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Herschel1981

From:
Norman Pogson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 October 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.10
Summary:

Announces success in securing directorship of Madras Observatory, thanks to JH and G. B. Airy. Cannot now change the names for asteroids Hestia or Isis. Asks for suggestions on names in the case of future discoveries.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1992

From:
Sir William Pole
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 July 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.25
Summary:

Describes, using a diagram, how the solar protuberances appeared to him as a color-blind person when he observed a solar eclipse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1993

From:
Sir William Pole
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 August 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.26
Summary:

Thanks for note of 29 [July]. Expresses doubt over accuracy of his observations of a solar eclipse. Stresses the necessity of careful comparison of various observations. Asks JH's opinion of a photograph with prominences greater and corona less than supposed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1994

From:
Sir William Pole
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 December 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.27
Summary:

Sends his certificate for the R.S.L. to JH to sign.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2009

From:
Reginald Stuart Poole
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 September 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.41
Summary:

Thanks JH for reading his preface to The Genesis of the Earth and Man, and expresses the author's gratitude that JH believes the book will be interesting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2018

From:
Baden Powell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
14 May [1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.50
Summary:

Glad to hear JH feeling better. Enclosing a 'shorter and simpler' explanation of some experiment by Léon Foucault, asking for comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2023

From:
Bartholomew Price
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 April 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.55
Summary:

Invites JH to stay at BP's home for the B.A.A.S. meeting 27 June. Notes the new museum opens at the same time.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2123

From:
Patrick Francis Robertson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.370
Summary:

Sends pamphlet on repaying the national debt. Discusses various problems and possibilities concerning the debt.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2223

From:
T[homas] Radford
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 February 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.467
Summary:

Has a foreigner staying at his house. Has seen letter by this man addressed to JH. TR wants to know if the foreigner is respectable. Thinks his name is [B.] Birkenthal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel23

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 October 1860]
Source of text:
RGO 6.379.142
Summary:

Comments on Jupiter's appearance and on the eclipse photographs [see JH's 1860-8-23].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2553

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.463
Summary:

Mentions a passage of Aristotle regarding comets. Proposes that Origen's theory of the Magi may be correct. Perhaps the Magi saw a comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2554

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.464
Summary:

Sends pictures of sun. Thanks JH for sparking his interest in the sun. Wants JH to direct the B.A.A.S.'s use of the Kew telescope to take pictures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2672

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 September 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.363
Summary:

Thanks JH for scientific papers. Is writing about relations between inorganic matter, physical and vital forces, and microscopic plants. Praises [Giuseppe] Garibaldi and his performance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3198

From:
Thomas Stevenson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 June 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.235
Summary:

Believing JH gives TS credit for a proposal not TS's own, clarifies TS's work in lighthouse illumination.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3308

From:
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 May 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.228
Summary:

Offers JH and Lady Herschel lodging during Oxford B.A.A.S. meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4057

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1860]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Tells JH he will search for the requested weather data. Encloses 'Weather Reports in the Newspaper.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4084

From:
J. G. Thompson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 July 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.434
Summary:

Sends JH pamphlets on the representation of Oriental languages using the Roman alphabet. Outlines the advantages of this system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4117

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1860]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Details of Lady Grey's shipboard affair with the Admiral.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4122

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (73)
Summary:

Describes a starfish brought alive to England from Iceland by an amateur naturalist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4123

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (74)
Summary:

Thanks JH for critiques of his paper; discusses Matthew Maury's work Physical Geography of the Sea.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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