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SOMERVILLE325

From:
John Herschel
To:
Miss Somerville
Date:
3 Jan 1867
Source of text:
MSH 3 / 304, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel11305

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Urbain J. J. Leverrier
Date:
[27 January 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.209 (C: RS:HS 11.210 & 24.184)
Summary:

Comments on UL's paper on meteors. Outlines the nebular theory of the solar system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12653

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Baldwin
Date:
[10 January 1867]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0073; Reel 1054
Summary:

Advice on choosing executors, drawing will, and disposing of MB's property. Sends semiannual dividend from Drummond's.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13356

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William James Herschel
Date:
[1867 to 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0557; Reel 1053
Summary:

Avoid forcing metric system on India. Hopes Commission will adopt 'geometrical system of [A. T.] Kupffer and others. Winter weather. Family health and news. Alexander S. Herschel gave lecture at Leeds; reports many Japanese students at Glasgow. JH predicts that industrious Japanese may supplant Europe and America in next century. Details of JH's humorous plan for 'telegraphic personal transfer' [teleportation] to accelerate travel. Rash of bombings by mail in London. Attacks on police.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1439

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[1 January 1867]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H716
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of paper on nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1472

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[1867 or later]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H732
Summary:

On a correction to a report [JH's obituary on William Whewell].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1866

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander J. B. Hope
Date:
[27 January 1867]
Source of text:
WT 63313.2
Summary:

About some flowers, including a new variety being advertised.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2592

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[17 January 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.183 & draft: RS:HS 15.490
Summary:

Thanks WS for describing Aristotle's and Richard Whately's observation of the great sensitivity of the eye's lateral portion. Congratulates WS on becoming Dean of Norwich. Draft discusses miracles and lists possible arguments against WS's idea that miracles are not a violation of nature

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4511

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Longman & Green Publishers]
Date:
[1867]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton
Summary:

Sends a correction for the ninth edition of JH's Outlines Astr.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel917

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[17 January 1867]
Source of text:
JHS 5.37
Summary:

Tells MH about the wedding plans of son John and Mary Power; comments on the health of daughter Constance, and sends a silly sketch by Emma Hardcastle. [Part of the letter is illegible.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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