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From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 April 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.367
Summary:

Invites JH to London to meet a friend of JG.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 April 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.368
Summary:

JH's mother has been ill. Is JH coming into town?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.403
Summary:

Recently received telescope from the optician. Some adjustments are necessary. [Robert] Blair has a similar idea regarding telescopes. Asks JH to mention his idea to the Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 April 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.404
Summary:

Gives permission to release his telescope proposal to others. Discusses the progress of the telescope. Considers modifying the arrangement of lenses.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Elizabeth [Betty] Plumleigh Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 April 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.223
Summary:

Gives views of her son (Charles Babbage) on hearing of his election to the Lucasian professorship at Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 April 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.224
Summary:

His feelings on hearing of his being elected to the Lucasian professorship at Cambridge. Regarding Joseph Clement and the work on his machine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sarah Bowdich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 April 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.205
Summary:

Thanks for his generous letter and enclosures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.76
Summary:

Regarding letters from J. L. Tiarks concerning Saturn, and Dr. K. L. C. Rümker concerning J. C. Borda's pendulum at Parramatta.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
R[obert] Baldwin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 April 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.10
Summary:

Conveys the best thanks from the directors of the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana for the liberal settlement over his article 'Light.' He will receive a fine paper copy of the encyclopaedia in due course.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James Dunlop
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 April 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.515
Summary:

Regrets the error over the double stars. Is grateful to the Astronomical Society for the honor conferred on him. Regarding the observations of stars that he would like to deposit in a library.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1828-4
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.342
Summary:

Hopes JH will stay for Sunday dinner at TY's before JH visits Dr. Litten. If so, please invite T. M. Brisbane and Francis Baily to join them. Writes formula TY discovered for discontinuous spectra. TY can now communicate with H. W. M. Olbers and T. J. Seebeck via H. C. Schumacher.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 April 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.458
Summary:

Attended meeting of the Astronomical Society and made observations of Saturn. Invites JH to dinner party. Activities at the Board of Longitude. Contacts with French scientists.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.173
Summary:

Encourages JH's efforts in writing a treatise on sound. Asks JH's advice on a system of mineralogical classification that WW, as Cambridge's new professor of mineralogy, had drawn up.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Maria Edgeworth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 April 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.24
Summary:

Is grateful for the gift of his essay on Light, though she cannot comprehend all of it. Regarding her brother Francis and his work at Cambridge. Would be pleased to see JH at Edgeworthstown.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project