Identificatie
referentie code
Add. MS a/200/145
Titel
Letter from George Airy
Datum(s)
- 10 Oct. 1859 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Stuk
Omvang en medium
3 pp.
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Royal Observatory Greenwich - WW needs to amend the date with regard to the Sheepshanks Exhibition [for background see GA to WW, 30 Sept., 1856]. Le Verrier's [Urbain J. J. Leverrier] 'speculation is a fair one [see GA to WW, 4 Oct. 1859]: but it almost excludes explanation of another matter which he thought he had established, namely the retardation of mean motion of Mercury'.