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Herschel3059

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.214
Summary:

Sends latest publications. Has received highly surprizing letter on meteors by Mr. Wood. Discusses 'famous apparitions.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3429

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Samuel Stratford
Date:
[28 February 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.88 (C: RS:HS 21.242)
Summary:

JH, in preparing to leave Cape, thanks WS for having sent Nautical Almanacs to him there. Discusses motions of a comet appearing to move whimsically, the periodical star alpha Hydrae, other stars, and the re-discovery of Saturn's sixth satellite.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4581

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[9 February 1838]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Received meteorite specimen. Michael Faraday will conduct analysis. Admiralty agrees to give TM an assistant. Finds a theodolite telescope for Cape Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8979

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir John Bell
Date:
[17 February 1838]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.4
Summary:

Presents, in response to a memorandum from JB, JH's views on such matters as the administration, staffing, and funding of the Government Free Schools at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8980

From:
Sir John Bell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 February 1838]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.5
Summary:

Thanks JH for his long and insightful memorandum of 1838-2-17 on the system of Government Free Schools at the Cape of Good Hope. Accepts many of JH's ideas and requests that JH, after returning to England, present JH's ideas to Lord Glenelg.

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John Herschel Project
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