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Herschel12469

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Cranmer Penrose
Date:
[23 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.335 & 24.58
Summary:

Finds FP's paper [see FP's 1864-7] interesting, but does not believe his proposal has any hope of acceptance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1258

From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 October 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.21
Summary:

Would like JH's permission to make public JH's letter of 1826-11-14 in defence of the conduct of the late Humphry Davy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1259

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James South
Date:
[14 October 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.22
Summary:

States unequivocally that the letter referred to in JS's 1864-10-11 has not 'a syllable' that can in any way affect the question of the conduct or character of the late Humphry Davy. JH could not conceive of publication of the letter without the express consent of the other person mentioned in it [Charles Babbage].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1260

From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.23
Summary:

Received JH's letter of 1864-10-14 'with grief almost inexpressible.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12609

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
T. P. Anderson and J. H. Shonbridge
Date:
[15 November 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0033; Reel 1054
Summary:

Signed and returned accountant's form. Delays reply until JH can confer with other trustees [of Hollier Trust Fund].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1261

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Philosophical Magazine
Date:
[20 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.24
Summary:

Attempts to clarify claims published by John Davy concerning whether his brother Humphry Davy had in 1827 promised Charles Babbage a position as secretary of the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12610

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
T. P. Anderson and J. H. Shonbridge
Date:
[17 November 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0034; Reel 1054
Summary:

Charles Babbage instructed JH to send TA's and JS's enquiry to [Charles] Few & Co., solicitors to Hollier Trust Fund.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1262

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James South
Date:
[20 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.25a
Summary:

As JH has been approached by Charles Babbage for permission to publish certain portions of JH's correspondence, JH is writing to say that he gives both Babbage and JS permission to publish what they will.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1263

From:
M. Hume
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.25b
Summary:

A note to say that MH is returning JH's dress coat by train.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1264

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.28 (Draft: BL Aaa 32309.172)
Summary:

Believes that John Davy's letter to the Philosophical Magazine was suggested by James South. To defend himself, CB now needs JH's permission to publish some of their correspondence.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12734

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Few & Co.
Date:
[17 November 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0149; Reel 1054
Summary:

As instructed by Charles Babbage on 27 Feb. 1863, JH forwards to Few & Co. recent letter from solicitors T. P. Anderson and J. H. Stonebridge requesting information about funds in Hollier Trust.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12758

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Alexander Hamilton
Date:
[28 January 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0177; Reel 1054
Summary:

Received report by Lord Monteagle [Thomas Spring-Rice] on Standard Platinum Pound. Agrees to participate with members of 1853 Standards Committee in reexamining standards.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12891

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Photographic News
Date:
[7 February 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0303; Reel 1054
Summary:

Asserts that a process for obtaining 'Turnbull's blue' recently published in PN was discovered and published in 1842 by JH. Adds a second case in which JH anticipated another author's result.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12892

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Photographic News
Date:
[22 October 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0304 & -0305.2; Reel 1054
Summary:

Notes introduction of 'Worthytype' process into commercial photography. Calls attention to process discovered by JH in 1832 for purifying uranium.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12893

From:
Henry Enfield Roscoe and Joseph Baxendell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 January 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0305.1; Reel 1054
Summary:

[Printed notice] Next meeting of Literary and Philosophical Society will be 26 Jan.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12948

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[1864-6-9 or later]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0360.1; Reel 1054
Summary:

Pendulum experiments to be conducted at stations of Great Indian Trigonometrical Survey.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12963

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[11 June 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0376; Reel 1054 (C: RS:HS 24.47)
Summary:

Plans to confer with [J. T.] Walker and F. A. T. Winnecke from Pulkovo to learn of Russian pendulum experiments before reporting to R.S.L. council. J. H. Pratt's measurement of polar axis and theory about earth's center of gravity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13044

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart from Isabella Herschel
Date:
[18] August 1864
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0457; Reel 1055
Summary:

News of Herschel family. JH asks for information about 'India Stock' [investments].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13045

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[James Calder] Stewart
Date:
[5 September 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0458; Reel 1055
Summary:

JH's India [H.E.I.C.] investments. Looking forward to seeing John [Herschel; son of JH] when he returns on leave.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13371

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1864-1 or later]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0602.2; Reel 1089
Summary:

Encloses copy of JH's essay entitled The Yard, the Pendulum, & the Metre... (1863). Speculates on causes for deviation in pendulum measurements. Recommends using torsion gravimeters in 'proposed operation.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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