Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter from G B Airy, Royal Observatory, to J F W Herschel

Reference number: MM/11/163

Date: 18 January 1842

Description

Replying to the points raised in Lloyd's letter to Herschel of 11 January 1842 (MM/11/162), which commented upon the formula given in the proposed instructions for the observers on the Antarctic Expedition for deducing the absolute intensity of a magnet (MM/11/160).

Reference number
MM/11/163
Earliest possible date
18 January 1842
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Humphrey Lloyd

View page for Humphrey Lloyd

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Humphrey Lloyd, Letter from G B Airy, Royal Observatory, to J F W Herschel, 18 January 1842, MM/11/163, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mm_11_163/letter-from-g-b-airy-royal-observatory-to-j-f-w-herschel, accessed on 09 December 2024

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mm_11_163/letter-from-g-b-airy-royal-observatory-to-j-f-w-herschel

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/mm_11_163/letter-from-g-b-airy-royal-observatory-to-j-f-w-herschel" title="Letter from G B Airy, Royal Observatory, to J F W Herschel" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

Related Fellows