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Herschel9124

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[19 October 1841]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.5843
Summary:

Congratulates WW on becoming Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9125

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[6 January 1842]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20751 (C: RS:HS 22.108)
Summary:

Comments by words and a drawing on WW's statement that WW was trying to 'puff himself out' to fill his new office and house. Also discusses moral philosophy and the theory of causation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9126

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1842-6]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20752 (C: RS:HS 22.120)
Summary:

Alerts WW that F. W. Bessel, in very poor health, will attend the Manchester B.A.A.S. meeting. JH plans to bring Bessel to Collingwood after the meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9127

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1842?-7?]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20743 (C: RS:HS 22.126)
Summary:

Hopes to arrange a meeting with WW at the invitation of a Mr. Hope. Discusses JH's recent photographic works and sends some photographs of improved quality.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9128

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[21 July 1842]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20753 (C: RS:HS 22.131)
Summary:

Invites WW for a short visit, JH's wife being ill. Thanks WW for paper on cause and effect. Clouds kept JH from photographing a recent solar eclipse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9129

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[21 July 1842]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20754 (C: RS:HS 22.131)
Summary:

[Same message as JH's letter of 1842-7-21, but sent to a second location.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9130

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[29 September 1842]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20755 (C: RS:HS 22.136)
Summary:

Congratulates WW on a testimonial held in WW's honor in Lancaster. Reports the birth of JH's sixth daughter [Julia].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9131

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 December 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.200
Summary:

Comments on JH's translation of Friedrich Schiller's poem 'The Walk.' Invites the Herschels to Trinity Lodge, then under repair. Mentions James South's odd behavior.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9132

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 April 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.201
Summary:

Asks JH about a comet JH had been observing. Notes the publication of J. S. Mill's System of Logic, describing it as closer to JH's than to WW's position.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9133

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[29 November 1843]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20756 (C: RS:HS 22.172)
Summary:

Recounts visit to Collingwood by the novelist Maria Edgeworth. Thanks WW for information on Charles Prichard and his school.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9134

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[15 May 1844]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20757 (C: RS:HS 22.194)
Summary:

Has been converted to some of WW's philosophical views. Accepts WW's invitation to stay at Trinity Lodge during the 1845 B.A.A.S. meeting in Cambridge. W. R. Dawes has taken a house in Kent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9135

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[22 July 1844]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20758 (C: RS:HS 22.201)
Summary:

Seeks WW's advice on a proposal that an international magnetic congress be held in conjunction with the 1845 B.A.A.S. meeting in Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9136

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 July 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0566
Summary:

Approves the idea of a magnetic conference sponsored by the B.A.A.S. Assumes Edward Sabine will lead the way.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9137

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[27 August 1844]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20759 (C: RS:HS 22.203)
Summary:

Has WW received a packet of letters for the magnetism committee, which packet was circulating.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9138

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 August 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0567
Summary:

Have received the packet of 'magnetic letters' and passed them to George Peacock. Will attend the York B.A.A.S. meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9139

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1845-3?]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20763 (C: RS:HS 22.224)
Summary:

Is sending a 'Memoir' [on Francis Baily?] to WW. JH and wife but not daughter Caroline will be at Trinity Lodge in June. Comments on a paper by William Hopkins on glaciers.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9140

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[10 March 1845]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20764 (C: RS:HS 22.225)
Summary:

On behalf of Lady Herschel, JH thanks WW for the copy of WW's book [Indications of the Creator]. Chides WW for having written an elementary work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9141

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.211
Summary:

Explains to JH that WW's Indications of the Creator was written to counteract [Robert Chambers's] Vestiges of Creation. Comments critically on William Hopkins's glacial theory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9142

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1845-5]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20764 (C: RS:HS 22.232)
Summary:

Invites Whewells to visit for a luncheon. Thanks WW for and comments on WW's publications on glaciers. Comments on Richard Jones.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9143

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[2 June 1845]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20761 (C: RS:HS 22.237)
Summary:

Informs WW when JH and wife will arrive at Trinity Lodge for B.A.A.S. meeting, before which JH proposes a meeting of the magnetic committee.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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