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Herschel64

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[15 August 1841]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.644
Summary:

Complains further about French specific gravity designation [see JH's 1841-8-14 or earlier], and describes observing colored fringes on the edge of clouds.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel8879

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[15 August 1841]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #721 (Aug. 21, 1841), 643
Summary:

Discusses meteor showers of 9 August 1840, emanating from a point in the constellation Perseus. Calls attention to a report on these meteors as seen from near Vesuvius in 1779 by William Hamilton.

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John Herschel Project
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