.217 (C: TxU:H/L-0010)
Summary:

Details about proposals for magnetic expeditions, as they are to be presented to British government [see GA's 1838-11-12]. Also included is a copy of the resolutions passed at a B.A.A.S. meeting on 25 Aug. 1828.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1119

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
16 November 1838
Source of text:
RGO 6/676, f.50-1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel520

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 November 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.274
Summary:

Comments on the work of the Standards Commission, hoping that it will move quickly to a conclusion [see GA's 1838-11-14].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel521

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[18 November 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.276
Summary:

Replies to GA's request for meeting dates [see GA's 1838-11-14], and suggests ways to shorten the work of the commission [see JH's 1838-11-16].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel522

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[21 November 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.279
Summary:

Agrees to GA's suggested dates [see GA's 1838-11-20]; comments on several approaches to defining a standard of weight.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel55

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[27 February 1839]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.620
Summary:

Thanks GA for all his efforts on Thomas Maclear's behalf [see GA's 1839-2-25]; comments on some developments in photography, including the work of Nicephore Niepce done in approximately 1826.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1146

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
2 March 1839
Source of text:
RGO 6/685, f.173
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel235

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[5 April 1839]
Source of text:
RGO 6.245.63
Summary:

About the question of an astronomer for a vacant position at Kew Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001110

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
16 April 1839
Source of text:
MM/16/148, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel56

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[1 August 1839]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.622
Summary:

Sympathizes with GA in the family sorrow [deaths of GA's sons Arthur and George]; JH complains that house hunting, and other matters, are keeping him from important work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4694

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[9 October 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.83 & 22.27
Summary:

George Everest-Thomas Jervis affair. Observations on the production of color by chemical rays.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel58

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 November 1839]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.629 (ACCS RS:HS 25.5.19)
Summary:

About astronomical matters, such as parallax and variable stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel60

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
1839-12-16 to 1840-1
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.632
Summary:

Brief note supporting GA's medal recipient ideas [see GA's 1839-12-16], and adding some of JH's ideas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel378

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

Herschel379

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

Herschel381

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
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