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Herschel2627

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[17 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.320
Summary:

Sends diagrams showing three new couplets of sunspots. The sun is entering a new phase of activity. Sends drawings made with a glass pen by his son Alexander.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2628

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.511
Summary:

Thanks JH for the drawings. Will send new solar autographs showing macula. Is working on the autographic series of the activity of the sun during its 11 year period.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3210

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.409 (C: RI 572)
Summary:

Gratified by JH's 'sympathy and approbation,' and that JH's writing and spirit remain 'firm' and 'fresh.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3257

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
[7 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.317 (C: RI 571)
Summary:

Thanks for work on diamagnetism and magne-crystallic action [Researches on Diamagnetism (1870)], which JH is excited to read. Mentions long-abandoned plans for magnetization experiments. Envies those who can see JT's 'magic' experiments at Royal Institution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3449

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
'Chairman of the Eclipse Committee of the Royal Society'
Date:
[13 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS MC.9.96
Summary:

Cannot attend Eclipse Committee meeting but suggests that an observer carefully look for planets interior to Mercury's orbit, which would, if existing, reach conjunction during total solar eclipses.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4933

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.322 (C: RGO 6.382.355)
Summary:

Regarding Alexander Herschel's paper on acoustical oscillations recently sent to G. A. Erman.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6255

From:
Joseph Gurney Barclay
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.16
Summary:

Would he accept a volume of observations carried out at the Leyton Observatory?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6407

From:
Julia Margaret Cameron
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.172
Summary:

Has had a visit from Alick (JH's son Alexander) and his friends. Sends her latest photograph.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6649

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[15 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.318
Summary:

Of toads in rocks and stones, and martins in blocks of ice under rivers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7233

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[17 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.319
Summary:

Writes about JH's health; justifies writing by sending some curves prepared by JH's son Alexander.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7234

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.415
Summary:

Is creeping along slowly like Alcuin's snail. Curvers are very curious. Informs him where there is an account of Coca. Comments on this as a tonic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7790

From:
Thomas Francis Wade
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.6
Summary:

Received JH's note. TW's wife Amelia [Herschel] and baby fared poorly in Panama and California. China better now than in 1853-65. Constitution flimsy but still vital. Describes 'Mahometan insurrection.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8735

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Anthony Proctor
Date:
[1 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.316
Summary:

Continues to explain matters in perturbation theory. Stresses need for careful observations in solar eclipses. Doubts the existence of the hypothetical intermercurial planet Vulcan.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8736

From:
Richard Anthony Proctor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.126
Summary:

Admits his misstatement in RP's Other Worlds than Ours concerning perturbation of outer planets. Shares JH's doubts about existence of Vulcan. Speculates on the extent of meteoric material in the solar system. Comments negatively on J. Norman Lockyer's views on meteors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1535

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Henry Bolus
Date:
23 June 1870
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/3 f.13, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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FVM-70-06-01

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Odgers
Date:
1 June 1870
Source of text:
W70/5916, unit 465, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-06-01a

From:
Charles Chichester
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
1 June 1870
Source of text:
GO 52/11 outward letter book 1857-86, Governor's Office, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-70-06-01b

From:
Thomas Higinbotham
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
1 June 1870
Source of text:
No 452/70, unit 16, p. 694, VPRS 431, outward registered correspondence, Engineer in Chief, VA 2877, Department of Railways, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-06-04a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
David Boyle
Date:
4 June 1870
Source of text:
Private hands.Published in Pretlove (2012), p. 74
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-70-06-09

From:
George Bentham
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
9 June 1870
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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