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Herschel6996

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[26 March 1849]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.64
Summary:

Correction to JH's paper on double stars [see JH's 1849-3-26 & 1849-3-25].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6997

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1849]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.252
Summary:

Has received three packets, dated and initialed. Further comments regarding Julius Caesar and the calendar.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6998

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[27 March 1849]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.65
Summary:

Correction to paper on double stars following up JH's 1849-3-26; a terrible pun sent on by JH's wife, Margaret.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel137

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 March 1849]
Source of text:
RGO 6.694.248
Summary:

Asks JH's opinion about GA's plan not to print a separate volume of magnetic and meteorological observations for 1848.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel138

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 March 1849]
Source of text:
RGO 6.694.250
Summary:

Some concerns about GA's intent of attaching magnetic and meteorological observations to the R.A.S.'s Astronomical Observations [see GA's 1849-3-28].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel335

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 March 1849]
Source of text:
RGO 6.465.26
Summary:

Asks GA if he knows of any rules or pitfalls in calculating time from earlier times [even B.C.] to the present.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel139

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 March 1849]
Source of text:
RGO 6.694.251
Summary:

Will reconsider the proposal about printing observations [see JH's 1849-3-29], and get back to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel336

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 March 1849]
Source of text:
RGO 6.465.27
Summary:

Has little advice to offer JH about time calculation [see JH's 1849-3-29], except for fairly standard reminders.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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