Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/25/1/6
Date: 27 July 1830
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Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Thanks George Biddell Airy for the second volume of his observations; wishes the publications of the Astronomer Royal were as good; adds some comments on polarization of light by liquids, and then talks about observing Georgium Sidum [Uranus], and deals with the orbits of satellites of planets generally.
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- HS/25/1/6
- Earliest possible date
- 27 July 1830
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Slough, 27 July 1830, HS/25/1/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_1_6/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-biddell-airy-dated-at-slough, accessed on 12 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 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. I, from 22 May 1830 to 8 March 1831
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/1
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John Frederick William Herschel
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George Biddell Airy
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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