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Herschel7422

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
5] September [1836
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 7/3.18; Reel 8
Summary:

Sorry for surprise in church yesterday. Last minute request for JH and wife [to be godparents] was unplanned. Notes on 'Parallax & refraction.' Will soon observe all stars in [F. W.] 'Bessel's zone.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7424

From:
John Skirrow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1836]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 7/3.25 verso; Reel 8
Summary:

Asks to borrow chain for tomorrow's survey.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7426

From:
Peter Stewart
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1836]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/1.5; Reel 9
Summary:

Stewart & Co., printers, and publishers Smith, Elder & Co. would be honored to print JH's proposed book. Estimates costs. Printing would require three years while JH is in Africa, but only four months after JH returns to England. Anticipates problems if [Hugh Percy] Duke of Northumberland purchases entire edition for free distribution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7828

From:
Nathaniel Wallich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.31
Summary:

Completed tour of Upper Assam searching for [wild tea shrub]. Wife and seriously ill children leaving for England. Lord Auckland [governor-general of India] urges sending consignments of plants and seeds to JH and Baron C. F. H. Ludwig.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8116

From:
Harrison Watson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.382
Summary:

Purchased property near Feldhausen. Will JH sell strip of land between HW's property and main road?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8117

From:
Harrison Watson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 June 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.383
Summary:

Returns title deeds JH sent to HW for transfer of land [see HW's 1836-4-7]. Forwards cancelled 'Bond in favor of Neethling' for £150.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9091

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.186
Summary:

Comments on JH's proposals to James Adamson regarding education at the Cape. Criticizes Francis Bacon's philosophy. Plans to devote his efforts to philosophy and has begun a history of the sciences. Describes his work on the tides. Richard Jones's professorship at the East India College is in jeopardy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9092

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 June 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.187
Summary:

WW's results regarding tidal observation and theory. Requests further data from the Cape. Has nearly completed his history of the inductive sciences.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9093

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.188
Summary:

Reports on his tidal studies and requests further observations from South Africa. WW's history of the inductive sciences is in press and WW has begun a philosophy of the inductive sciences. Discusses Richard Jones's career and Charles Darwin's return to England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9391

From:
John Fairbairn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 July 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.144
Summary:

JH has been nominated a member of the newly formed commission to inquire into the suitability of Table Bay as a port.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9393

From:
John Fairbairn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.146
Summary:

Comments on the wise measures introduced for the governing of the Cape Colony. Has taken over the editorship of a periodical and intends to introduce some of the best local writers. Would welcome JH's advice.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9394

From:
John Fairbairn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.147
Summary:

Sending a few more of the 'examinations.' Also sends an extract of a letter from Mr. Philips. The English papers have got hold of Charles Grant's (Baron Glenelg) dispatches.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9489

From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 December 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.234
Summary:

Regrets the time that has elapsed since receiving JH's letter. Charles Babbage does not contemplate finishing his machine and is already planning another. Richard Jones appointed one of the Tithe Commissioners. News of the activities of Robert Brown, Francis Baily, Charles Lyell, William Buckland, J. W. Lubbock, and others. Railroads expanding in England. Many built and projected.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9501

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 July 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.246
Summary:

Sending some curious magnetic observations made at the Cape. Regarding chronometer measurements. Changes of temperature over sea and land compared.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9502

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 July 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.247
Summary:

Sending a packet. Weather and winds have been unsuitable. Will send Thomas Maclear's packet by the next vessel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9559

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 August 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.290
Summary:

Encloses the second part of his paper on heat. Has procured some meteorological readings from Malta. Trusts everything is proceeding well at the Cape. Met G. B. Airy recently at Greenwich, where C. F. Gauss's apparatus is now installed. Mr. Gaubert is dead, also A. M. Ampère and G. C. F. M. R. De Prony.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9736

From:
Alfred Gautier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 January 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.83
Summary:

Alphonse de Candolle would like some information on the region where JH is now residing [at the Cape]. Has read about JH's voyage and his work on the constellations. Gives his own recent astronomical observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9755

From:
Mario Gemmellaro
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.102
Summary:

Pleased to hear of the good health of JH and family. Everyone hopes JH will make new discoveries in the physiological and anatomical fields as a result of his observations. Etna's crater is slowly changing. A fireball has been observed; also Halley's Comet as correctly predicted by Niccolo Cacciatore.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9756

From:
Mario Gemmellaro
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 May 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.103
Summary:

Discusses observations of Mt. Etna since its last eruption in 1832 and the work of geologist Teodoro Monticelli.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9757

From:
Mario Gemmellaro
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 August 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.104
Summary:

Sees Niccolo Cacciatore. Mt. Etna 'continues its silence.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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