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Herschel12711

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Samuel Hunter Christie
Date:
[29 June 1840]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0126; Reel 1054
Summary:

Recommends printing all three papers sent to JH—G. B. Airy's on spectral bands, [Robert] Hunt's on influence of iodine on photographic papers, and that by Lord Oxmantown [William Parsons] on large reflecting telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12712

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Samuel Hunter Christie
Date:
[16 November 1841]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0127; Reel 1054
Summary:

Recommends awarding Royal Medal to [William Parsons] Lord Oxmantown for paper on large reflecting telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8890

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Samuel Hunter Christie
Date:
[17 March 1843]
Source of text:
Royal Society Proceedings, 4 (1843), 450-3
Summary:

Reports observing on 17 March a long, thin cloudy streak that moved with the stars. [P.S. of 18 March concludes the object is a comet [Great Comet of 1843].]

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John Herschel Project
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