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Herschel2541

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 May 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.450
Summary:

JH's Essays [Essays Q.E.R.] has reached Lowestoft, but AS has been too ill to read them. Sends regards to family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2668

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 April 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.359
Summary:

Thanks JH for critiquing her paper during his illness. MS's On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences is to be published in translation at Cesna.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel27

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 September 1857]
Source of text:
RGO 6.377.435
Summary:

Offers some thoughts on JH's problem [see JH's 1857-9-29], but needs additional time before commenting more fully.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2940

From:
Henri Victor Regnault
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.314
Summary:

Regrets deeply having missed seeing JH. Sends greetings to JH's family. Enjoyed trip around British Isles. Will now continue scientific work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2945

From:
Henri Victor Regnault
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1857
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.320
Summary:

Discusses his itinerary for the British Isles. Gives address where he may be reached. Wishes to visit JH at Collingwood. Congratulates JH on his improved health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3303

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.387 (C: RI 504)
Summary:

Remarks on physical properties of ice and their bearing on glacial phenomena. Asks for help inventing term for idea of 'fracture and renewal' of glacial bendings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3331

From:
J. H. Symons
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 September 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.254
Summary:

Will send JS's treatise; wishes could offer something 'more intrinsically valuable' as token of gratitude for everything.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3566

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.385 (C: RI 503)
Summary:

Sends sketch of lecture on structure and motion of glaciers. Wants to conduct experiments on physical properties of ice, and applying polarized light. Beyond paper, is interested in cleavage of ice.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3932

From:
Arthur Swain Howard Lowe
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 June 1857]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (92)
Summary:

Sends barometer readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4192

From:
Samuel Tyler
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.455
Summary:

Informs JH that he wrote a book on Baconian philosophy inspired by JH's Prelim. Discourse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4220

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.304
Summary:

JH's letter of recommendation for C. P. Smyth misdirected. Little time remains for nomination.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4251

From:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.234
Summary:

Sends atmospheric observations to JH before transmission to Admiralty.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4263

From:
James Stark
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.1
Summary:

Asks JH to look over JS's paper on correcting tables for barometric readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4279

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.305
Summary:

Thanks JH for advice on several persons and for suggestion concerning the Leviathan. Remarks on R. C. Carrington's circumpolar star work. Writes to R.S.L. Council concerning François Arago's nomination for medal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4332

From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 November 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.216
Summary:

Leviathan successfully launched. Forwards papers from W. H. Smyth. Congratulates JH on coming 'happy event' [marriage of Margaret Herschel].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4399

From:
K. B. Martin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 June 1857]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (95)
Summary:

Sends data from Harbour Office; discusses observation of the tides.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4436

From:
Woodbine Parish
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.134
Summary:

Places JH's name in a volume containing an account of the meteorite that struck ground [in North America]. WP also includes a description of the coca trees of Peru [in which JH took an interest].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4562

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.301
Summary:

Asks JH to recommend C. P. Smyth for R.S.L. fellowship. Will avoid R.S.L. meetings due to declining health. Considers a second edition of Cycle of Celestial Objects.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4564

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1857-2
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.303
Summary:

Thanks JH for discovering an important error in a work WS asked him to proof read. Asks JH about a variable in Canis Minor over which there is some debate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4574

From:
James Stark
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.3
Summary:

Thanks JH for proofing his paper on barometric reading corrections.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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