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Herschel7934

From:
Maximilian Weisse
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.137
Summary:

Thanks for the honor of being elected a member of the R.S.L. MW is afraid his star catalogue has too many errors to suit him. Tells JH about the many disruptions, both personal and astronomical, over the last few years. MW has recently been doing some meteorological and magnetic observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8397

From:
Augusta Ada King
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.282
Summary:

Thanks for answers about moon and proof of JH's next book. Seeks evidence to support claim that clouds disappear when moon is full. Enquires about lunar formulas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8398

From:
Augusta Ada King
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.283
Summary:

Asks JH to review Lord Lovelace's [William King's] paper on moon's influence on weather.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8399

From:
Augusta Ada King
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
12 October [1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.284
Summary:

Quotes passage from A. E. P. Gasparin comparing JH's actinometer to other such instruments. Seeks JH's opinion of Adolphe Quetelet's hypothesis of heat. Question on photographic chemicals and 'calorific rays.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8400

From:
William King
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.285
Summary:

Returns JH's diaries with observations of moon's effect on cloud cover. Quotes citation of these observations to appear in WK's new paper.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9683

From:
Thomas Galloway
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.33
Summary:

Sending a complete copy of the excerpts from JH's book [Cape Results]. One or two of the pictures are not by JH. Thinks a fuller abstract would have been useful.

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John Herschel Project
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