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Herschel6235

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 June 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.354
Summary:

Thursday will suit Charles Wood and FB is writing to G. B. Airy to meet JH in (FB's) room.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6236

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 June 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.355 & ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

The Admiralty would like JH's opinion regarding the observatory at Mauritius and any suggestions for its improvement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6239

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 June 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.356 & ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

Many thanks for his report on the Cape Observatory, which he will lay before the Lords of the Admiralty. Also thanks for the promised opinion on the Mauritius Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6295

From:
Jons Jakob Berzelius
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 June 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.56
Summary:

Last year he sent the diploma of the Academy of Sciences of Stockholm of which JH had been elected a member. Introduces J. A. Wahlberg, who is coming to the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8104

From:
W. C. Wallace
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.370
Summary:

Sends calf eye as sample to demonstrate anatomy of eye. Disputes theories of Charles Bell and John Dalrymple.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8124

From:
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 June 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.390
Summary:

WW sends JH some of the results of his magnetic observations. WW comments on the involvement of Carl F. Gauss in the work on terrestrial magnetism and urges JH, on his upcoming visit to Hanover, to make a point of seeing Gauss at Göttingen.

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John Herschel Project
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