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From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.262 (C: RGO 6.85.105 & 85.269 & 200.112)
Summary:

Regarding A. R. Clarke's paper on Geodesy. Benjamin Peirce's Lunar Table. The sun's parallax. JH's nebulae catalogue. Regarding the English inch.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 October 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.358.266 & 6.423.662
Summary:

Is still not happy with the earth's axis as a source of standard length; sends JH the results of A. R. Clarke's calculations on the figure of the earth [see JH's 1863-10-8].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Jane Barnard
To:
Miss Crum
Date:
9 October 1863
Source of text:
GCA MS TD 1073/10/8
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Henry Bence Jones
Date:
9 October 1863
Source of text:
RI MS F1 F31
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.365
Summary:

Points out minor errors in the manuscript of JH's 'The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project