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Herschel1487

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[25 September 1832]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.12 (C: RS:HS 21.116)
Summary:

Sends positions of Biela's Comet. Has much success with repolished telescope mirrors and collimator. Designs equatorial revolving roof for Cape observations; sends sketches. Compares WS's, W. R. Dawes's, and JH's observations of Gamma Virginis.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel1488

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[3 June 1833]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.13 (C: RS:HS 21.137)
Summary:

Intends to visit WS after attending Cambridge B.A.A.S. meeting.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel1489

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[28 July 1833]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.14 (C: RS:HS 21.142)
Summary:

Reports observations with WS's equatorial during Bedford visit. Packs instruments for voyage. Pleased that Thomas Maclear will take post of Astronomer Royal at the Cape Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1490

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[25 September 1833]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.15 (C: RS:HS 21.148)
Summary:

Unable to send Gamma Virginis observations because papers are packed. Declines offer of WS's transit circle for use at Cape.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel1491

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[17 October 1838]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.16(C: RS:HS 21.262)
Summary:

Chooses a publisher and printer for Cape Results. Decides against getting portrait painted. Makes suggestions for observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1492

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[28 April 1839]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.17 (C: RS:HS 22.13)
Summary:

Does not have operational telescope. Suggests WS set 1840 as epoch.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1829

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[1827-5]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.1
Summary:

On the questions of the usefulness of occultations and the use of mean time in astronomy, JH would much value WS's opinions.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel1878

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
1831
Source of text:
WT 91800.1
Summary:

Wants WS to make a choice between the several skeleton forms JH has devised for recording astronomical observations. Also comments on orbit of Gamma Virginis and 30 Scorpii, as well as Encke's Comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1879

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[4 November 1832]
Source of text:
WT 91800.2
Summary:

As no one seemed to be finding Biela's Comet, JH sat up several nights looking for it and now has located it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1882

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[12 September 1865]
Source of text:
WT 67430.2
Summary:

Explains, according to the laws of probability, how the arrows should have been distributed on the archery target at St. Leonard's, and compares that with the actual distribution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1903

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[19 September 1828]
Source of text:
WT B.1
Summary:

Informs WS that JH located Encke's Comet the previous night, and gives the location.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3034

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[26 December 1834]
Source of text:
South African Library
Summary:

Discusses contribution of WS's son, C. P. Smyth, as Thomas Maclear's assistant. Discusses observations of Halley's Comet, Gamma Virginis, other celestial objects, and the use of a double image micrometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3960

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[20 April 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.271
Summary:

Suggests method to check the effectiveness of James Dunlop's work at Paramatta Obsrvatory..

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4064

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[17 November 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.335
Summary:

Believes that Thomas Galloway's paper on solar motion deserves a medal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4069

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[4 July 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.51
Summary:

Sends WS William Herschel's chromatic observations of Beta Cygni. Completing 'Catalogue of Nebulae.' Works on translating Book IX of Iliad; fears he will not complete translation of Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4088

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[28 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.258
Summary:

Astronomical Society will lend instruments, including a Beaufoy Clock and a transit circle, to WS for his observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4107

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[29 January 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.302 (C: RS:HS 23.189)
Summary:

Agrees to support C. P. Smyth for membership in R.S.L. Objects to C. P. Smyth's statement regarding his discoveries observing at high altitudes. Stresses importance of variable star work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4109

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[11 September 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.180
Summary:

Success of C. P. Smyth's Teneriffe expedition pleases JH; anxious for declination of nebulae taken from high altitudes. Upset over G. J. Stoney's reproduction of JH's collimating telescope without giving him credit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4142

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[9 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 307 (C: RS:HS 22.307)
Summary:

Asks WS to take the chair at the next meeting of the R.A.S [probably concerning the Adams-Leverrier dispute].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4143

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[16 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.337b
Summary:

Suggests John Lubbock's improvements in calculating planetary perturbations be discussed at a R.A.S. meeting. Plans to bring subject before the Council.

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John Herschel Project
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