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From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1858 May 3
Source of text:
MS JT/1/A/33; MS JT/1/TYP/1/23, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0638.3 (C: RGO 6.694.479)
Summary:

Sends JH some responses to a letter from Edward Sabine on Colonial observatories [see GA's 1858-3-13].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1858 May 7
Source of text:
MS JT/1/A/34; MS JT/1/TYP/1/23, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 May 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0638.4 (C: RGO 6.694.494)
Summary:

Reacts to JH's suggestions [see JH's 1858-5-[10]] for altering GA's responses [see GA's 1858-5-4] to Edward Sabine's report on magnetic observatories [includes a silly riddle, apparently passed on from Augustus De Morgan].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 May 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0638.5(C: RGO 6.694.496)
Summary:

Provides a more detailed response to Edward Sabine's report on magnetic observatories [see GA's 1858-5-12].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
15 May 1858
Source of text:
RGO 6/169, f.261
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 May 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0638.6 (C: RGO 6.694.498)
Summary:

Has looked at the magnetic observations made at the Cape, and comments on their usefulness.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project