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Herschel3831

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 March 1833]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Feeling simply 'dismal.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3832

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1833]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Wishes JH well on his upcoming trip to the Cape of Good Hope. Asks JH to study the lower part of the Scorpion, for William Herschel was mystified by the 'uncommon appearance of that part of the heavens.' [Written as a postscript to a letter by Margaret Herschel.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3833

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1834]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Thrilled that JH has arrived safely in Cape Town; notes that JH's Cape Town trip has captivated the intellectual world.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3834

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 March 1837]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Experiencing 'a daily increase of pain and feebleness.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3837

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[6 June 1834]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Sweeping progressing quickly; has used the 20-ft. reflecting telescope since February. Discovered two planetary nebulae. Studying Scorpio closely, as CH suggested; has found gorgeous globular clusters there. The equatorial was erected recently.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3838

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 September 1834]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Asks about JH's children. Remarks that JH's discovery of globular clusters in the Scorpion is not what she remembered William Herschel being mystified about; remembers that WH exclaimed that there seemed to be a 'Loch im Himmel' ('hole in heaven') there.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3839

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 June 1837]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Hopes that JH will receive Friedrich Bessel's paper called 'On the Influence of the Irregularities of the Earth on Geodetic Operations, and their Comparison with Astronomical Determinations.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3840

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1837]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Has decisively mapped Saturn's sixth satellite; doubts, however, that he will ever see the seventh. Asks CH to inform Friedrich Bessel of his observation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3841

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[16 November 1837]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

[Postscript to a letter by Margaret Herschel:] JH notes that he has finished the reduction of the first 9 hours in Right Ascension of his southern nebulae and double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3842

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1839]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Details her daily routine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3843

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

Hopes to introduce to Margaret Herschel some of her acquaintances, including the family of General Baron Hugh Halkett.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

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

Herschel3950

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1827]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Feels distant from her family in England. Notes that the French occupation has changed Hanover from what it was when CH left in 1772.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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