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Herschel6558

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Croll
Date:
[17 February 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.302 & 24.93
Summary:

Thanks for his letter and comments. Is always pleased to have any omission pointed out. Comments on his theories of the changing of the climates.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6631

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[26 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.107
Summary:

Comments on the unevenness of generations; speculations about life on Uranus; expects to finish translation of the Iliad by the end of the year.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6859

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Warren de La Rue
Date:
[31 January 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.167 & 24.84
Summary:

Returns the certificates duly signed and also Angelo Secchi's letter, which he was pleased to see. Elaborates on the possible causes of James Nasmyth's 'willow leaves.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7177

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[5 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.103
Summary:

Longs to hear from AD; comments on JH's health and on the weather.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7179

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[4 July 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.115
Summary:

On concept formation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7181

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[14 September 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.119
Summary:

About old friends, alive or dead; comments on a puzzle in probability; returns to JH's old haunts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7182

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[25 September 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.120
Summary:

Comments further on probability [see JH's 1865-9-14]; JH's daughter Maria is to be married; fills letter with much nonsense.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7185

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[14 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.135
Summary:

Comments on a mathematics paper AD sent. Inquires about W. S. Jevons. Is still working on translation of the Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8378

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Admiralty?]
Date:
[1865-3?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.176c
Summary:

Objections by Board of Visitors to proposed new railway tunnel near Greenwich observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8413

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Rudolf Wolf
Date:
[5 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.155
Summary:

Has sent RW a copy of JH's catalog of nebulae and also a biographical sketch of JH's father. Thanks RW for and praises RW's works on sun spots and on the aurora borealis. Notes that G. B. Airy is now disposed to accepting the existence of solar 'willow leaves.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8560

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Walter] White
Date:
[10 February 1865]
Source of text:
BostonPubLib Ms. Eng. 204
Summary:

Asks WW to check the R.S.L. council book for 23 Nov. 1826 to inform JH as to who was present.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8570

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[James Nasmyth]
Date:
1865-8-11.
Source of text:
BostonPubLib Ms.196(1)
Summary:

Declines offer of models of the moon's structure. Does not plan to present a lunar paper to the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8572

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart
Date:
[2 June 1865]
Source of text:
BostonPubLib Ms.Eng.334 (C: TxU:H/L-0459; Reel 1055)
Summary:

Thanks for the memorandum about the lion. Recounts tale about Emperor Hadrian; mentions Joseph Butler, Samuel Butler, and family health problems. Glad that JS recovered from 'ugly accident.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8764

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Editor of the Reader
Date:
[17 April 1865]
Source of text:
Sydney Ross Collection
Summary:

Appreciates invitation to publish some writings by JH in The Reader, but does not at present have suitable manuscripts. Is no longer active in astronomical observation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8792

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Stanley Jevons
Date:
[23 November 1865]
Source of text:
John Rylands University Library of Manchester (C: RS:HS 10.321 & 24.129)
Summary:

Is grateful for his valuable work on the Coal question. Such a work has been long wanted. Used to have a theory himself that the tides might be utilized, but working it out found it was not economic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8949

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Photographic News
Date:
[28 December 1865]
Source of text:
Photographic News, 10 (Jan. 5, 1866), 5-6 & American Journal of Photography, n.s
Summary:

Discusses recent progress in color photography. Stresses that what is most needed is a way of making negatives from which colored positives can be produced. Recounts JH's recent experiments relating to the action of light on solutions of platinum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8951

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Proceedings, 5 (1866), 11-12
Summary:

Suggests a method employing compressed air for cooling the working area in a deep mine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel896

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[9 January 1865]
Source of text:
JHS 5.16
Summary:

Works out the derivation for a mathematical problem, and JH suggests that son John should use this derivation in his paper; it is christening day for William, son of John's sister Caroline. [Also included is a one page letter of family news from sister Julia.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel902

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1865]
Source of text:
JHS 5.22
Summary:

Reports on accommodations and the activities of those family members with JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel903

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1865]
Source of text:
JHS 5.23
Summary:

Tells MH about the contents of letters from sons John and William, and about daughter Isabella's illness.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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