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SOMERVILLE268

From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
3 Nov 1833
Source of text:
HS 16.403, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE270

From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
17 Jul 1835
Source of text:
HS 16.404, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE271

From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
17 Jul 1835
Source of text:
HS 19.71, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel1

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[15 August 1833]
Source of text:
RGO 6.157.162 (C: RS:HS 25.3.16)
Summary:

Encourages GA to consider favorably the offer of Hugh Percy [Duke of Northumberland] of donating a telescope to Cambridge Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel100

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[15 November 1838]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.217 (C: TxU:H/L-0010)
Summary:

Details about proposals for magnetic expeditions, as they are to be presented to British government [see GA's 1838-11-12]. Also included is a copy of the resolutions passed at a B.A.A.S. meeting on 25 Aug. 1828.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1000

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Fearon Fallows
Date:
[9 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.17
Summary:

Brings FF up-to-date on astronomical news in England, and suggests that JH may come to the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1001

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[10 February 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.19
Summary:

Provides FB, Chairman of the Greenwich Visitation Committee, with detailed recommendations for the preparation of catalogues coming out of the Greenwich observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1002

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Dionysius Lardner
Date:
[21 February 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.21
Summary:

Would prefer not to write a popular account of William Herschel and his work which DL has requested; JH has always intended to produce a major volume on the life and work of his father.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1003

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[21 February 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.22
Summary:

More on the observations and publication of results of the Greenwich Observatory [see JH's 1831-2-10].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1004

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
E[dward] Smedley
Date:
[22 February 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.23
Summary:

Is writing to inquire about the copyright status of some earlier writings for the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana; JH is considering collecting some of these early writings, together with others, for a separate publication.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1005

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Peter Mark Roget
Date:
[23 February 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.24
Summary:

JH writes to excuse himself from a meeting the following day at which Charles Babbage's calculating engine will be discussed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1006

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[25 February 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.25
Summary:

Requests the return of his manuscript paper on double stars so that he may prepare his presentation to the next meeting of the Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10065

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Grahame
Date:
1830
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.401
Summary:

Silly story asking 'what has become of JG?'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1007

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Hope
Date:
[25 February 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.26
Summary:

Comments on proposed heat experiments of [James] Hall.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1008

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Dionysius Lardner
Date:
[2 March 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.27
Summary:

Is upset by some statement attributed to JH in an advertisement for the encyclopedia [Cabinet Cyclopaedia], which DL edits.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1009

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Samuel Stratford
Date:
[3 March 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.28
Summary:

Is disturbed by a suggestion of how JH should behave with respect to the Duke of Sussex.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1010

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Samuel Stratford
Date:
[3 March 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.29
Summary:

Writes a second letter to clarify the first [see JH's 1831-3-3] about a matter involving the Greenwich Observatory and the Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1011

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Peter Mark Roget
Date:
[5 March 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.30
Summary:

Declines to serve on a committee to assist the Council of the R.S.L. to revise its charter and statutes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1012

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[5 March 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.31
Summary:

Expresses his views to FB about the meeting of the Admiralty, Greenwich Observatory, [and members of the Astronomical Society?] held the previous day.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1013

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Samuel Stratford
Date:
[1 April 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.2.1
Summary:

Offers to smooth the way for WS in communicating with the various astronomers on the Continent whom JH knows.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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