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Herschel7508

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.25; Reel 9
Summary:

Assures JH that [Cape Results] will receive warm welcome in libraries of India. Suggests other recipients there. Send copies with dispatches from India House.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7509

From:
Spencer J. A. Compton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.26; Reel 9
Summary:

Thanks for [Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7510

From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.27; Reel 9
Summary:

Asked [William] Empson to write to JH about 'republication.' Thanks for [Cape Results]. Invites JH to visit. Glad that JH voted for [J. G. Shaw-]Lefevre [for M.P. from Cambridge].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7511

From:
John Couch Adams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.28; Reel 9
Summary:

Thanks for [Cape Results] and copy of JH's portrait. Attributes JA's passion for astronomy to JH's influence. Recalls happy visit to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7512

From:
John Wrottesley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.29; Reel 9
Summary:

Received Cape Results. Compliments JH's industry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7513

From:
John Wrottesley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
14?] August [1847
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.30; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude on behalf of Institution for receipt of [Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7514

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.31; Reel 9
Summary:

Grateful for receipt of [Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7515

From:
James Challis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.32; Reel 9
Summary:

Observatory received Cape Results. Congratulates JH on completing project. Keeping busy with 'new Planets.' Gives credit to J. R. Hind for diligent searching [for Iris].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7516

From:
Temple Chevallier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.33; Reel 9
Summary:

Thanks from curators of Durham Observatory for Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7517

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.34; Reel 9
Summary:

Congratulations for Cape Results. Excellent memorial to William Herschel. [Engravings of JH's] portrait were distributed to famous astronomers in northern Europe. Fragile nature precludes shipping it to Italy, India, and America. Believes J. R. Hind and George Bishop have right to discovery of new planet [Iris].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7518

From:
George Dollond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.35; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7519

From:
Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
23 August [1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.36; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7520

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.37; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Congratulates Margaret Brodie Herschel for her part in it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7521

From:
James Clark Ross
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.38; Reel 9
Summary:

Congratulations on completion of 'Herculean labors' represented in Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7522

From:
Temple Chevallier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.39; Reel 9
Summary:

Apologizes for not noticing JH's offer 'written upon the second leaf' [of JH's Cape Results] to send engraving of JH's portrait. Assures JH that TC would treasure it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7523

From:
Henry Lawson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.40; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Recalls JH's parents. Delighted to own portrait of JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7524

From:
John Hartnup
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.41; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude on behalf of Observatory committee for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Has ordered JH's portrait. Hopes to see 'our Equatorial mounted in a few weeks.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7525

From:
John Webb Woollgar
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.42; Reel 9
Summary:

Believes no representation of northern portion of Milky Way exists to match JH's plate XIII [in Cape Results] showing southern portion. Would JH construct one?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7526

From:
W. E. Maxwell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.43; Reel 9
Summary:

On behalf of uncle William Pearson, who is ill, WM thanks JH for Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7567

From:
Phillipe Jarnac
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.84; Reel 9
Summary:

Will distribute copies [of JH's Cape Results] if JH will forward them to French embassy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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