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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[22 May 1831]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0576.3; Reel 1058
Summary:

Has determined the periods of four double stars. JH considers the determination of the elliptical orbits of double stars as 'one of the greatest [discoveries] ever made.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1831]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0576.1; Reel 1058
Summary:

Sends to CH his new book, Prelim. Discourse. Writes that he 'took little part in the proceedings about the Royal Society. Under any circumstances I would not have held the office of President more than a year and should have felt it a grievous evil to have held it at all.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1831]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0576.6; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH awarded the Guelphic Order of Knighthood by King William IV, an honor earlier bestowed on William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project