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Herschel6391

From:
Julia Margaret Cameron
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 April 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.156
Summary:

Sending him R. J. Mann's letter. Mann could call to see him if convenient. News of her children.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6587

From:
William Cavendish
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 April 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.329
Summary:

Would like to include JH's name among those proposed for honorary degrees at Cambridge when he becomes Chancellor of the University.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6588

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Cavendish
Date:
[1862-4-21 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.329verso
Summary:

JH's reply to WC's 1862-4-21.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7139

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 April 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.350
Summary:

Sent his paper on probabilities a few days ago. Shows how his own method is different from that of L. A. J. Quetelet. Sends a poem.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7140

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 April 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.351
Summary:

Many thanks for the hexameters. Comments on these and the meter of English poetry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7566

From:
John William Lubbock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 April 1862]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.83; Reel 9
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of [JH's Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7651

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1862]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.1.5; Reel 10
Summary:

Printing 1000 copies of JH's Catalogue [of Nebulae]. Please transfer funds to GA to cover expenses.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7684

From:
Edward Joshua Cooper
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 April 1862]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.5.2; Reel 10
Summary:

Disappointed that EC could not visit Collingwood in February while in Tunbridge Wells to visit daughter, Mrs. Arthur Warre. Leaving for London to see Exhibition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7710

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 April 1862]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.10.10; Reel 10
Summary:

Received £10 for cost of reducing JH's 'Catalogue of Nebulae.' Send description of catalogue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7714

From:
Walter White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1862]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.10.16; Reel 10
Summary:

Please send receipt for £20.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8346

From:
Chalmers Guthrie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.149a
Summary:

Two casks of wine will be sent today to JH at Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8706

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Henry Taylor
Date:
[7 April 1862]
Source of text:
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Summary:

Thanks for HT's St. Clement's Eve. Has been reading it with much interest. Praises it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8937

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John R. Hind
Date:
[4 April 1862]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0193; Reel 1054
Summary:

Reports the disappearance of a nebula seen by William Herschel in Coma Berenices, but which H. L. d'Arrest did not locate in 1850.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9212

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[10 April 1862]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207103 (C: RS:HS 23.366)
Summary:

Responds to WW's comments on JH's Iliad translation. Is preparing a 'General Index Catalogue of Nebulae,' with help from computists supplied by G. B. Airy. Asks WW to recommend JH's son Alexander for a professorship at the Andersonian University of Glasgow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9213

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[17 April 1862]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207104 (C: RS:HS 23.368)
Summary:

Sends, along with comments, JH's translation of part of Book II of Homer's Iliad. Is avoiding consulting other translations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9525

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[17 April 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.369
Summary:

Thanks for a report by RF; comments on barometric readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9526

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 April 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.259
Summary:

Regarding water in the atmosphere. Effect of the moon on clouds. Some of the curiosities seen by his son while at the Embassy in Japan, including a device for giving warnings of earthquakes. Intends to show combinations of wind currents.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9527

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[23 April 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.370
Summary:

Comments on the pressure of the atmosphere; is convinced of the effect of the full moon on weather.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9528

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 April 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.260
Summary:

Further comments regarding the pressure of the atmosphere. His sketch was to demonstrate the currents of air. JH's comments on the moon were interesting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1119

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Dr Thomas Anderson
Date:
11 April 1862
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.32-33, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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