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Herschel11890

From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.252
Summary:

Thanks for copies of his interesting and conclusive letters. Has just returned to Edinburgh and has not yet seen Miss Elizabeth Drummond. Hopes the delightful weather has relieved JH's bronchitis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11936

From:
William Mathews, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.298
Summary:

Thanks for letter. Is expecting JH's son to dinner on Sunday. James Glaisher's observations all appear to point in the same direction. Will visit Collingwood when that way. Will they see JH at Birmingham for the B.A.A.S. meeting?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12229

From:
James Nasmyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.86
Summary:

Has great pleasure in receiving a visit from W. C. Morland. Will be pleased to visit the Herschels. Has been travelling in Italy; visited Vesuvius and also called on Angelo Secchi, who was engaged in making a model of the sun's disc and using oat corn grains to illustrate the willow leaf effects.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12796

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry James
Date:
[27 May 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0201; Reel 1054
Summary:

Concurs with HJ's proposal to assign Sinai survey party to H. S. Palmer. Cost of survey will be £1220. Encloses letter printed in Daily News in reply to Mr. Yates on British standards of measure, with calculations based on Capt. Clarke's results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13501

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Daily News]
Date:
27] May [1865
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0735; Reel 1089
Summary:

Responds to article by Mr. Yates in Daily News of the 18 May that misrepresented JH's views on standard units of measure.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1510

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Charles Lyell
Date:
[6 May 1865]
Source of text:
APS B.D25.L.14 (C: RS:HS 24.108)
Summary:

Further comments on the theory of glacier formation, urging causes beyond merely astronomical ones.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1537

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
[31 May 1865]
Source of text:
APS B.H435p.22 (C: RS:HS 24.113)
Summary:

Writes to ask for clarification of HL's views on the dispersion of light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1569

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[7 May 1865]
Source of text:
BL Aaa 46126.404
Summary:

Thanks RM for his interest in a possible position for JH's son Alexander. It now appears that the position will likely go to someone else, but there is so much work to be done in the meteorological office that another person, such as Alexander, would be ideal. Perhaps RM could put in a word for him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1570

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
1865-5-7 or later
Source of text:
BL Aaa 46126.406
Summary:

JH's son Alexander is up for membership in the R.A.S., and JH would appreciate RM speaking in favor if the occasion arises. Introduces JH's son John to RM and his wife. Comments on the possibility of still finding [David] Livingstone alive in Africa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2540

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[7 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.449 (C: RS:HS 23.170)
Summary:

Is glad that J. C. Maxwell has received the Aberdeen Professorship. Has forwarded 'your last' to the Principal. Is feeling better, but still needs crutches.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4089

From:
Isaac Todhunter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.356
Summary:

Thanks JH for compliments on his work [History of the Mathematical Theory of Probability]. Suggests changes in the Wilhelm Struve probability problem.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4190

From:
A. B. Power
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.186
Summary:

Accepts position at Blackheath Preparatory School.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4306

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Mathews, Jr.
Date:
[25 May 1865]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (102)
Summary:

Sends results of calculations of an equation for the relation of temperature and altitude.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4375

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the London Times
Date:
[6 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.109
Summary:

Signing himself 'A.B.C.D.,' asks whether a priest is guilty of perjury for having refused to testify regarding a murder on the grounds that this would violate the seal of the confessional.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4431

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Mathews, Jr.
Date:
[21 May 1865]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (101)
Summary:

Results of calculations of an equation for the relation of temperature and altitude.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5656

From:
William Radcliffe Birt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.145
Summary:

Notifying him of a forthcoming meeting of the Lunar Committee of the B.A.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7811

From:
William Walker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.19
Summary:

Thanks for photograph of JH, but current outcry of photographers about copyright forces WW to request that JH sit for portrait in WW's own studio.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7963

From:
Walter White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.230
Summary:

Forwarding JH's parcel to Jean Chacornac in Paris. Explains R.S.L.'s postage policy for international parcels to and from members.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8413

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Rudolf Wolf
Date:
[5 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.155
Summary:

Has sent RW a copy of JH's catalog of nebulae and also a biographical sketch of JH's father. Thanks RW for and praises RW's works on sun spots and on the aurora borealis. Notes that G. B. Airy is now disposed to accepting the existence of solar 'willow leaves.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel979

From:
Henry Holland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1865]
Source of text:
JHS 6.56a
Summary:

HH has nominated JH's son Alexander to fill a post become vacant by the death of Robert FitzRoy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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