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Herschel5632

From:
William Radcliffe Birt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.122
Summary:

Will be happy to abide by JH's judgement. Would like to know if the publication of the instructions in the manual would interfere with their separate publication. Will have to obtain financial assistance if his observations are to be continued.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6694

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.11
Summary:

As JH has accepted the superintendency of the Admiralty Manual he will try to undertake the geological part, but it will take time as he is busy on another project.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6772

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.89
Summary:

Has found that Orionus is a double star. Compares William Lassell's and Wilhelm Struve's observations of various stars.

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

Herschel6973

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.241
Summary:

Sending something from Airy relating to the testimonial. Anything he does not use can be returned to Somerset House for AD.

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

Herschel7448

From:
Smith, Elder & Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/3.18; Reel 9
Summary:

Sends statement of JH's account [for publishing Cape Results]. Sales of book are less than anticipated but continually increasing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7571

From:
Pierre Daussy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.88; Reel 9
Summary:

Thanks JH for the gift of a copy of JH's Cape Results, and admires it greatly.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7594

From:
Eduard Heis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.111; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Owning no instruments, EH appreciated JH's chapter on 'naked eye' astronomy. Notes and drawings of variable stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7613

From:
Alfred Gautier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 February 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.130; Reel 9
Summary:

Informs JH that JH has been made an honorary member of the Physical and Natural History Society of Geneva; the Society thanks JH for a copy of his Cape Results. Comments on F. V. Mauvais's discovery of a comet and on the illness and death of Caroline Herschel. Will send comments on some of JH's astronomical work later.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7952

From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.153
Summary:

Seriously ill. Will forward manuscripts to JH by next week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8144

From:
Thomas Williams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.412
Summary:

Requested letters from [Hugh Percy] late Duke of Northumberland to JH offering to pay for publishing [Cape Results]. Hopes to include that debt in late Duke's estate, rather than as obligation upon [Algernon Percy] new Duke. Encloses receipt for £1,000. [JH note (20 Feb 1848): Sent receipt to TW. Expenses came within £50 of Duke's gift.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8328

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Radcliffe Birt]
Date:
[23 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.131
Summary:

Received drafts from WB and Charles Wheatstone for Admiralty Manual. JH must edit and connect them. Promises to preserve WB's intent and to give full credit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8841

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[29 February 1848]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/38 (C: RS:HS 23.14)
Summary:

Refers WT to reference work to check WT's experiments [see WT's 1848-2-4]. JH says he will perform no more experiments in physical optics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9167

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[16 February 1848]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20773 (C: RS:HS 23.13)
Summary:

Gives directions for and raises questions concerning WW's contribution to JH's Admiralty Manual.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9256

From:
George Eden
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.13
Summary:

Sends the pamphlet by W. Snow Harris on lightning conductors. May find some extracts useful for the Admiralty Manual. Also extracts from William Reid and Mr. Liddington's work on hurricanes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9257

From:
George Eden
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.14
Summary:

Suggesting a title for the Admiralty Manual. Thinks it early to commence printing as papers may be delayed. Wording on the circular may do for the preface.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9441

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.190
Summary:

Leopold Gmelin's Handbuch der Chemie contains all JH requires. If he does not have access to it will send it to the R.S.L. for him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel958

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1848]
Source of text:
JHS 6.32
Summary:

Lists a number of people JH called on but all were out. Received a gold medal with the head of the King of the Netherlands on it. Also received a 'very superb and truly Imperial' ring from 'the Duke.' [This, presumably, is the diamond ring he received from the Emperor of Austria.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC20

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir William Jackson Hooker
Date:
11 February 1848
Source of text:
JDH/1/10 f.43-46, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH was staying with Sir L. Peel then at Government House with Lady & Lord Dalhousie. JDH is now travelling with Mr Williams' camp & was supplied for the trip by Sir James Colvile; nephew of Lord Auckland. JDH travelled Dawk: by Palanquin, from Calcutta [Kolkata] via Hooghly & the McIntosh's house at Burdwan to the camp at Taldangah where he met Mr Theobold & F. Watkins. JDH describes the vegetation of elevated Bengal table land in dry season: Zizyphus, grasses, Saul & Lac tree, Bamboo: no ferns, Liliums, mosses, fungi. Describes Paras-Nath mountain [Shikharji], ascent on elephants, the mountain village: Moderbund [Madhuban] & its temples. Mustard, wheat, dole & pulse are cultivated there, also Banyan & tamarind trees & groves of Saul, Fig, leguminous trees, Peepul & mango. People of Paras-Nath mostly Hindu with some Mahomedans [Muslims]. JDH found Buddhist engravings & learned from Mr Haddon that Paras-Nath is place of pilgrimage. Witnessed a Poojah: a Hindu ceremony. Woods on the mountain were dense Shorea robusta with Bauhinia climbers & much bamboo, two ferns, Cheilanthes, Adiantum & Selaginela. JDH wonders at the lack of tropical vegetation. The vegetation at the top of the mountain incl. Clematis, Barberry, grass parasitic on trees & traces of herbaceous plants possibly Begonias. JDH will visit again in the wet season for Cryptogams. Animals incl. squirrels, few birds & butterflies. On the road to Benares JDH saw mineral springs & got Confervae there for Harvey. From Dunwar Pass travelled on alluvial plain & dry Soane River to Bidjegur & Mirzapore. Common plants: Fici, Acacias, Toddy Palm & local date. JDH witnessed a tropical aurora. Future plans incl. going to Catmandoo [Kathmandu] in Nepal or Cherra Poonjee [Cherrapunji] & Ava in the Cassya [Khasi] Hills. JDH mentions working on Griffith's papers, Gurney, Claude Hamilton, Finlay of Easter Hill, Robert Reddie, [Nathaniel] Wallich, Cantor, Colly Comar, the Asiatic Society, Miss Henlslow & Wheatstone.

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Hooker Project
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