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Herschel3844

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 March 1841]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Lists those who visited CH on her birthday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3845

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1841]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Angry that many call William Herschel's 40-ft. reflecting telescope 'useless.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3846

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 September 1840]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Asserting that her memory remains sharp, CH promises that she will periodically describe 'what passed in old times.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3847

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 August 1842]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Promises in her next letter to comment about JH's 'chrysotype' photographic process.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3848

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[8 December 1842]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Finished the reductions of all of the nebulae and double stars recorded at Cape Town; JH soon hopes to prepare for the publication of his Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3849

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1843-4
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Describes the visit of the Crown Prince and Princess [of Hanover?] on her 93rd birthday (16 March).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3850

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1843]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Urges JH to study a temporary index made by William Herschel that contains observations about types of zodiacal light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3851

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 June 1844]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Remarks that the citizens of Hanover 'are all out of their senses' over the newly completed railway. Has been confined to the upstairs of her home since 3 February.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3990

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
1840-8
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0585.8.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

Reports that there is no bust of William Herschel at the R.S.L., as JH once believed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3991

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1841]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0586.1; Reel 1058
Summary:

The Herschels bought a Christmas tree this year; JH reports that his children loved it and that 'they will be sure to keep up the custom which is a very merry one.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3992

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
1841-4
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0586.8.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Has not unpacked William Herschel's letters that JH secured from the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3993

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[7 November 1841]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0586.20; Reel 1058
Summary:

Summarizes James Clark Ross's expedition to reach the Southern Magnetic Pole; JH reports that Ross has discovered that the pole lies several degrees more south than Carl Gauss had calculated.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3994

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
9] March [1842
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0587.4; Reel 1058
Summary:

Remarks that he is 50 years old, and that he and CH have 'seen something of that odd and most changeable compound called Human Nature.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3995

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[9 August 1842]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0587.12.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Describes the total solar eclipse seen by Francis Baily at Pavia and George Airy at Turin. They were thrilled to witness three purple flames from the blocked sun emerge around the edge of the moon. Thirty more Cape Town sweeps remain to be reduced.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3996

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[18 September 1842]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0587.14; Reel 1058
Summary:

Reports the birth of JH's ninth child, Julia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3997

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1843]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0588.8; Reel 1058
Summary:

Concerning the great comet of 1843, JH remarks that both Thomas Henderson and Johann Encke noted that the comet bounced off the sun's atmosphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3998

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
15] June [1843
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0588.10.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Completed 'one of the most curious products' of JH's Cape Results: the map and catalog of the 'Nubecula major' region.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3999

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[13 September 1843]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0588.13.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

Enjoyed reading CH's account of some significant events from her life. Reports that James Clark Ross has returned safely from his South Pole expedition in which Ross discovered the true position of the South Magnetic Pole.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4000

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0589.5; Reel 1058
Summary:

Happy that his Cape Results are nearly finished. After reviewing his work, JH concluded that the amount of error per observation is no more than 30 or 35 seconds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4001

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
1846-[4]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0591.3; Reel 1058
Summary:

[Written as a family letter.] JH has corrected the first proof sheet of his Cape Results. Reports that Biela's Comet has been found to be a double comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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