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From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.337.80
Summary:

A note accompanying testimonials for candidates for Sydney University professorships [see GA's 1851-11-18].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.337.81
Summary:

May not be able to attend next Sydney Trust meeting [see GA's 1851-12-1], as GA has family commitments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Joseph Ellison Portlock
Date:
1 December 1851
Source of text:
Bence Jones (1870a), 2: 289-92
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[R.S.L. Council]
Date:
[1851-12-1 or later]
Source of text:
RS RR.2.92
Summary:

Reports on a paper by Baden Powell read at the R.S. L. and relating to the wave theory of light and to a paper by Henry Brougham.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Snow Harris]
Date:
[1 December 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0655; Reel 1089
Summary:

Thanks for WH's book on electricity, including experiments by Henry Cavendish. Wishes that these had been published by R.S.L. Asks for clarification on experiments by C. A. Coulomb. [JH annotation: 'Not Sent. Met Sir WH at R.S. and transmitted verbally.']

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Henry Bateson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0057.10; Reel 1087
Summary:

Meeting of Cambridge University Commissioners postponed to 17 Dec.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project