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RefNoHS/1/45
LevelItem
TitleDraft letter from John Frederick William Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Slough
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date29 December 1830
DescriptionDraft in John Herschel's hand. Comments on Airy's and Edward Sabine's work on the figure of the earth; describes some results Herschel obtained from using quartz for polarizing light, and is unhappy with the proposed recipient of the Royal Astronomical Society medal, M. C. T. Damoiseau, whose lunar theory Herschel cannot understand.
LanguageEnglish
Extent3pp.
FormatManuscript
Place originSlough, Berkshire
Origin coordinates51.5082, -0.5954
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialCopy: HS/21/77
Original: RGO 6.807.142
RelatedRecordHS/21/77
URLDescriptionAlso visible on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel593
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