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Herschel2252

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir John Romilly
Date:
[15 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.501 (C: RS:HS 23.144)
Summary:

Comments on Dr. Dodd's views of study of law versus civil law. Wants university study to be as broad as possible. Understanding civil law requires knowledge of general jurisprudence.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2535

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.444
Summary:

William Conybeare has asked AS to assist in the certification of George Wilson. Mentions William Whewell's book [Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay], but has been too ill to study it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3164

From:
Margaret Seymour
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.196
Summary:

Invites JH to dine quietly with MS and the [11th] Duke of Somerset [E. A. Seymour], who is in 'delicate health.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3520

From:
William Spence
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.223
Summary:

Explains and encloses paper on eyeless insects and their situation in caves.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel503

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[14 February 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.50
Summary:

Suggests a reference to the need to reduce the variety of strange measures being used in the country [see GA's 1854-2-14]; wants to know who the examiners were at Cambridge University in Dec. 1853.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel661

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[28 February 1854]
Source of text:
JHS 1.53
Summary:

About Willy's success, and about the weather and JH's health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel662

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1854-2-15 or later
Source of text:
JHS 1.54
Summary:

The effect of the Crimean War on the Mint, and on the family, for example, daughter Caroline will want to follow her husband as close to the war area as possible [see JH's 1854-2-15].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel663

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[15 February 1854]
Source of text:
JHS 1.55
Summary:

Daughter Caroline is preparing for the problems that the Crimean War may bring; JH has applied for an Examinership [see JH's 1854-2-1 to 15].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel664

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1854]
Source of text:
JHS 1.56
Summary:

Very depressed and concerned about the family finances, both short and long term.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel665

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1854-2-1 to 15
Source of text:
JHS 1.57
Summary:

Has recovered from his depression [see JH's 1854-2-1]; sees a possibility of a new position as a Civil Service appointment examiner.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel717

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1854-2].
Source of text:
JHS 1.110
Summary:

JH feels harassed by life and finds solace in MH's letters; thinks electricity could operate the Jacquard loom and the pianoforte. Argues against a recent book [William Whewell's Of the Plurality of Worlds], which claims the earth is the only inhabited body in the universe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7565

From:
John Banks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 February 1854]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.82; Reel 9
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results for library of Mechanics Institution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9188

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1854-2]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20790 (C: RS:HS 23.140)
Summary:

Comments on Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay. Suspects it is by WW. Disagrees with many parts, but finds some sections 'striking.' Laments that he has no time for intellectual matters, punning that he must concentrate on 'making money.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9636

From:
William Nairn Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.374
Summary:

Appreciation of JH's son [John]. Admired JH's letter of 2 Feb. 1852 to Treasury, in which WF's most important recommendations [to 1848 committee for Mint reform] have been carried out. Dependence on steam for transportation has raised price of coal. Proposes two methods to replace coal: (a) use electrical conductivity of seawater in presence of dissimilar metals to propel ships, and (b) generate heat in 'Earth Batteries,' similar to dungheaps. Asks JH to approve request by John Gilbert, retired mechanical engineer at Calcutta mint, who wishes to visit Royal Mint, but was refused several years ago.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1321

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
-2?-1854
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.98-99, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Tyndall0877

From:
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
3. Febr. 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/M/8, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0878

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/5/10/664, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0879

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Feb. 5th 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/191; MS JT/1/HTYP/309-310, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0880

From:
Johann Konrad Bromeis
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
7 Februar 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/B/133, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0881

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
8th. Feb. 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP.311, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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