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Herschel7534

From:
Edward Charlesworth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.51; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude on behalf of Yorkshire Philosophical Society for JH's offer to send Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7535

From:
William Yolland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.52; Reel 9
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results by Ordnance Survey library.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7536

From:
[John Henry Griesbach]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.53; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Offers suggestions from painter [John] Martin on how to alter engravings on steel plates, like those with which JH was dissatisfied.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7537

From:
George Fisher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.54; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7538

From:
William Samuel Stratford
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.55; Reel 9
Summary:

Please send latitude and longitude of Hawkhurst. Family benefited by trip to Southampton. Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7577

From:
Count [Gerrit] Schimmelpenninck
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.94; Reel 9
Summary:

King of Netherlands received copy of JH's Cape Results and wishes to award gold medal to JH. Does JH accept?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7585

From:
William Parsons (Lord Rosse)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.102; Reel 9
Summary:

Will call for JH's [Cape Results] when in London. One of WP's assistants reported ring around Neptune last winter, but WP is skeptical. Instruments idle for nine months. WP too busy with [Irish famine] relief. Wrote to T. R. Robinson to find competent assistant.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7586

From:
Edward Joshua Cooper
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.103; Reel 9
Summary:

Praises JH's Cape Results. Sends EC's paper read at Royal Irish Academy, three engravings of EC's 'Circle,' and EC's recent work dabbling 'in other than Astronomical affairs.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7588

From:
Christian C. J. Bunsen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.105; Reel 9
Summary:

Copy of JH's Cape Results was sent to king of Prussia. Other copies will be forwarded to astronomers in Germany. Note on [Alexander von] Humboldt's itinerary.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7601

From:
Count Revel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.118; Reel 9
Summary:

In response to JH's letter to the late Count [Polton?], Revel will forward two copies of JH's Cape Results to Turin for distribution to academic institutions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7602

From:
John Pringle Nichol
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.119; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results, donated to university library. David Brewster is head of St. Andrews College, and Daniel Dewar is head of Marischal College in Aberdeen. Hopes observatory will be complete when B.A.A.S. meets again in Glasgow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7603

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.120; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for gift of JH's Cape Results. Just returned from geological tour of highlands with [Bernhard] Studer from Bern [Switzerland]. Hopes to purchase Madame Witte's 'model of the Moon...for Edinburgh,' if it has not been bought in London. Observed Neptune at Oxford in company with U. J. J. Leverrier, J. C. Adams, and Wilhelm Struve.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7604

From:
David Brewster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.121; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for gift of JH's Cape Results, not yet received. Send copy for [St. Andrews] University through Smith, Elder & Co., booksellers to the university. Concurs with JH on names for asteroids.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7616

From:
George Bancroft
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.133.1; Reel 9
Summary:

Legation does not ordinarily forward parcels to America, but JH's unique reputation leads GB to set a precedent. Instructions for packaging copies [of JH's Cape Results]. S. C. Walker is now at National Observatory in Washington, D.C.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7641

From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/6.8; Reel 9
Summary:

Will soon marry [Frances] Selwyn, sister of Bishop of New Zealand. Favorable comments on [Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7643

From:
William Jerdan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
11 September [1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/6.10; Reel 9
Summary:

Sends copy of Literary Gazette, containing notice of [JH's Cape Results], which WJ saw while visiting mutual friend J. C. Ross.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7646

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Bancroft
Date:
[1 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/6.12; Reel 9
Summary:

Asks help in forwarding copies of JH's Cape Results to U.S. List of 19 recipients and addresses. Asks GB's help in correcting errors before JH inscribes copies.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7890

From:
Élie François Wartmann
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 September 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.93
Summary:

Comments on electrical equipment, and then refers to a variety of experiments, including shocking chickens awake that have been given ether, and the study of other electrical effects on gases and various liquid substances. Wonders about the use of ether/electric shock on humans in surgery. Congratulates JH on his Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8800

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Baron [Karl Alexander von] Hügel
Date:
[30 September 1847]
Source of text:
Science Museum Archives 523.89 Q
Summary:

Presents a copy of JH's Cape Results for transmission to the observatory of the University of Tübingen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9292

From:
William Empson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 September 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.46
Summary:

Has been here some 10 days. Received a copy of JH's great work before leaving Scotland. Hopes of a review of it from George Peacock. Longmans is now arranging for the printing of the review.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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