| RefNo | HS/1/45 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Draft letter from John Frederick William Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Slough |
| Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Recipient | George Biddell Airy |
| Date | 29 December 1830 |
| Description | Draft 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. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3pp. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Slough, Berkshire |
| Origin coordinates | 51.5082, -0.5954 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Copy: HS/21/77
Original: RGO 6.807.142 |
| RelatedRecord | HS/21/77 |
| URLDescription | Also visible on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel593
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