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Herschel7870

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 December 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.74
Summary:

Testing recent work on equations analogous to P. S. Laplace's but of higher order. Solution so simple that HW expects to find it published elsewhere. Corrects error in previous letter regarding generality of arbitrary constants.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7871

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 December 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.75
Summary:

Demonstrates easier way to treat equations analogous to P. S. Laplace's.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7872

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 December 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.76
Summary:

Please correct error in HW's earlier calculations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7897

From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 July 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.100
Summary:

Answers JH's request about Borneo snakes. Forty reported species, contrary to opinion that Borneo has none. None in Iceland or Tierra del Fuego. New Zealand is warm enough, but none reported there.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8099

From:
George G. Waldegrave
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 March 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.365
Summary:

GW's cousin J. A. Gordon approaching death, but calm. GW going to Naish.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8100

From:
George G. Waldegrave
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 March 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.366
Summary:

J. A. Gordon died quietly last night. Widow and Henrietta are thankful for JH's letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9187

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.213
Summary:

Asks JH's opinion of an anonymous book [WW's Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay]. Describes it written 'very fairly' but as presenting views very different from JH's.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9636

From:
William Nairn Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.374
Summary:

Appreciation of JH's son [John]. Admired JH's letter of 2 Feb. 1852 to Treasury, in which WF's most important recommendations [to 1848 committee for Mint reform] have been carried out. Dependence on steam for transportation has raised price of coal. Proposes two methods to replace coal: (a) use electrical conductivity of seawater in presence of dissimilar metals to propel ships, and (b) generate heat in 'Earth Batteries,' similar to dungheaps. Asks JH to approve request by John Gilbert, retired mechanical engineer at Calcutta mint, who wishes to visit Royal Mint, but was refused several years ago.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9698

From:
Annibal de Gasparis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 November 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.47
Summary:

Sending his theory of the orbits of comets. Comments on this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9711

From:
John P. Gassiot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.59
Summary:

The Kew Committee has requested estimates from Thomas Cook[e] and Andrew Ross for an instrument to carry out JH's suggestions. Is grateful for these suggestions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9812

From:
Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.147
Summary:

Soldiers are suffering in this unhealthy country for want of occupation. Hopes he has been able to lighten his duties at the Mint. Administration seems inefficient in the supply to the troops.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel996

From:
Jean-Bapt[iste] Frener
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 September 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0929
Summary:

Applies for employment as engraver at the Royal Mint. Summarizes his past experience and provides a seal of his own design.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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