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Herschel4742

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 January 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.132
Summary:

Regarding electrometers and their efficiency.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4743

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 January 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.133
Summary:

Further regarding glass for telescope. Postscript relating experiments with electricity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4744

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.134 (C: RGO 6.92.120)
Summary:

Has JH received Thomas Maclear's observations on Encke's comet?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel134

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[19 March 1844]
Source of text:
RGO 6.92.125 (C: RGO 6.92.124 inc)
Summary:

Has not heard from Thomas Maclear [see GA's 1844-3-12]; has the Cape equatorial object glass been dealt with?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel414

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[19 March 1844]
Source of text:
RGO 6.193.55
Summary:

Comments on the large number of stars identified in one square degree of sky.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4745

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 March 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.135
Summary:

Regarding Cape Town telescopes. Has written to Thomas Maclear for observations on Encke's comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4746

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 May 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.136 (C: RGO 6.8.621)
Summary:

Regarding JH's forthcoming visit to the Greenwich Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4747

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 May 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.196
Summary:

Whether a repulsive force from the sun affects the tails of comets and thus the constancy of their orbits.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel71

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 May 1844]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.671
Summary:

Arrangements about attending a meeting, together with some thoughts on the behavior of comets.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4748

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[18 June 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.137 & 22.199
Summary:

Regarding object glasses for telescopes. Relative merits of Munich and French object glasses.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4749

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 June 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.138
Summary:

Further observations on object glasses.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel108

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[22 July 1844]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.354
Summary:

Will try to organize an international magnetic conference at the B.A.A.S. meeting in 1845, if GA agrees.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1755

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 July 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0630.1 (C: RGO 6.675.360 & RS:HS 1.139)
Summary:

Does not believe that a magnetic congress held at this time would be productive or representative; a better job could be done by letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel72

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[25 August 1844]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.673
Summary:

About a suggested magnetism conference, Francis Baily's illness, and some remarkable observations by F. W. Bessel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel111

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1844]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.360
Summary:

Cannot explain why GA's letter did not reach JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4750

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.140 (C: RGO 6.675.360)
Summary:

Informing JH that he certainly wrote to him from Limerick.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4751

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 August 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.141 (C: RGO 6.193.118)
Summary:

Regarding F. W. Bessel's letter on the irregularity of proper motion in stars. Is it worth printing Nevil Maskelyne's observations on star places?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel411

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 August 1844]
Source of text:
RGO 6.193.119
Summary:

Urges GA to print any of John Pond's and Nevil Maskelyne's observations that seem free from serious error [see GA's 1844-8-28].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1756

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 September 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0630.2 (ACCS: RGO 6.675.363 & C: RGO 6.675.361)
Summary:

Expands on GA's proposed letter writing scheme in place of holding a magnetic congress [see GA's 1844-7-30].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1757

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 September 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0630.3 (C: RGO 6.675.368)
Summary:

A note accompanying a draft of the report on magnetic observations to date at British stations, and a circular to be sent out.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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