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From:
John Gellibrand Hubbard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0281; Reel 1087
Summary:

Secretary to Bank of England will soon write to JH for permission to include JH's revised 'Half Dozen Propositions Regarding the Gold Coinage' at end of Bank's collection of papers on coinage controversy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Stanley Jevons
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 January 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0300; Reel 1087
Summary:

Received copy of JH's 'Half Dozen Propositions Regarding the Gold Coinage.' Does not agree with JH's last proposition. England will soon be only European nation not using international coinage. Expects that new difficulties for 'Mr. [Robert] Lowe's scheme' will be caused by France.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adolf Bernhard Meyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0363; Reel 1087
Summary:

Forwards letter from G. A. Erman to JH and two papers by Erman. AM wants to visit JH to learn of prospects for Erman before AM leaves soon for zoological and magnetic observations in Malay Archipelago.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adolf Bernhard Meyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 May 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0364; Reel 1087
Summary:

Will visit JH on 27 May.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adolf Bernhard Meyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 May 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0365; Reel 1087
Summary:

Apologizes for delay in responding to JH. Wrote to JH yesterday about AM's plan to visit Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Patrick Francis Robertson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 January 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0455; Reel 1093
Summary:

Enthusiastically approves of JH's 'Half Dozen Propositions Respecting Gold Coinage.' Will distribute copies at Carlton Club.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0507; Reel 1093
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of letter and papers from G. A. Erman.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 September 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0508; Reel 1093
Summary:

B.A.A.S. in Liverpool approved £50 grant to G. A. Erman, to be administered by Erman and JH, for computation of Gaussian constant for 1839.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0509; Reel 1093
Summary:

Explains error in B.A.A.S. report on grant for G. A. Erman. Will notify George Griffith.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 September 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.78
Summary:

Comments on JH's concerns about actinometric measurements [see JH's 1870-9-20]; recommends the study of periodicity of waves on Atlantic Coast.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 October 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.79
Summary:

Reports on status of John Robinson's eye following cataract surgery.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Vivian
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1870 or earlier]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0950.1; Reel 1083
Summary:

Mrs. W. Vivian is visiting south of France.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 May 1870]
Source of text:
RGO 6.695.464
Summary:

Would support the application for a grant [see JH's 1870-5-12], but would like to see some changes in the way calculations are made.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1870]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H702
Summary:

Note to accompany forwarding of a letter; remarks on T. R. Robinson's upcoming cataract surgery.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 January 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0645.1
Summary:

Responds to proposals of JH [?], and comments on the problems of the Royal Mint charges for coinage, especially coinage for foreign authorities.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 May 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0645.2
Summary:

Refers to several items of correspondence, and then comments on the calculation of Gaussian earth-constants to a higher power than has been done to date.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Patrick Francis Robertson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 April 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.372
Summary:

Informs JH of plans for JH receiving 5 pounds of coca he had ordered.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Patrick Francis Robertson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 April 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.373
Summary:

Encloses letter giving charges for 5 pounds of coca ordered by JH [see PR's 1870-4-1]. Asks how PR should pay.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
J. T. Raymond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.473
Summary:

Cannot afford fees he must pay to be ordained. Asks for financial assistance. Includes letters from a tutor and a professor.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
G. W. Royston-Pigott
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1870].
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.506
Summary:

Asks permission to send JH several articles he wrote concerning optics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project