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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Radcliffe Birt
Date:
[20 January 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.101
Summary:

Ask Edward Sabine for authority to insert additional notes [on barometric observations] into report already at printer's. Does not advise publishing observations. Asked Howard Elphinstone to send observations to WB.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8299

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Radcliffe Birt
Date:
[21 July 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.104
Summary:

Yesterday's letter was mistakenly sent to WB's former address. Sends copy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8300

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Radcliffe Birt
Date:
[28 July 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.106 (C: 19.105, 22.166, & 22.167)
Summary:

JH's theory of barometric waves. Comparison with ocean tides. Non-trade winds follow laws of periodicity and are predictable, accounting for previously unexplained phenomena. Attributes rotating storms to interference of two or more wave trains. Will propose WB as director of new B.A.A.S. project to discover laws of weather behavior. Sends payment for WB's expenses. Never saw anything more beautiful than WB's 'Symmetrical Barometric Curve.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8303

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Radcliffe Birt
Date:
[15 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.109
Summary:

B.A.A.S. approved WB's employment by Magnetical and Meteorological Committee to explore atmospheric waves. Will send Russian observations tomorrow. Howard Elphinstone agrees to send his observations [at Ore, near Hastings]. Lists meteorology books.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8304

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Radcliffe Birt
Date:
[3 October 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.110
Summary:

Sends Howard Elphinstone's barometer observations [at Ore, near Hastings].

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John Herschel Project
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