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Herschel355

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.478.479 (drafts RS:HS 1.284 & 24.12)
Summary:

Is working on a problem in polarized light, and finds his result disagreeing with F. J. D. Arago's third law; leads JH to think light cannot be undulatory in nature.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel356

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.478.487
Summary:

Comments on GA's explanations about polarized light, and discusses GA's idea of the nature of light [see GA's 1865-10-18].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel471

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.15.77
Summary:

Saddened by the poor treatment of W. H. Smyth [see GA's 1865-10-18].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel178

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.256.299
Summary:

Passes along a report that someone took a 4-foot telescope to the top of Snowdon [mountain], from where he could see the eight satellites of Saturn and the rings of Neptune.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel357

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[31 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.478.493
Summary:

Realizes that GA is quite correct [see GA's 1865-10-30]; JH had neglected a basic principle about interference.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12602

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 November 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0024; Reel 1054
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of Royal Observatory's astronomical, meteorological, and magnetic observations for 1863.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel358

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 November 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.478.504 & 6.480.585
Summary:

Has noted that Josef Stefan of the Vienna Academy of Sciences holds views on light and its polarization similar to GA's [see GA's 1865-10-30]. Agrees with GA's correction of an essay on Julius Caesar's landing in Britain.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel472

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 November 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.15.94
Summary:

Approves of GA's development of a new type of eyepiece for use with the Royal Observatory's transit circle telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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