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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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Faraday3941

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
16 January 1861
Source of text:
RGO 6/410, f.379
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3967

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
16 March 1861
Source of text:
RGO 6/410, f.386
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3970

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
22 March 1861
Source of text:
RGO 6/410, f.387
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel366

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 March 1861]
Source of text:
RGO 6.476.391
Summary:

Recognizes the validity of GA's claim to the eyepiece theory [see GA's 1861-3-27]; JH did not have space to deal adequately with the subject of telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel140

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[23 April 1861]
Source of text:
RGO 6.694.321 (drafts RS:HS 1.252 & 23.329)
Summary:

Asks GA many questions about his magnetical explanation [see GA's 1861-4-22].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3989

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
27 April 1861
Source of text:
RGO 6/410, f.389
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4002

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
17 May 1861
Source of text:
RGO 6/694, f.327
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4025

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
5 July 1861
Source of text:
RGO 6/409, f.189
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel362

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[28 September 1861]
Source of text:
RGO 6.476.57
Summary:

Encourages GA to develop some experiments to study the electrical phenomenon [see GA's 1861-9-23] more carefully.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4079

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
c.18 October 1861
Source of text:
RGO 6/410, f.392
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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