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Herschel11184

From:
J. B. Kearney
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.74
Summary:

Congratulations on the marriage of one of JH's daughters [Maria Sophia]. Well remembers the hours he spent with JH. Has had to struggle for a living. Gives some of his theories on music and light that he will not be able to transmit to print.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2021

From:
John Eustace Prescott
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.53
Summary:

Thanks JH for his expressions of goodwill and friendship. Asks for introductions to JH's friends in Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4239

From:
Thomas Humphrey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (63)
Summary:

Announces a quarterly meeting of the Hawkhurst National School Board.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4897

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.285 (ACCS: RGO 6.15.75)
Summary:

Writes about a long standing, very old, member of the Royal Observatory's Board of Visitors [W. H. Smyth] having been summarily dismissed from the Board.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4898

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.286 (C: RGO 6.478.481)
Summary:

Explaining JH's polarization difficulty [see JH's 1865-10-16].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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