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Herschel11888

From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.250
Summary:

Doubtless JH has heard from Miss Elizabeth Drummond JM's desire to meet JH. Would like to call at Collingwood on Saturday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11889

From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.251
Summary:

Thanks for his kind reception on Saturday. Will communicate with Miss Elizabeth Drummond. Gives list of letters he borrowed from JH. Intends to try to meet William Yolland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12068

From:
Roderick Impey Murchison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.434
Summary:

Thanks for letter, but has not received W. E. Hickson's memoir. Regrets JH sees no use in a survey of the North Pole region. The scheme seems to be one that the President of the Geographical Society should encourage. The ribald buffoonery of the Times has done much good amongst the scientific world.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1509

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Charles Lyell
Date:
[25 April 1865]
Source of text:
APS B.D25.L.13 (C: RS:HS 24.105)
Summary:

Comments on a table of U. J. J. Leverrier on the eccentricities of the earth's orbit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1568

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[30 April 1865]
Source of text:
BL Aaa 46126.402
Summary:

Criticizes the manuscript of Mr. Hickson [?] about meteorology, the diameter of the sun, and conditions at the North Pole. JH recommends against publishing the work without considerable editing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2078

From:
G[eorge] C. Renouard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.328
Summary:

Tells several anecdotes about people William Herschel knew. Discusses William Herschel and his work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2079

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
G[eorge] C. Renouard
Date:
[25 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.106
Summary:

Thanks GR for letter and anecdotes. Discusses Uranus and Jupiter and the long years the inhabitants of those planets, if there are any, must experience.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2080

From:
G[eorge] C. Renouard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.329
Summary:

Thanks JH for amusing letter. Discusses William Herschel, the great reflector from Slough, his family, and his health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2632

From:
Martha Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.324
Summary:

Written for Mary Somerville. Requests information on sunspots and on William Huggins's observations of nebulae. Mary is recovering from illness. They send regards to Herschels.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2680

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[11 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.372 (C: RS:HS 24:104)
Summary:

Comments on the political change within Italy. Answers questions about spectrum analysis, spectra of nebulae, and [solar] 'willow leaves.' Says the view of universe as a collection of billiard balls is problematic. Includes postscript from JH's daughter Bella describing family events.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4895

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.282 (C: RGO 6.679.452)
Summary:

Is returning the Proceedings of the Manchester Society, and The Magnetical and Meteorological Observations for 1851-58. Regarding the registration of magnetical disturbances.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6631

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[26 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.107
Summary:

Comments on the unevenness of generations; speculations about life on Uranus; expects to finish translation of the Iliad by the end of the year.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7177

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[5 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.103
Summary:

Longs to hear from AD; comments on JH's health and on the weather.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7178

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.378
Summary:

The winter has not killed them, though his wife is a convalescent. Knows Mr. Peters as he is a member of the Athenaeum. Airy has fun in him and a love of Greek Drama. Charles Babbage and James South are at war again. Sends jokes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7268

From:
Elizabeth Drummond [Jr.]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.449
Summary:

A friend of hers is writing a memoir of her brother Thomas Drummond, and would be glad for a few minutes conversation with JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7269

From:
Elizabeth Drummond [Jr.]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.450
Summary:

Would like a copy of JH's letter that he wrote many years ago in support of an invention by her brother.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8514

From:
Herbert Spencer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.495
Summary:

Recounts efforts to establish The Reader as a respected weekly journal of science. Asks that JH submit material for publication in it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8515

From:
Herbert Spencer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.496
Summary:

The Reader does not plan to publish a list of contributors, but would welcome letters by JH, which would imply JH's support for the new weekly journal of science.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8764

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Editor of the Reader
Date:
[17 April 1865]
Source of text:
Sydney Ross Collection
Summary:

Appreciates invitation to publish some writings by JH in The Reader, but does not at present have suitable manuscripts. Is no longer active in astronomical observation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel902

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1865]
Source of text:
JHS 5.22
Summary:

Reports on accommodations and the activities of those family members with JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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