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Herschel3973

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
1833-4-25[?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0578.4.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH explains how CH's money will be allotted to her while JH is in Cape Town. Margaret Herschel writes CH a note describing JH's new son William.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3974

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[2 November 1833]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0578.7.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Mentions to CH that 2000 of the nebulae and all of the engravings are printed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3975

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[8 December 1833]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0578.9.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Sailing to Cape Town, JH reports sighting an English ship.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3976

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[28 March 1834]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0579.2; Reel 1058
Summary:

Reviews his voyage to Africa in case CH did not receive JH's 1834-1-21 letter. Repairing the house that they bought outside of Cape Town, called 'Feldhausen' by the Dutch and 'The Grove' by the English; they are staying at another home close by. Happy that Table Mountain near the house shelters Feldhausen from southeast gales.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3977

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[22 February 1835]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0580.1.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH describes his sweeps of Scorpio. Writes that the Milky Way is 'extremely curious and interesting.' Has collected a large catalog of southern nebulae, many never before detected. JH's search for Halley's Comet has been unsuccessful thus far.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3979

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1835]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0580.3.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

Applauds CH elected an [honorary] member of the R.A.S. Missed seeing Halley's Comet and Johann Encke's comet; Thomas Maclear, however, viewed Encke's three times. Has studied nearly the entire Southern sky.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3980

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[8 March 1836]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0581.1.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Is too busy to use Carl Gauss's magnetometer. Viewing Halley's Comet has interrupted JH's sweeps. Reports that Gamma Virginis is a single star in both the 20-ft. reflector and 7-ft. equatorial.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3981

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[19 February 1836]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0581.2.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Reports the birth of his fifth child, Alexander Stewart. Has made some excellent observations of Halley's Comet. Asks CH to inform Carl Gauss that JH has not received Gauss's magnetometer nor is JH certain of how to use it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3982

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
1836-[8]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0581.3.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Work nearly finished here. Has documented the sixth satellite of Saturn and has seen possibly a seventh.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3983

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1836]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0581.4.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Confident that 1837 will be his last year in Africa. JH's catalog of nebulae and double stars is nearly complete. Has a series of observations of Halley's Comet from 1836-1-25 to 1836-5-5. Although JH is too busy to undertake any magnetic studies, he has been providing information about Carl Gauss's magnetometer to the new observatory in Bombay. Recalls that Charles Babbage mentioned the 'principle' of Gauss's method 'at least 10 or 12 years' ago.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3984

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1837]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0582.1.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

Reports that he viewed Halley's Comet from 1836-1-25 to 1836-5-10. Now studying sunspots and solar radiation. Comments that the sun has more spots than JH previously thought. Has been busy during the December solstice determining the constant of solar radiation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3985

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[6 August 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0583.3; Reel 1058
Summary:

Reports a joyous reunion with family and friends.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3986

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[26 November 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0583.7; Reel 1058
Summary:

Impressed with the new President of the R.S.L., Spencer J. A. Compton. Has learned that Carl Gauss was awarded the Copley Medal for his research in terrestrial magnetism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3987

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0584.4.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Has enclosed with the letter 'a letter sketch of the 40 feet [telescope] (as it now stands) made without hands, by Photography.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3988

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[7 August 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0584.5.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

The 20-ft. reflecting telescope used at Cape Town was delivered safely to Slough.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3989

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0584.7; Reel 1058
Summary:

Reports the birth of JH's seventh child, Maria Sophia. Met Adolphus Frederick, the Duke of Cambridge, who asked about CH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4023

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[7 September 1837]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0582.2.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

Eliminated plans to visit Rio de Janeiro on the Herschels' return home, which will enable them to visit Hanover. Notes that JH's rheumatism attacks have interfered with his observations. JH considers his sweeping work finished. Has sent to the R.S.L. the first six hours of JH's 'Southern Catalogue of Nebulae and Double Stars' along with the micrometric measures of 400 southern double stars made with the equatorial.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4024

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0583.1; Reel 1058
Summary:

Herschels safely landed from Africa and in fine spirits.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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