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Herschel11590

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
[31 May 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.53
Summary:

R.S.L. business about an observatory at the North Cape in Sweden.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11591

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
[14 August 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.64
Summary:

G. B. Airy needs HL to send him the information used to set up colonial magnetic observatories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11592

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
[1 November 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.69
Summary:

About the urgent need to prepare a report on the magnetic observations, and that HL is the most logical person to give direction to it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11628

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[6 July 1840]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0011; Reel 1054
Summary:

GA's correspondence with [R.S.L. president] Lord Northampton [S. J. A. Compton] will be read before Physical Committee. JH favors establishing national physical observatory and experimental institute, but wishes plan had been discussed more fully. Proposes sites, procedures, and instruments for magnetic and meteorological observations in Britain. Ideas for experimental institute.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1163

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
1840-6-[25 or earlie
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.19
Summary:

Sends to HL a sheet of curves laid down by [Charles] Riddell, comparing Brussels declination observations with those made in Toronto. JH frequently refers to HL's work on the subject of terrestrial magnetism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1164

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
[29 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.22
Summary:

Has received JL's memoir on the tides. JH would like to amalgamate certain portions with a memoir from William Whewell. JH adds some comments on photographic experiments he has made.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11765

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 February 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.124
Summary:

Work will begin on obelisk at Feldhausen. Occultation of Gamma1 and Gamma2 Virginis observed. Triangulation survey will take TM away from Royal Observatory for extended time. Slave ship carries small pox and causes outbreak. Parallax observations show brightest stars, not nearest.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11766

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 March 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.126
Summary:

Acknowledges letter requesting land for the Magnetic Observatory. Has a portion of land available in the S.E. corner of the grounds, but it will be necessary to obtain the permission of Rear Admiral George Elliot.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11767

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 March 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.127
Summary:

Erebus and Terror have arrived in Simon's Bay. Discussed Magnetic Observatory with J. C. Ross, Captain Croper, and F. E. Wilmot, and wrote government requesting funds. Obelisk has not yet reached the Cape. Small pox rages in Cape Town.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11768

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.128
Summary:

Arrived in Zwartland in September. Surveyed grounds; measured baselines. Will be absent from observatory until Zwartland work finished.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1186

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.3
Summary:

Informs JH that the B.A.A.S. has placed him on a committee to provide two actinometers for observing high in the Alps.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1187

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.4
Summary:

Informs JH that the B.A.A.S. has placed him on a committee to study the possibility of using balloon ascents to study the upper atmosphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1188

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.5
Summary:

Informs JH that the B.A.A.S. has again placed him on the committee to supervise the translation and publication of foreign scientific memoirs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12078

From:
John Murray [Sr.?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 August 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.445
Summary:

Sending check and a note from the editor of the Quarterly Review.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12084

From:
John Murray [Sr.?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1840]-9
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.451
Summary:

Has forwarded JH's note regarding a review of William Whewell's book to J. G. Lockhart, who will be very pleased to receive such an article.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12175

From:
Philip Melvill
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.33
Summary:

Sending a list of the principal instruments possessed by Lt. Col. George Everest. Also the last report made by Everest of his observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12176

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Philip Melvill
Date:
[22 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.34 & 22.38
Summary:

Returns, with many thanks, the report of George Everest. Gives adverse comment on the alterations that Everest has made to some of the instruments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12212

From:
George Thomas Napier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 April 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.68
Summary:

Apologizes for his long silence. Outlines recent events at the Cape concerning Andries Stockenström, who has been replaced by J. Hare, and Major C. C. Michell, who has resigned. J. R. Innes has been all over the Colony and will shortly be coming to England. F. M. Eardley-Wilmot has dined with the Napiers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12213

From:
George Thomas Napier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 May 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.69
Summary:

Thanks for his long letter regarding education at the Cape. The five teachers have now arrived at the Cape. Comments on education at the Cape. Further regarding the Andries Stockenström affair.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1235

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[17 August 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.68
Summary:

Thanks RH for a sample of Daguerreotype paper. Comments on some aspects of the action of 'thermic' rays and 'chemical' rays in photography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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