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Herschel11896

From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.258
Summary:

Sends the last sheet of the Memoir that will be necessary for JH to see. Sheets on the measuring bars are held in abeyance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12167

From:
W. Masters
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.25
Summary:

Giving details of the meteors that fell recently.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12652

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Baldwin
Date:
[27 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0072; Reel 1054
Summary:

Returns letter of George Bryandt. Dispute over auction of property belonging to MB's late brother [Thomas], of whose will JH is executor.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12808

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George William Kitchin
Date:
[9 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0213; Reel 1054
Summary:

Needs time to consider GK's request. What connection is expected between [Clarendon] Press and each author, or among all authors in GK's proposed series?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14099

From:
George William Kitchin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0318; Reel 1087
Summary:

Clarendon Press plans to publish series on logic. Invites JH to write treatise on inductive logic. Expect letters on this from John Phillips and Bartholomew Price.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14100

From:
George William Kitchin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0319; Reel 1087
Summary:

Grateful that JH is considering [writing treatise on inductive logic]. Each book in series is independent of other authors. Conveyed JH's request to Bartholomew Price.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14184

From:
Bartholomew Price
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0410; Reel 1087
Summary:

Supports G. W. Kitchin's request that JH write treatise on inductive logic for benefit of Oxford students.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14227

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0428.25; Reel 1093
Summary:

Requests JH's views on inductive logic for a publication by Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1514

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Charles Lyell
Date:
[4 December 1866]
Source of text:
APS B.D25.L.18 (C: RS:HS 24.178)
Summary:

Appreciates the receipt of volume one of the tenth edition of CL's Principles of Geology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1601

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.282 (C: Cambridge University Library 7656/RS552)
Summary:

Informs JH that his comments against sending a major telescope to India were decisive [see JH's 1866-8-11 & 1866-9-4]; biggest cost impediment was salary of observer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1602

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[8 December 1866]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/RS554 (ACCS: TxU:H/L-0378; Reel 1054
Summary:

In response to ES's 1866-12-6, JH sees no benefit in a great equatorial telescope in India being an itinerant instrument.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2431

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.284
Summary:

Discusses current debate over placement of telescope in India. Discusses various possibilities for telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2588

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.488
Summary:

Thanks JH for his sympathy regarding WS's fall. Describes the meteors he saw from his window on December 4.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2589

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[14 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.181
Summary:

Congratulates WS on his recovery. Thanks him for the meteor observations. The evidence points to an 11 rather than a 10 year period [in sunspots?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3100

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.265
Summary:

Expresses good wishes for JH. Talks about aging. Notes JH's interest in poetry. Thanks for 'Of the Estimation of Skill in Targetshooting.' Has given it to [Edouard] Mailley for translation and printing in annual bulletin of Brussels observatory. Asks if JH wishes to be named as author.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3473

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[5 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS Sa.675 (C RS:HS 15.283 & RS:HS 24.179)
Summary:

Maintains that a first class refractor is not needed at Masouri in India [see ES's 1866-9-4]. No special characteristics there justify the great expense of such a project.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6635

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[10 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.180
Summary:

On the 'Great Phenomenon' of 13 and 14 Nov. [meteor shower]; JH appears to believe that there is an annular ring of very minute planets circling the sun.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7766

From:
Richard Hodgson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 December 1866]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 15/5.3; Reel 11
Summary:

Gratitude for JH's gift to R.A.S. of William Herschel's manuscript series on observations of double stars. Encloses two pages of proofs for JH's approval.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8142

From:
John Williams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.410
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt by R.A.S. of papers relating to William Herschel's observations of double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-66-12-01

From:
the Königliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Göttingen
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
1 December 1866
Source of text:
RB MSS M200b.15, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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