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

Reference number: HS/1/63

Date: 24 April 1834

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Observations on the weather of the past winter. 42 Virginis. Printing of [Stephen] Groombridge's catalogue. Has written article for the Penny Cyclopaedia. Refracted light in prisms. Machine for polarization of the sky. Petition to Parliament to abolish religious tests for degrees at Cambridge.

Reference number: HS/1/63
Earliest possible date: 24 April 1834
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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George Biddell Airy, Letter, from George Biddell Airy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Observatory, Cambridge, 24 April 1834, HS/1/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_63/letter-from-george-biddell-airy-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-observatory-cambridge, 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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