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Herschel41

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[26 October 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.370.77
Summary:

Further clarification to the moon's motions [see JH's 1848-10-25].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel42

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[28 October 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.370.79
Summary:

Thanks GA for the time and trouble he took in the drawn-out debate over the moon's motions [see 1848-9-25 to 1848-10-26].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4373

From:
Henry Venn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.463
Summary:

Lists problems with JH's proposal for reform of the phonetic alphabet found by the missionary committee.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4605

From:
Henry John Temple
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.346
Summary:

Gives JH's 1848-10-16 letter to the Danish Minister as a direct appeal for H. C. Schumacher.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4620

From:
John Couch Adams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.4
Summary:

Discusses U. J. J. Leverrier's paper on Neptune. Difference between distance of real and theoretical planets. News that JH is going to publish Outlines Astr. Hopes to see him at Cambridge on the day the Public Orator is being elected.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4621

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Couch Adams
Date:
[21 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.5 & 23.42
Summary:

Giving his views on planetary and lunar perturbations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4622

From:
John Couch Adams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.6
Summary:

Answer to JH's letter (HS 1.5) on planetary and lunar perturbations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4817

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.207 (C: RGO 6.370.41)
Summary:

Encloses perturbation sheets for checking.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4818

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.208a (C: RGO 6.370.44)
Summary:

Has received further proof sheets of the perturbations from the printer. Regarding Isaac Newton's theory of the motion of the moon's apse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4819

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[21 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.208b & 23.43
Summary:

Regarding Isaac Newton's theory of the motion of the moon's apse. Concerning the reliability of J. H. Seyfforth's theories. Status of the Ipswich Philosophical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4820

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.209 (C: RGO 6.370.69)
Summary:

Further regarding GA's defense of Isaac Newton's theory on the moon. J. H. Seyfforth's theories seem plausible. Ipswich Philosophical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4821

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[25 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.210 (C: RS:HS 23.44 & C: RGO 6.370.75)
Summary:

Further regarding his dispute with Isaac Newton's theory on the moon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4822

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.211 (C: RGO 6.370.73)
Summary:

Regarding the annual equation of the moon's motion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4823

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[27 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.212 & 23.45
Summary:

Regarding the moon's orbit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4824

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.213 (C: RGO 6.370.80)
Summary:

Regarding the annual equation of the moon's orbit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5017

From:
[William Henry Smyth]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.398
Summary:

Asking JH to sign an enclosed item.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6776

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.93
Summary:

Recently observed Hyperion very faintly. Gives observation and drawings. The recent bad weather has prevented important observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7560

From:
W. H. B. Webster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 October 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.77; Reel 9
Summary:

Requests donation of JH's Cape Results to library of Ipswich Philosophical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7599

From:
Christian August Friedrich Peters
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 October 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.116; Reel 9
Summary:

Thanks for the gift of a copy of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7934

From:
Maximilian Weisse
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.137
Summary:

Thanks for the honor of being elected a member of the R.S.L. MW is afraid his star catalogue has too many errors to suit him. Tells JH about the many disruptions, both personal and astronomical, over the last few years. MW has recently been doing some meteorological and magnetic observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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