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Herschel6562

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Crookes
Date:
[10 October 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.242
Summary:

Comments on various specimen photographic papers JH is sending; JH believes he has isolated a metal he wants to call 'Junonium.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6563

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Crookes
Date:
[13 October 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.306
Summary:

Has just returned home and found the Photographic News and the queries regarding chemical experiments and photography. Gives details, but regrets he has not published much on it yet as he is still experimenting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6564

From:
William Crookes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.307
Summary:

Thanks for letter. Will insert the information in a forthcoming issue of the Photographic News. Awaits with interest news of the new metals discovered by JH. Would like a small quantity of Junoniate of soda.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6565

From:
William Crookes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.308
Summary:

Letter and bottle of solution arrived safely. His latest photographic experiments. Is pleased to hear that JH approves of his efforts to chronicle photographic experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6831

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Warren de La Rue
Date:
[10 October 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.143 (C: RS:HS 23.241)
Summary:

Has now had time to examine the stereoscopic photograph of the moon. Thinks it is a wonderful effect and opens up a new field for terrestrial objects.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7092

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[13 October 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.243
Summary:

On the definition of an island, and an invitation to lecture about a comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7093

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.317
Summary:

Sending a query regarding JH's philosophy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7094

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.318
Summary:

JH has turned round his question. Samuel Earnshaw has professed to have integrated the pipe equation. Gives an equation of his own.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7683

From:
William Crookes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1858]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.4; Reel 10
Summary:

Invites remarks from JH. Except for W. H. F. Talbot's 'new discovery,' the subject of copying paintings draws the most attention from readers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8789

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William J. Hooker
Date:
[31 October 1858]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens
Summary:

Please distinguish between the genus Wellingtonia and the genus Sequoia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8922

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Photographic News
Date:
[13 October 1858]
Source of text:
Photographic News, 1 (Oct. 29, 1858), 86
Summary:

Discusses the use in photography of a metallic substance named Junonium.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel901

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[8 October 1858]
Source of text:
JHS 5.21
Summary:

Gives a detailed account of the wanderings and visits of JH and son John; among other things they observed a comet at night.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9203

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[19 October 1858]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20796 (C: RS:HS 23.244)
Summary:

Discusses various arrangements of the chemical elements, including those of [J. P.] Cooke and [John] Mercer. Asks WW about capillary action.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1504

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
General William Munro
Date:
13 October 1858
Source of text:
MUN/1 f.125, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Tyndall1564

From:
John Tyndall
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
9th Oct. 1858
Source of text:
RR/3/185 Tyndall 9 October 1858, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1565

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Octr 10th 1858
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/242, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1566

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
19th Oct. 1858.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/647; MS JT/1/HTYP/515-16, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1567

From:
Mary Anne Coxe
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Tuesday 9th October
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/276, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1568

From:
Mary Anne Coxe
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Saturday | October 30th. (1858)
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/277, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1569

From:
John Tyndall
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Sunday morning
Source of text:
MS JT/5/16a/-, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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