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Herschel14289

From:
Patrick Francis Robertson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0451; Reel 1093
Summary:

Found article with good description of Bank act. PR's ideas regarding issuance of currency notes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1430

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 June 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.60
Summary:

GS believes he erred in his 1865-6-1; now writes to correct it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1431

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 June 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.61
Summary:

Asks JH to consider revising report on a paper.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14616

From:
W. H. Wood
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 January 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0599; Reel 1086 (C: RS:HS 24.81)
Summary:

Sends additional meteorological data for 10-12 Jan. 1865, showing effect of full moon on cloud cover.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14723

From:
George Griffith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.2; Reel 1083
Summary:

Resolution reappointing JH and others to examine K. L. C. Rümker's astronomical observations in southern hemisphere and determine if these should be published.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14724

From:
George Griffith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.3; Reel 1083
Summary:

Resolution reappointing JH and others to Lunar Committee to continue mapping surface of moon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14725

From:
George Griffith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.4; Reel 1083
Summary:

Resolution reappointing JH and others to Balloon Committee for further experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1725

From:
Smith, Elder & Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 June 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.212
Summary:

Acknowledgement of order from JH, and clarification of instructions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1955

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 February 1865]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.34
Summary:

A letter from the Secretary of R. S. L. asking JH to review several papers. [Appended is a copy of JH's review in draft form.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2021

From:
John Eustace Prescott
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.53
Summary:

Thanks JH for his expressions of goodwill and friendship. Asks for introductions to JH's friends in Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2026

From:
Bartholomew Price
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.57
Summary:

Apologizes for JH not getting copy of vol. 3 of BP's Infinitesimal Calculus. Promises to send one. Hopes to add another volume. Asks JH about some problems in probability theory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2036

From:
Eliza Susan Quincy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 March 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.279
Summary:

Sends tributes to memory of her father [Josiah Quincy]. Discusses [James] Grahame and [George] Bond, who both have died. Also mentions Harvard Observatory and American Civil War.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2078

From:
G[eorge] C. Renouard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.328
Summary:

Tells several anecdotes about people William Herschel knew. Discusses William Herschel and his work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2080

From:
G[eorge] C. Renouard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.329
Summary:

Thanks JH for amusing letter. Discusses William Herschel, the great reflector from Slough, his family, and his health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2221

From:
Sir Edward Ryan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 January 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14. 465
Summary:

Thanks JH for copy of [John] Davy's letter. Is sorry to see Charles Babbage pursuing old disputes in his recent publication. Wife's health is failing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2226

From:
John Rate
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 November 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.470
Summary:

Is trying to procure a church clock. Asks for advice from JH on choosing a clockmaker and a clock.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2263

From:
John Ryall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 January 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.514
Summary:

Asks for JH's opinion of the mathematical work of Professor [George] Boole, who recently died. Needs testimony to get pension for his widow and child.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2264

From:
John Ryall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 January 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.515
Summary:

Thanks JH for his opinion of [George] Boole. It may help his widow and children in their application to Lord Palmerston [H. J. Temple].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2425

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.274
Summary:

Asks whether Greenwich Board of Visitors should meet to answer communication from Admiralty or if a response could be circulated among Visitors and sent if it meets with approval.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2426

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 March 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.275
Summary:

Visitors Board will meet to discuss railway companies' proposal to remove Greenwich Observatory to another site. Includes copy of Warren de La Rue's letter to ES.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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