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Herschel2436

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[11 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.290 (C: RS:HS 24.232)
Summary:

Discusses papers concerning light on [William] Sharpey's list. Discusses, very critically, Henry Brougham's optical researches.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2460

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
2 October [1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.314
Summary:

Thanks JH for information regarding Henry Brougham [see ES's 1868-9-29 & 1868-10-8]. Also for comment on polarization of aurora. Encloses Captain [John?] Hay's letter, but not plate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2609

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[23 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.234
Summary:

Some photographs support the sudden disappearance of the spot on 17 Sept. Some photographs are misdated. The relation of Jupiter and sunspots suggests previously unknown interconnections in the solar system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2610

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.504
Summary:

Sent JH's remarks to Mr. Titterton at Ely. Will endeavor to maintain accuracy. The remarks about Jupiter's action are contrary to the general consensus that planets in opposition close up spots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3105

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.270
Summary:

Thanks for proofed pages. Received Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der Sternwarte zu Bonn. Finished determining by electric means the different observational longitudes of Leiden and Brussels.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3319

From:
Alexander Strahan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.243
Summary:

Hopes that JH will contribute series of papers under heading, 'A Life's Retrospect in Science,' from various periods of JH's career, for publication in Good Words.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4166

From:
Thomas P. Thompson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.349a
Summary:

Thanks JH for his pamphlet on musical scales.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4925

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.312
Summary:

Further regarding the theory of sound.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6379

From:
William H. Callcott
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.144
Summary:

Is grateful for his article on musical scales. Queries regarding musical sounds. Has had to leave his old abode due to building operations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6592

From:
Henrietta G. M. L. Chatterton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
15 October [1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.333
Summary:

Was pleased to receive JH's translation of Dante. Wished he lived near enough to pay them a visit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6642

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[30 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.236
Summary:

Thanks for verses on the transit of Mercury; comments on observation of an auroral arch and eclipse observations of the solar corona.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9288

From:
Alexander John Ellis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.42
Summary:

Thanks for his article on musical scales. Will read it later when he has time. Comments on the system of equal temperament. Will send some of his own papers later.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1472

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
29 October 1868
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.275, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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FVM-68-10-00a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
October 1868
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 27
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-68-10-02

From:
George Bentham
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
2 October 1868
Source of text:
RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-68-10-05a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Redmond Barry
Date:
5 October 1868
Source of text:
VPRS 5831/PO/2, p. 169 miscellaneous inward correspondence, VA 912 Trustees of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-68-10-06

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Goyder
Date:
6 October 1868
Source of text:
GRG 35/2, no. 68/1055, inwards correspondence, Department of Lands, State Records of South Australia, Adelaide
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-68-10-07

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Ferdinand Krauss
Date:
7 October 1868
Source of text:
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-68-10-10

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Robert Ellery
Date:
10 October 1868
Source of text:
MS 11663 Royal Society of Victoria records, box 2/2, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-68-10-10a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
10 October 1868
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70. ff 348
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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