William Whewell died peacefully that afternoon. The place of burial has not been determined. WS will speak about him on Friday. Takes comfort in his writings.
William Whewell died peacefully that afternoon. The place of burial has not been determined. WS will speak about him on Friday. Takes comfort in his writings.
William Whewell will be buried in Trinity College Chapel. The thought of speaking about Whewell depresses WS.
Thanks WS for communicating the events of William Whewell's last days.
Compiling three year series of helioautographs. Wants suggestions for noting the position of planets supposedly influencing sunspots. Discusses a passage from one of Galileo's letters concerning the influence of the planets on the sun's face.
Describes experiment involving viewing spectrum of a light flash as it advances and recedes. [Marked 'not sent on further consideration.']
Has sent the 1854 Greenwich Magnetical and Meteorological Observations. Illness of the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (William Whewell). Undulating theory of stars in motion.
Has answered Smith's request by letter this evening. Thanks for the specimen of the meteorite.
Sending a small book he has written on astronomy. Owes all his knowledge to JH's Outlines Astr. Comments on the changes that could be made should any new edition of the Outlines be contemplated.
Bemoans lack of complete collection in English of William Herschel's works. Questions quality of J. W. A. Pfaff's 1826 German work on WH, whose English nomenclature for stellar astronomy is not yet adopted in other languages. Suggests English government or R.A.S. underwrite cost of publication.
Is sending JH a copy of some of RW's writings on sun spots. RW has been considering writing about the work of William and Caroline Herschel before the discovery of Uranus.
Agrees to WJ's request to make use of an earlier letter of JH's [see WJ's 1866-3-7].
Will subscribe to HS's work as requested [see HS's 1860-3-5], but dissents 'from very large portions' of HS's views. Especially objects to HS's adoption of the 'Shibboleth of the Hegel & Schelling School of German Philosophy—"the Absolute."' [This letter misdated; correct date: 1860-3-17.]
A relation of JF has a handsome portrait of a William Herschel dressed in Jewish costume, to dispose of and wonders if JH would be interested in it. [Note by Herschel that this is Rabbi Herschel and no relation to the family.]
Announcing the death of William Whewell and plans for his funeral. Hopes JH will not come in his present state of health.
Editor of the Leisure Hour would like an article on the Correlation of the Physical forces. Would JH be prepared to write such an article?
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