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Herschel1115

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[14 November 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.13a
Summary:

Is sending in JH's report on Pole's paper [see JH's 1856-11-9].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1116

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[14 November 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.13b
Summary:

Thanks the council of the R.S.L. through GS for the gift of a portrait of Nicholas Copernicus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1117

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[1 November 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.14
Summary:

Is willing to have his review sent on to the author, [C. P.] Smyth; asks GS to send the R.S.L.'s copy of Keith Johnson's Physical Atlas to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1118

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[19 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.15
Summary:

Carefully describes how to pack actinometers being shipped to India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1119

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[19 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.16
Summary:

Agrees to allow Lord Oxmantown [Laurence Parsons] to add JH's remarks to Lord Oxmantown's paper.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13051

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[5 May 1867]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0463 verso; Reel 1055
Summary:

Describes problem with spectral lines in telescope while trying to understand William Huggins's results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13052

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
6 [June] 1869
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0464; Reel 1055
Summary:

Correction to be made in JH's biographical sketch of William Whewell.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13053

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
6 May [1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0465; Reel 1055
Summary:

Forwards letter from G. A. Erman of Berlin requesting that B.A.A.S. fund [H. J. R.] Petersen's study of terrestrial magnetism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13054

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[7 October 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0466; Reel 1055
Summary:

Corrects date on publication by G. A. Erman.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1378

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[7 November 1852]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H693A
Summary:

Thanks GS for 'canary' glass. Pleased with GS's 'photological' research, extending the spectrum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1381

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[25 February 1855]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H694
Summary:

Declines to serve on experimental committee for R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1382

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[28 February 1855]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H695
Summary:

Agrees to help in other ways than as committee member [see JH's 1855-2-25].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1384

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[1 July 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.32 (C: RS:HS 23.173 & 25.10.9)
Summary:

Comments on GS's ideas [see GS's 1856-6-27] about the nature of fluorescence. Asks for strong horseshoe magnets from R.S.L. to try to solve the problem of 'Mahomet's coffin.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1387

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[14 July 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.35 (C: RS:HS 23.174 & 25.10.10)
Summary:

Thanks for the magnetic theory [see GS's 1856-7-9] and agrees it argues against JH's ideas about Mahomet's coffin. Describes some interesting magnetic experiments JH has seen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1391

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[24 April 1859]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/RS108
Summary:

Approves changes made by William Pole in his paper [see GS's 1859-4-21]; comments on appropriate presentation of JH's report on it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1392

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[13 May 1859]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H696
Summary:

On some changes to the report on paper by William Pole [see JH's 1859-4-24]. Describes some experiments carried out with colored 'prismatic' light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1393

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[21 May 1859]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H697
Summary:

Additional comments on William Pole's paper [see JH's 1859-5-13]; adds comments lost from JH's paper on sound.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1403

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[22 March 1861]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H698
Summary:

Thanks for the palladium [see GS's 1861-3-22].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1404

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[3 August 1861]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H699 (C: Univ.Coll.London MS.Add.227)
Summary:

Asks R.S.L. Council to request Colonial Office to provide official recommendation to authorities in Malta for William Lassell, going there to observe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1406

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[15 June 1862]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H700
Summary:

JH regrets he will not have time to review paper on Indian meteorology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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