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Herschel4844

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.233 (C: RGO 6.251.167)
Summary:

Regarding P. S. Laplace's barometric measurements. Michael Faraday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4846

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 May 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.233a (C: RGO 6.377.431)
Summary:

Note accompanying forwarding of a paper by Otto Struve, and other minor matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4847

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.234
Summary:

Regarding errors in Francis Baily's tables.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4848

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.235 (C: RGO 6.377.437)
Summary:

Regarding orbits of comets. Lunar elements JH requires are given in P. A. Hansen's tables.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5381

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.328
Summary:

Regarding a suitable engraving of William Herschel to be added to William Walker's engraving of a meeting at the Royal Institution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5859

From:
John Bullar
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 July 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.328
Summary:

Hopes that reports he has heard of his health are unfounded. The wing of the infirmary has been completed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5860

From:
John Bullar
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.329
Summary:

Is grateful for the copies of his essays, which he treasures. Hopes his anxiety for his son in India will be groundless.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6172

From:
William Henry Barton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.297
Summary:

Thanks for the gift of the book. Regarding some financial affairs of JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6330

From:
Hannah M. Bouvier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 April 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.92
Summary:

Thanks for his favorable comments on her book. Sends proof sheets as part of her forthcoming book on authors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6383

From:
Charles Hay Cameron
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 May 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.148
Summary:

Thanks for the valuable gift of his Essays Q.E.R. Has just moved into this cottage and would welcome a visit from JH when in the neighborhood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6432

From:
Richard Christopher Carrington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 June 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.200
Summary:

Has heard that he is now residing at Collingwood and sends two papers for his perusal. Is the sketch correct? Also encloses two specimen pages of his forthcoming catalogue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6486

From:
Michel Chevalier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 February 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.252
Summary:

Has received the agreement noted on his ticket of 14 Feb.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6487

From:
Michel Chevalier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 July 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.253
Summary:

On gold and other monetary matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6488

From:
Michel Chevalier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.254
Summary:

Has finished his essay and returns to the subject of gold. Cites articles.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6612

From:
W. B. Clegram
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
6 January [1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.349
Summary:

J. C. Symons is spreading locally false theories about the rotation of the moon. Would like JH's views on this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6787

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 May 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.104
Summary:

Is grateful for the copy of his Essays. Query about measuring the focal length of a double object glass. Gives results of his recent observations. Hopes accounts of JH's son are good.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6825

From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 May 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.139
Summary:

Is pleased that JH approves of his drawings of the planets. Hopes to publish some drawings of the other planets in the future. Has moved his observatory but hopes soon to start observations. Unable to comment on Otto Struve's observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6827

From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 September 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.140
Summary:

Has not been able to go to Kew Observatory yet. The photoheliograph has to await John Welsh's return from Scotland. A reflector with a diagonal mirror would be suitable for celestial objects. Has now removed to Cranford.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7058

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 January 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.293
Summary:

Thanks for the magic square, which he is now returning. Seems no end to the possibilities of such squares.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7059

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.294
Summary:

JH has got hold of the explanation about central forces. Need not worry about Elizabeth Baily; he will see to that. Do not reject any letters; they may be important in the future. Gives one of his own theorems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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