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Herschel12483

From:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 September 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.349
Summary:

Accepts JH's suggestion about using the offered money for publication costs [see JH's 1835-6-12]; is concerned about the telescope at Cambridge, as G. B. Airy has left for Greenwich; final comments on the comet's effects and the weather.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12511

From:
J. Peyrot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.377
Summary:

Is considering issuing a translated edition of JH's astronomical work. All of France awaits the valuable results that are sure to come out of JH's journey to the Cape, and JP will be pleased to translate it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12517

From:
John Philip
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.383
Summary:

About race relations in South Africa, and anti-slavery movements in England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12518

From:
John Philip
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.384
Summary:

Is much concerned about the conflict between the races.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12520

From:
John Philip
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 June 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.386
Summary:

Tends to agree with most of what JH says [see JH's 1835-6-2].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2209

From:
Sir Edward Ryan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 March 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.453
Summary:

Sends the thermometers he made at sea. Made them as accurately as he could. Introduces Lady William Bentinck.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2210

From:
Sir Edward Ryan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 December 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.454
Summary:

Discusses readings made by his barometer and that sent from the Observatory by Charles Babbage. Sends publications concerning a new fossil and on geology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2885

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 March 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.376
Summary:

[Otto] Rosenberger has calculated perturbations of Halley's Comet by the inner planets. [Wilhelm] Beer and [J. H.] Mädler have a map of the moon and have located two moving spots on Jupiter. F. W. Bessel's assistant has reduced James Bradley's observation to constants of aberration and nutation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2886

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 July 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.377
Summary:

Visits F. W. Bessel in Berlin to discuss pendulum experiments. [C. A.] Steinheil invented a photometer to measure relative light of different stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3112

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1835-3 or later].
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.277
Summary:

Even though JH has not written, AQ has received news from JH's compatriots. Asks about JH's health. Has not really used equatorial. Continues work on terrestrial magnetism and includes observations. Asks if JH has received last part of translation of JH's work on optics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3414

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 February 1835]
Source of text:
St. Andrews LB II, 215-17 (C: RS:HS 7.287)
Summary:

Mentions letter from William Whewell sending JF JH's interesting but puzzling meteorological results. Will communicate them to a Dr. [John?] Davy at Malta. Has been busy preparing lectures. Made a short tour in England last summer. G. B. Airy has been awarded the Lalande Medal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3420

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 October 1835]
Source of text:
St. Andrews LB II, 233-6 (C: RS:HS 7.289)
Summary:

Unable to assist JH's friend Major [Abraham] Cloete as JF was away from home. Comments on results of JH's table and JF's own papers and scientific occupations. B.A.A.S. would welcome JH's ideas for meteorological work. S. D. Poisson has published a new work on heat, in which he attacks J. B. Fourier.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3660

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 July 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.3
Summary:

On JH's portrait, which RS is trying to send to JH at the Cape. Asks JH to forgive the 'liberty' he has taken with JH's 'physiognomy,' but RS wants to show off JH as an 'ornament' of Cambridge. Updates JH on Francis Baily's progress and the status of the St. Helena Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4070

From:
James Prinsep
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.67
Summary:

Thanks JH for meteorological observations at Cape. Wants to publish discoveries for scientists working in India. Will collect meteorological data with a special focus on atmospheric activity from all over Indian peninsula.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4474

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.256
Summary:

Adds clock to telescope, enhancing distance measuring power. Search for Halley's Comet begins. Reports double star data; observes nebulae in JH's Catalogue of Nebulae. R.A.S. location moved to Somerset House. Quarrel between James South and Richard Sheepshanks being arbitrated.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4476

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 July 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.257
Summary:

Describes factors that led to C. P. Smyth's appointment to Cape. Uses rock crystal prism for double star observations. Continues observing JH's nebulae with equatorial clock. Approves of proposal for worldwide meteorological observations; will distribute brochures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4556

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 October 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.258
Summary:

Details sighting of Halley's Comet; sends chart of dates, times, right ascension, and declination. Receives letter from Niccolo Cacciatore, which 'gives hopes of a new planet.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4681

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.68
Summary:

Has just been made president of the R.A.S. No news of John Pond's retirement. R. A. Cauchoix's telescope has arrived. Printing of his 1834 observations are well advanced.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4682

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.69
Summary:

Sends his 1834 observations. Has received JH's weather observing instructions. Likely to accept the post of Astronomer Royal when John Pond resigns. Further remarks on new telescope and of E. J. Cooper's (near Sligo) - planetary disks - errors of divisions of circles. Possibility of small observatory in Upper Canada.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5563

From:
Sir John Bell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 July 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.53
Summary:

Further queries regarding the new water supply for Cape Town.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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