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Herschel4785

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 December 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.175 (C: RGO 6.159.371)
Summary:

Domestic news. Further regarding telescopes and slow motion in declination.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3711

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 December 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.55
Summary:

Responds in detail to JH's concerns expressed in his letters of 1846-12-25. Explains that in awarding R.A.S. medals regarding the discovery of Neptune, the Council wished to avoid slighting either U. J. J. Leverrier of J. C. Adams. Gives views of G. B. Airy, James Challis, and Augustus De Morgan.

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John Herschel Project
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