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Herschel377

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 January 1864]
Source of text:
RGO 6.85.161
Summary:

Replies to JH about the date of the transit of Mercury [see JH's 1864-1-[26]].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel376

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[26] January 1864
Source of text:
RGO 6.85.158
Summary:

Raises with GA the likelihood of an error in a date of a transit of Mercury in a paper by F. A. Winnecke.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel563

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[26 January 1864]
Source of text:
RGO 6.358.267
Summary:

Has been asked to reweigh the damaged Parliamentary standard pound weight; thinks that W. H. Miller would be a more suitable person to do the job.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4883

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.270
Summary:

Regarding Thomas Spring-Rice (1st Baron Monteagle), the Treasury and the Commission on Weights and Measures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall2069

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1864 February 3
Source of text:
MS JT/1/A/38; MS JT/1/TYP/1/28, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel564

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[5 February 1864]
Source of text:
RGO 6.358.270 & 6.200.111
Summary:

Is trying to discover the train connections that will allow JH to come to a meeting of the Standards Committee without coming to London overnight. 'Catalogue of Nebulae' is now in proof state [see GA's 1863-10-9] and needs to be checked.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel465

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1864]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.113
Summary:

The practice at the Royal Observatory is to compare proof copies with calculation sheets [see JH's 1864-2-5].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4884

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.271
Summary:

Further regarding the forthcoming meeting of the Standards Commission. Regarding JH's 'Catalogue of Nebulae.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel565

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1864]
Source of text:
RGO 6.358.271
Summary:

Informs JH about train service [see JH's 1864-2-5], and encourages JH to stay with GA from the night before the meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel466

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
1864-2-6 or later
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.114
Summary:

As JH has made minor changes in many calculated results, the proof sheets cannot be easily compared with the calculation sheets [see GA's 1864-2-6].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4885

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.272
Summary:

Regarding JH's forthcoming visit. On the platinum in the pound weight becoming browned.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel566

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[9 February 1864]
Source of text:
RGO 6.358.273
Summary:

Is now too ill to come to the meeting of the Standards Committee; replies to GA's queries about how to clean up the pound [see GA's 1864-2-8].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4886

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 February 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.273
Summary:

Expecting him soon. Experiments on the National pound.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4887

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 February 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.274
Summary:

Regarding the transit of Mercury. Error in calculating the pound weights.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4888

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 March 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.275
Summary:

Meeting of the Standards Commission on 16 March.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel567

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[15 March 1864]
Source of text:
RGO 6.358.278
Summary:

Is unable to attend another meeting of the Standards Committee, due to severe illness; describes the best way to pack the standards away, and talks about the strange behavior of gallic acid.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4889

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.276
Summary:

Meeting of the Standard Commission on 29 April.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4890

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.277 (C: RGO 6.480.332)
Summary:

Sending him the map of the world.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel568

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[28 April 1864]
Source of text:
RGO 6.358.280
Summary:

Will miss yet another meeting of the Standards Committee due to illness [bronchitis]; W. H. Miller has brought JH up to date on the activity of the committee, and JH agrees with what is being done.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel180

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[3 June 1864]
Source of text:
RGO 6.255.44
Summary:

About observing a grain-shaped spot on the sun; greetings to Friedrich Winnecke.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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