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From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.245 (C: RGO 6.195.250)
Summary:

Passes on information on stars received from a Bengal pilot.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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
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
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 April 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.246 (C: RGO 6.379.138)
Summary:

Regarding the printing of JH's British Metrical scale. Comparison between the chimes of Big Ben and those of St. Mary's, Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.247
Summary:

Further details on the chimes of Big Ben.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 May 1860]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0650; Reel 1084
Summary:

[Form Letter] GA's address, as Astronomer Royal, to Board of Visitors. Progress report on F. G. W. Struve's proposal for joint French-English-Belgian triangulation survey.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 June 1860]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0639.1 (ACCS: RGO 6.83.136)
Summary:

Urges JH to attend the next meeting of the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory, especially as GA believes some of the members of the Board do not understand the scientific problem [?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 October 1860]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0639.2
Summary:

Circular letter advising of the availability of back copies of various Royal Observatory printed observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 October 1860]
Source of text:
RGO 6.379.142
Summary:

Comments on Jupiter's appearance and on the eclipse photographs [see JH's 1860-8-23].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.248 (C: RGO 6.475.233)
Summary:

Thanking him for his paper on telescopes. Observations of JH's semicircular map of the world.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 January 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.249
Summary:

Offering sympathy on the death of JH's daughter [Margaret Louisa].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1861]
Source of text:
RGO 6.476.390
Summary:

Reminds JH that the algebraic formulation of the theory of the achromatic telescope eyepiece was formulated by GA.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.250
Summary:

Is sending a tract on 'Probable Errors.' Further observations on JH's article on telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 April 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.251 (C: RGO 6.694.319)
Summary:

Asks for his comments on the results of his Magnetic Register 1848-1857.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.253
Summary:

Further remarks concerning his Magnetic Registers [see GA's 1861-4-22].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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