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Herschel4992

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
F. W. A. Argelander
Date:
[23 December 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.54
Summary:

JH, president of R.A.S., is writing to FA to discover the quantity of results that FA wants to present for printing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5371

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[16 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.318
Summary:

Regarding the originator of the R.A.S. Regarding his duties as trustee and other legal matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5441

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1848?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.388
Summary:

Thanks for his offer of help in the trusteeship. Also for his pamphlet on income tax. Is about to become involved in Chancery proceedings. Comments on tax.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5523

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick W. Beechey
Date:
[6 June 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.13 & 23.27
Summary:

Sending suggestions for a sympiesometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5524

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick W. Beechey
Date:
[7 June 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.14 & 23.28
Summary:

Further suggestion for the sympiesometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5528

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick W. Beechey
Date:
[18 June 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.18 & 23.31
Summary:

Answers to FB's queries concerning the sympiesometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5529

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick W. Beechey
Date:
[20 June 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.19 & 23.32
Summary:

Further points regarding the sympiesometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel556

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Richard Sheepshanks]
Date:
[18 August 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.356.159
Summary:

Comments on the quality of comparisons made on bars for standard lengths, and on the possible metals of which such standard bars might be made.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6514

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Spencer J. A. Compton
Date:
[23 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.18
Summary:

Regrets unable to dine with SC; explains why he declines to be a candidate for the presidency of R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6516

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Spencer J. A. Compton
Date:
[1 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.46
Summary:

Comments unfavorably on Admiralty's attitude to matters concerning magnetic observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6540

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Joshua Cooper
Date:
[1 May 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.25
Summary:

Congratulates EC on 'Thetis' [proposed name for asteroid Metis]; J. R. Hind has discovered a new star.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6970

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[27 January 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.9
Summary:

Some comments about dates related to JH's aunt Caroline Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6972

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[3 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.10
Summary:

Some additional details about JH's aunt Caroline [see JH's 1848-1-27].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6974

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[7 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.11
Summary:

Needs clarification about John Lubbock's planetary theory; thanks for G. B. Airy's lunar reductions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6975

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[1 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.15
Summary:

On the origin of the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6978

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[24 April 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.22
Summary:

Organizational matters related to R.A.S.; intrigued by AD's partial differential.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6979

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[25 April 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.23
Summary:

About authorship of an encyclopedia article, meeting arrangements, and the mathematical cleverness of his son William.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6982

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
1848-5
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.24
Summary:

Arrangements for meeting with AD.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6983

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[7 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.47
Summary:

About a number of new associate members of the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6985

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[11 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.50
Summary:

Asks for reference to date of discovery of the moon's variation by Aboul Wefa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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