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Herschel11894

From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.256
Summary:

Was not prepared for the facts regarding the invention of the compensation bars as expressed in JH's letter. Will investigate the various claimants further.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11895

From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.257
Summary:

Sends proof sheet on the mathematics of representation. Intends to print in full JH's letter to Mrs. Drummond. Has not yet received information regarding the measuring bars as T. A. Larcom is busy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11896

From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.258
Summary:

Sends the last sheet of the Memoir that will be necessary for JH to see. Sheets on the measuring bars are held in abeyance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11958

From:
J. Melvill
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 May 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.320
Summary:

The packet for Wilfred Heely has just been delivered and JM will arrange for it to be forwarded to Calcutta by the Mail steamer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12006

From:
William C. Morland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 October 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.368
Summary:

Is grateful for JH's translation of Homer, which he values. Regrets to see JH's son so fatigued.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12150

From:
D[aniel] Mackintosh
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 September 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.7
Summary:

Has been travelling around lecturing on geology since he left the London Polytechnic in 1861. Wishes that someone like JH would consider geological features from a dynamical point of view.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12167

From:
W. Masters
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.25
Summary:

Giving details of the meteors that fell recently.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12232

From:
Charles C. Nelson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 September 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.89
Summary:

Giving news of the health of his brother, who will shortly be moving to St. Leonard's for health reasons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1269

From:
John F. South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.38
Summary:

Tells JH that JS's brother, James, is very ill and infirm, almost blind and with his memory failing, but wishing to be reconciled to those with whom he was in conflict in earlier times. Charles Babbage has visited. Would JH come or write?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1271

From:
John F. South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 June 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.40
Summary:

Thanks JH for his kind letter [see JH's 1866-5-31]. James South has heard that his godson, William James Herschel, has returned from India. Could JH visit? [A greeting is appended by James South.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13752

From:
Henry Francis Blanford
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 October 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0107.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

As directed by Meteorological Committee, HB sends report on 1864 Calcutta cyclone.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13806

From:
Charles G. B. Daubeny
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
15 November [1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0156; Reel 1087
Summary:

[Printed letter] Collecting poems related to natural history and physical science. Lists 16, including JH's 'On the Herschelean Telescope.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14075

From:
Henry Anthony Jeffreys
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0296.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

JH's solution is perfectly satisfactory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14099

From:
George William Kitchin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0318; Reel 1087
Summary:

Clarendon Press plans to publish series on logic. Invites JH to write treatise on inductive logic. Expect letters on this from John Phillips and Bartholomew Price.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14100

From:
George William Kitchin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0319; Reel 1087
Summary:

Grateful that JH is considering [writing treatise on inductive logic]. Each book in series is independent of other authors. Conveyed JH's request to Bartholomew Price.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14184

From:
Bartholomew Price
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0410; Reel 1087
Summary:

Supports G. W. Kitchin's request that JH write treatise on inductive logic for benefit of Oxford students.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14227

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0428.25; Reel 1093
Summary:

Requests JH's views on inductive logic for a publication by Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1434

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.62
Summary:

Comments against the paper of Ernst Klinkerfüss about observations of dispersed star light [see JH's 1866-2-24].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1436

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.63
Summary:

Further comments on Ernst Klinkerfüss's paper, in response to JH's 1866-2-28.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1438

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.65
Summary:

Comments on a letter GS received from Ernst Klinkerfüss, which leaves GS convinced of the basic correctness of the views of GS and JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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