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Herschel4889

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.276
Summary:

Meeting of the Standard Commission on 29 April.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4890

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.277 (C: RGO 6.480.332)
Summary:

Sending him the map of the world.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4891

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.278
Summary:

Sending him the draft of the Report of the Standards Committee for his signature.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4892

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 September 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.279
Summary:

Regarding the opposition to the proposed introduction of the French Metrical system.H

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4893

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 September 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.280
Summary:

Daughter has returned from Switzerland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4894

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 November 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.281 (C: RGO 6.381.439)
Summary:

Informing him that he has just heard of the death of Wilhelm Struve.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4895

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.282 (C: RGO 6.679.452)
Summary:

Is returning the Proceedings of the Manchester Society, and The Magnetical and Meteorological Observations for 1851-58. Regarding the registration of magnetical disturbances.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4896

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.283 (C: RGO 6.381.442)
Summary:

Concerning JH's memorial to W. R. Hamilton's daughter. Holiday in Keswick. Comments on JH's papers on optics and force.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4897

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.285 (ACCS: RGO 6.15.75)
Summary:

Writes about a long standing, very old, member of the Royal Observatory's Board of Visitors [W. H. Smyth] having been summarily dismissed from the Board.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4898

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.286 (C: RGO 6.478.481)
Summary:

Explaining JH's polarization difficulty [see JH's 1865-10-16].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4899

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.287
Summary:

Printed address of the Astronomer Royal to individual members of the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4900

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.288 (C: RGO 6.478.491)
Summary:

Further regarding polarized light and its interferences.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4901

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.289
Summary:

Regarding I. K. Brunel's bridges and JH's letter on suspension roofs. Effects of a thunderstorm on a water barometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel17

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1866]
Source of text:
RGO 6.381.446
Summary:

Comments on the state of William Whewell's health, and about the theories of E. F. W. Klinkerfüss [see JH's 1866-2-27].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4902

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.290
Summary:

Has sent the 1854 Greenwich Magnetical and Meteorological Observations. Illness of the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (William Whewell). Undulating theory of stars in motion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4903

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.291
Summary:

Further regarding the possible introduction of the metrical system for weights and measures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4904

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 April 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.292
Summary:

Regarding the measurement of the heat and light of the sun by means of the movements of a comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4905

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 April 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.293 (C: RGO 6.15.111)
Summary:

Regarding JH's remarks on Robert Willis. Comments on the usefulness of W. H. Miller of Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4906

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 April 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.294
Summary:

Regarding the documents for the Standards Commission.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4907

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.295
Summary:

Is sending a packet of seven papers on metrical and decimal systems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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