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Herschel2256

From:
Charles Robinson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 October 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.499
Summary:

Acknowledges JH's letter and thanks him for it. Praises JH profusely.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2257

From:
John Daniel Runkle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.511
Summary:

Sends Mathematical Monthly. Asks for a list of JH's publications. Would also like a photograph and biographical sketch.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2381

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.246
Summary:

Discusses ellipticity and results of [G. B.] Airy and [F. W.] Bessel. Also, [Alexander von] Humboldt's magnetic results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2384

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 July 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.247
Summary:

Wife not well enough to visit Collingwood. ES may come next week. University of Kasan Observatory may assist British endeavors. Mr. Bolyani is very capable.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2461

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1 February [1858?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.315
Summary:

Sends section X and earlier paper on Kew and Nertschinsk disturbances, which supply key to theory of magnetic disturbances.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2492

From:
Hermann Schlagintweit
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 June 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.353
Summary:

Sends vol. 4 of [Alexander von] Humboldt's Cosmos. Would like to share information gathered in India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2552

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.462
Summary:

WS's brother-in-law [George Peacock] has died after an illness.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2671

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.362
Summary:

Enjoyed visit of Louisa [Herschel Marshall]. Wants copies of JH's new articles. Is witnessing a solar eclipse, in which half the disc was covered, as she writes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2938

From:
Henri Victor Regnault
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1858?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14:312
Summary:

Will ask Parisian doctors for information JH wanted and transmit it immediately. Hopes change of air will improve JH's health. Regrets JH is not closer to the capital so that the best doctors could help. Is writing Mr. Royer to ask him to write to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2939

From:
Henri Victor Regnault
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1858?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.313
Summary:

Expects that JH has received instructions sent through Mr. Royer. Informs JH that HR is sick and will visit some friends to recuperate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3114

From:
Andres Poey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.171
Summary:

Has read with much pleasure JH's dissertation on meteorology published in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Requests an English version. Sends several memoires on meteorology. Regrets not being able to send a complete set. Asks JH to send other works for the Observatory of Havana.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3259

From:
Balfour Stewart
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.236
Summary:

Hopes that JH will express opinion of BS's paper on radiant heat, as recommendation for BS's appointment to the Chair of Natural Philosophy at St. Andrews.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3357

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.153
Summary:

Before meeting of Balloon Committee, requests JH's opinion on value of renewing balloon ascents.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3516

From:
Henry Augustus Severn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.192
Summary:

Having outgrown his self-built telescope, hopes to borrow a larger 'metal' from JH, or to obtain from JH William Herschel's method for polishing telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3588

From:
Balfour Stewart
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 December 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.237
Summary:

Thanks JH for testimonial toward BS's appointment to Chair of Natural Philosophy at St. Andrews. Encloses other testimonials.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4062

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 January 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.444
Summary:

Reports misplacement of letters of William Herschel after publication of extracts for The Times.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4066

From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 February 1858]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton
Summary:

Announces that the R.A.S. will print a map showing the path of the 15 Mar. 1858 eclipse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4203

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 September 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.310
Summary:

Writes that he was not aware of W. R. Dawes's hand in discovery of Hyperion; will note this in R.S.L. records.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4231

From:
Henry Anthony Jeffreys
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 January 1858]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:

Requests an address of a Mr. Macintosh in order to inquire about a lecture topic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4244

From:
Henry Anthony Jeffreys
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 March 1858]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:

Asks JH to sign a petition to allow a parishioner to marry his late wife's sister.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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