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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[13 November 1848]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1099 (Nov. 18, 1848), 1149
Summary:

Reports witnessing a lunar rainbow, including a secondary rainbow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[20] November 1848
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1100 (Nov. 25, 1848), 1179
Summary:

Provides a rule for dividing vanishing lines in perspective drawing. [Written by 'Geometer', i.e., JH.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[28 November 1848]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20774 (C: RS:HS 23.49)
Summary:

Comments on a philosophical paper by [Robert Leslie] Ellis, sent him by WW. Discusses his own and Ellis's views on physical causality.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Eden
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.18
Summary:

Would like to hear how the Admiralty Manual is progressing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Eden
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.19
Summary:

Thanks for letter. Is grateful for all the trouble JH is taking over the Admiralty Manual. Presumes JH has dealt with rotatory storms; otherwise he would have asked Col. William Reid to write a few pages.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Brian Houghton Hodgson
Date:
1 November 1848
Source of text:
JDH/1/12 f.9-18, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Brian Houghton Hodgson
Date:
9-11-[1848]
Source of text:
JDH/1/12 f.19-34, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available. This letter was started on the 9th November but was not completed and sent until the 18 November 1848

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Dr Archibald Campbell
Date:
28 November 1848
Source of text:
JDH/1/12 f.51-52, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Brian Houghton Hodgson
Date:
28 November 1848
Source of text:
JDH/1/12 f.53-54, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project