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Herschel10241

From:
Charles Grey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 November 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.128
Summary:

At Turners Hill near East Grinstead is a pond, which feeds the Rivers Medway and Ouse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10242

From:
Charles Grey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 November 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.129
Summary:

Would be pleased to show JH the pond, but thinks it should be carefully examined before any reference is made to it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10250

From:
F. A. Herschel Griesbach
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.136
Summary:

Was grateful for his kind note and check. Family is still in difficulties. Employed by a Liverpool firm to sell engineering articles.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10257

From:
Richard Griffin & Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 January 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.142
Summary:

Is grateful for his assistance and will send him a proof. Can nothing be done about a new edition of his articles on Light and Sound from the Metropolitana?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10258

From:
George Griffith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 September 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.143
Summary:

Will be very glad to send his paper to the gentlemen concerned, but encloses their names and addresses in case JH wishes to send direct.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10264

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Robert Grove
Date:
1862
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.379
Summary:

Thanks for JG's Correlation of Physical Forces; JH is still uncertain about the nature of heat.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10265

From:
Guillaume de Gruyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.149
Summary:

Has had no reply to his letter of 29 March requesting his opinion on a memoir on the solar system. Would be grateful for a reply.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10268

From:
W. K. von Haidinger
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.152
Summary:

Has sent a collection of his own communications for JH via the Foreign Secretary of the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10269

From:
W. K. von Haidinger
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.153
Summary:

Was grateful for his kind letter. Doubtless he has received further of his papers by now, including the one on the meteor of Oct. 1863. Sends a note on two lines of the Iliad. Has heard interesting news of Alexander Herschel's labors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10274

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Haig[?]
Date:
[4 June 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.157 & 24.266
Summary:

Has received his book on symbolism from the publishers. Comments on some of its views. Feels he has been treated a little harshly.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10275

From:
James Haig
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1869-6]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.158
Summary:

Thanks for his kind note and his tracts on Atoms and Forces. Thinks J. S. Mill's Logic is dangerous. Hopes he will read his book thoroughly and not be too critical of his astronomy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10276

From:
James Haig
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 June 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.159
Summary:

Sending another copy of a new edition of one of his books. Thinks he stated too strongly his objections to other people's work in his previous edition. Hopes JH will find time to read it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10277

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Haig[?]
Date:
[1 July 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.160 & 24.50
Summary:

Thanks for his books. Encloses one of his own pamphlets on Atoms, which will show his personal view of mind versus matter. Comments on some of Haig's terminology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10278

From:
James Haig
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 July 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.161
Summary:

Thanks for his letter and amusing pamphlet on atoms. Comments on their use of certain terms. Does not think their views differ radically. Thinks heat is a form of movement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10338

From:
William Vernon Harcourt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.221
Summary:

Is very pleased that JH has accepted his little volume. Is sure JH would have made a success of a similar work. Behavior of animals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10344

From:
Henry Hardcastle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 October 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.227
Summary:

Regrets he should have felt so much anxiety about Maria (HH's wife and JH's daughter), but she is progressing well. Have settled down well in their new house.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10355

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Harley
Date:
[15 March 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.365
Summary:

About the solution of algebraic equations and JH's previous work on this topic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10356

From:
Robert Harley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 March 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.238
Summary:

Is grateful to JH for calling attention to his paper on analysis. Has forwarded his letter to George Boole. Hopes he can quote it in his paper for the Manchester Philosophical Society. Sends a copy of his memoir from the R.S.P.T.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10357

From:
Robert Harley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.239
Summary:

Is writing an article on the life and work of George Boole and would like JH's advice on one of D. F. Gregory's references.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10358

From:
Robert Harley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.240
Summary:

Has not had time to finish the George Boole paper, but the biographical part is in print. Will send him the complete article when it is finished.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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