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Herschel2854

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 October 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.134
Summary:

Speculation about land masses and climate in Arctic regions. Extols James Ross's talents. Discusses John Dalton's pension and who should be devoting efforts for approving pensions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2873

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[10 October 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.96
Summary:

Thanks WS for Pulkowa Medal. Problematic health and large family make visit to WS impossible. Mentions [Francis] Baily's hope of terminating 'Cavendish experiment.' Sends copy of 'Revision of Southern Constellations.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2897

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 October 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.388
Summary:

Has not received parcels from Royal Society. Wants JH to send notice of proposal to Astronomische Nachrichten. Remarks on JH's requiem for William Herschel's large telescope. Asks JH to thank King of Denmark directly for the order conferred.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6091

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[11 October 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.218 (C: RS:HS 25.8.43)
Summary:

Is delighted to hear that the Cavendish experiments are proving successful. Is progressing slowly with the reductions of his own southern sweeps. Regarding a state pension for Mrs. Gregory (widow of O. G. Gregory); would FB give him some idea of Mrs. Gregory's circumstances.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6092

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.219
Summary:

Regarding the circumstances of Mrs. Gregory (widow of O. G. Gregory) and the possibility of support for a state pension for her.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6885

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.186
Summary:

Points out an error JH has made concerning J. E. Bode's law. What is the proper notation for the satellites?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7889

From:
Élie François Wartmann
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 October 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.92
Summary:

Has visited scientific institutions in the British Isles, and is writing to make arrangements to see JH. Talks about Halley's Comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8098

From:
Zanobi Zucchini
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 October 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.364
Summary:

Charles Babbage will bring ZZ's Italian translation of Madame Somerville's On the Connection of the Physical Sciences to JH. Hopes to translate JH's Treatise Astr. into Italian soon. May ZZ list JH among ZZ's formal associates?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8288

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mrs. Gregory
Date:
1841-10
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.93c (C: RS:HS 22.99)
Summary:

A testimonial on behalf of Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, deceased, to assist Mrs. Gregory in obtaining a Civil List pension.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8976

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)]
Date:
[17 October 1841]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.5858
Summary:

Writing HP as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, JH strongly recommends that William Whewell be named Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9120

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.198
Summary:

[Writing shortly after his marriage (12 Oct. 1841) and acceptance a few days later of the Mastership of Trinity College], WW thanks JH for his expressions of good will. Invites the Herschels to Trinity Lodge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9124

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[19 October 1841]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.5843
Summary:

Congratulates WW on becoming Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9588

From:
Thomas I. M. Forster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 October 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.329
Summary:

Wrote some three months ago, but heard nothing so presumes he was away. Did he receive the parcel of books? Has taken a house here and would be pleased to see him. Has just recovered from a serious brain fever. Was elected a member of the Association but has not paid his fees; is he still a member?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC300

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Mrs Mary Richardson (nee Booth)
Date:
8 October 1841
Source of text:
JDH/1/2 f.78-79, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH apologises for not writing sooner to Mrs [Mary] Richardson [wife of Dr Sir John Richardson of the Royal Hospital at Haslar where young naval surgeons awaited assignment]. He thanks Richardson for her letter & the news of family & friends at Haslar. In answer to her query JDH states his feelings about going to sea in naval service to pursue science, & how the service suits him. The HMS 'Erebus' is currently alongside the HMS 'Favourite', JDH likes the officers but thinks the Navy offers little financial reward or future security. Mentions Richardson's account of the Daguerrotype in her letter & her account of the usefulness of the penny post to naturalists. Thanks Richardson for her congratulations to his father, William Jackson Hooker, on his appointment as Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Mentions his sisters & alludes to their uncertain state of health. JDH explains that on ship he spends more time on botany that on his actual profession: medicine, & Captain [James Clark] Ross has made comfortable provisions for his natural history work. When he can explore there are always many specimens of the lower orders of the vegetable kingdom to collect in New Zealand [moss, lichen, fungi etc] & he & Ross also make zoological collections & observations: of birds, insects, fish & shells. He notes that Dr Richardson would be interested in a kind of tunny known as a yellow tail, a beautiful salmon & several Ribband fish from the Antarctic circle. The marine life found in the towing nets is diverse, including crustacea, & has much in common with life in the Arctic seas. JDH writes of his friends Kay & Hepburn in Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania], the latter has a garden enriched with gifts from the Government Garden at Hobart Town, given by Miss Craycroft & Miss Franklin. JDH praises Sir John Franklin, the Governor, very highly & JDH is flattered by his interest in himself & the expedition: Franklin always asks for news of them from Dayman at the observatory.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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Tyndall0097

From:
Thomas Charles Higginson
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Oct. 1st. 1841.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/11/3730, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Tyndall0098

From:
John Conwill
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
October 5th 1841.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/11/3522, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Tyndall0099

From:
A Bessie
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Tuesday night, Oct. 5th. 1841.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/11/3892, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Tyndall0100

From:
John Tyndall
To:
John Tyndall, Snr
Date:
Thursday night, (October 7th, 1841)
Source of text:
MS JT/1/10/3246, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Tyndall0101

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Editors of the Carlow Senitinel
Date:
Oct 12/41
Source of text:
MS JT/8/1/1-2, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Tyndall0102

From:
John Tyndall, Snr
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Oct. 13th. 1841.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/10/3247, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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