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Herschel4171

From:
Thomas MacKereth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1865]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (94)
Summary:

Doubts that JH put his approval on an article about shooting stars in the 'upper atmosphere' in The Intellectual Observer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4190

From:
A. B. Power
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.186
Summary:

Accepts position at Blackheath Preparatory School.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4239

From:
Thomas Humphrey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (63)
Summary:

Announces a quarterly meeting of the Hawkhurst National School Board.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4282

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.96
Summary:

R.S.L. approves of CP's optical work, believing it will be helpful at observatories abroad. CP comments on Alexander Herschel's prism experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4298

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1865]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Will attend hearing of J. S. Parlby inheritance case.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4307

From:
William Mathews, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 July 1865]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (96)
Summary:

Replies to JH's letter of 1865-5-25 concerning the altitude/temperature equation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4408

From:
Ellen Toynbee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 September 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.441
Summary:

Expresses gratitude over JH's sympathy for ET's father's death. Describes his last days.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4504

From:
Jacob Tomlin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.439
Summary:

Requests JH's opinions on his theories of origins of language. Believes Hebrew is the root of all languages.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4601

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 November 1865]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

J. S. Parlby's sister receives estate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4609

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 October 1865]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Appeal in J. S. Parlby case fails.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4895

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.282 (C: RGO 6.679.452)
Summary:

Is returning the Proceedings of the Manchester Society, and The Magnetical and Meteorological Observations for 1851-58. Regarding the registration of magnetical disturbances.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4896

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.283 (C: RGO 6.381.442)
Summary:

Concerning JH's memorial to W. R. Hamilton's daughter. Holiday in Keswick. Comments on JH's papers on optics and force.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4897

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.285 (ACCS: RGO 6.15.75)
Summary:

Writes about a long standing, very old, member of the Royal Observatory's Board of Visitors [W. H. Smyth] having been summarily dismissed from the Board.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4898

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.286 (C: RGO 6.478.481)
Summary:

Explaining JH's polarization difficulty [see JH's 1865-10-16].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4899

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.287
Summary:

Printed address of the Astronomer Royal to individual members of the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4900

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.288 (C: RGO 6.478.491)
Summary:

Further regarding polarized light and its interferences.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4901

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.289
Summary:

Regarding I. K. Brunel's bridges and JH's letter on suspension roofs. Effects of a thunderstorm on a water barometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5006

From:
Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.384
Summary:

Is sending a copy of HA's Harveian Oration for JH's perusal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5029

From:
Neil Arnott
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 November 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.410
Summary:

Thanking him for his note. Relates events while in India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5655

From:
William Radcliffe Birt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.144
Summary:

Notifying him of a forthcoming meeting of the Lunar Committee of the B.A.A.S. Hopes he will attend.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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