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SOMERVILLE332

From:
Martha Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
27 Jan 1869?
Source of text:
HS 16.325, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE333

From:
Martha Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
3 Feb 1869?
Source of text:
HS 16.326, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE334

From:
John Murray JR
To:
John Herschel
Date:
5 Feb 1869
Source of text:
HS 12.453, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE335

From:
Joseph Barclay Pentland
To:
John Herschel
Date:
7 Feb 1869
Source of text:
HS 14.154, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE339

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
23 Mar 1869
Source of text:
HS 16.379, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE341

From:
John Murray JR
To:
John Herschel
Date:
19 Apr 1869?
Source of text:
HS 12.454, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE342

From:
John Murray JR
To:
John Herschel
Date:
22 Apr 1869?
Source of text:
HS 12.455, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE344

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
18 Dec 1869
Source of text:
HS 16.380, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel10139

From:
Robert P. Graves
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.26
Summary:

Has been requested by the relatives of the late W. R. Hamilton to write a memoir. Would be glad if JH would send him any suitable letters of Hamilton in his possession.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10140

From:
Robert P. Graves
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.27
Summary:

Agrees with him about the impossibility of sending W. R. Hamilton's letters by post. Thinks the best plan would be to send them to his brother at the Athenaeum, who will bring them to Ireland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10141

From:
Robert P. Graves
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.28
Summary:

Package of letters has arrived safely via the Globe Parcel Express Co., for which accept his best thanks. Would like a page or two of JH's recollections of W. R. Hamilton if possible. Has sent a pamphlet on William Wordsworth and the Lake Country.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10184

From:
Amédée Victor Guillemin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 April 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.71
Summary:

Is preparing a new edition of his book Le ciel, which J. N. Lockyer is translating into English. Would like to reproduce new information on shooting stars and meteors and would like JH's assistance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10237

From:
W. R. Greenhill
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.124
Summary:

Is grateful for the testimonial and for the favorable way in which he is regarded.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10275

From:
James Haig
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1869-6]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.158
Summary:

Thanks for his kind note and his tracts on Atoms and Forces. Thinks J. S. Mill's Logic is dangerous. Hopes he will read his book thoroughly and not be too critical of his astronomy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10338

From:
William Vernon Harcourt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.221
Summary:

Is very pleased that JH has accepted his little volume. Is sure JH would have made a success of a similar work. Behavior of animals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10519

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.396
Summary:

Sends photograph of a medal lately struck in Paris to commemorate the discovery of 100 asteroids, on which Hind appears.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10520

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.397
Summary:

His last note on the Julian period puzzled him. Has not taken many double star measurements, but will send on a few later. Has not finished the ecliptical charts yet. Regarding a planet more distant than Neptune.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10549

From:
Frederick W. Holland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.426
Summary:

Sinai expedition did not complete its work. Would like to send out Messrs. E. H. Palmer and C. F. T. Drake again. Can they continue to use JH's name as a trustee?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10680

From:
Sir William Huggins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 January 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.48
Summary:

Sends a proof of JH's obituary of W. R. Dawes. The concluding part of the manuscript was mislaid; would he therefore re-write the missing portion. Hopes to attend Professor Alexander Herschel's lecture this evening.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10682

From:
Sir William Huggins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 January 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.49
Summary:

Professor Joseph Winlock of Harvard agrees with all WH's observations of Nebula of Orion. The observations at Bishop's Observatory between 1844 and 1851 appear to be the work of W. R. Dawes. Comments on the reasons why the bright lines are so easily seen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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