Letter, from George Biddell Airy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Observatory, Greenwich

Reference number: HS/1/196

Date: 24 February 1848

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding modifications for the actinometer. Has written to Georg Merz regarding the object-glass. Regarding the eight-inch object-glass. Name of the maker of his actinometer. [John Frederick William Herschel has written a rough draft of his reply to this letter on the same sheet.]

Reference number: HS/1/196
Earliest possible date: 24 February 1848
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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George Biddell Airy, Letter, from George Biddell Airy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 24 February 1848, HS/1/196, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_196/letter-from-george-biddell-airy-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-royal-observatory-greenwich, accessed on 09 February 2026

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 1 Abbe-Auwers
1819-1875 Reference number: HS/1

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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