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From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 January 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.470
Summary:

Has arranged for JH to receive a couple of plants of Fitzroya Patagonia. Hopes that the inclement weather has caused no distress.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 August 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.471
Summary:

Thanks for the gift of his poem; it has afforded him great pleasure. Is starting on a tour of South Wales and the West Country.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.472
Summary:

Hopes he can have JH's vote. Would like to add JH's name to his committee, which would not involve him in any work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.473
Summary:

Many thanks. There is no name he prizes more than JH's.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 May 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.474
Summary:

Sees what a majority William Ewart's bill had yesterday. Comments on the events leading to this. So glad of the marriage of Amelia Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 May 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.475
Summary:

Sending a copy of his speech on Weights and Measures. Will be spending the recess in Dorset.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Hopkins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.480
Summary:

Has received the report on his paper on glaciers. Comments on one or two points. Hopes it will create interest in the subject.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Frederick Howlett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.14
Summary:

Expressing sympathy on the illness of Margaret Louisa Marshall (JH's daughter). Would like to hear the latest news by the bearer. Would JH append his name to the enclosed form.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Frederick Howlett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.15
Summary:

Comments on the sun spots he has been observing, and some new phenomenon. Any chance of a visit from JH?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Frederick Howlett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 March 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.16
Summary:

Has returned James Nasmyth's letter and has never seen Warren de La Rue's letter. Comments on Nasmyth's 'willow leaves.' Have been observed at Greenwich Observatory. Thanks for his remarks on the best kind of eye-piece.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Frederick Howlett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 April 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.17
Summary:

Hopes the JH's are all well. Would like an eye-piece made by Mr. Cook[e] or any leading optician on the principles of JH as laid down in his paper in R.S.P.T. Shall he refer the optician to this paper?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Frederick Howlett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.19
Summary:

Is grateful for his communication on the proposed solar eyepiece. Will call round on his way to town to ascertain if he can leave the manuscript with [Thomas?] Cooke, the instrument maker, so that he can have some idea of the work involved. James Nasmyth will pay attention to screen projection.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Frederick Howlett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.20
Summary:

Is uncertain if he has detected the lightlines on the solar surface to which JH has called attention, but there does seem to be something unusual there. No sun spots are visible just now.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Frederick Howlett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 April 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.21
Summary:

Regrets he was out when JH called. Thanks for the elegant verses. Will be moving shortly to a place nearer London, which promises much. Gives notes on some more sun spots, which he has recently observed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Frederick Howlett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.22
Summary:

Much obliged for his kind notes on sunspots; there has been a wonderful variety lately. Will make a study of the Julian dates. Can see the Crystal Palace fireworks splendidly from his house.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Hudson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.28
Summary:

As JH has approved Dr. W. C. Wells's Theory of Dew he encloses extracts from the Gardeners' Chronicle to show that Wells based his paper on a false theory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Hudson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 January 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.29
Summary:

Makes no claim to originality for his experiments; thinks highly of Dr. W. C. Wells but would like to know whether [Pierre] Prévost's theory is tenable.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir William Huggins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 May 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.40
Summary:

Giving observations of a new star observed by him and some of his correspondents.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir William Huggins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 May 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.41
Summary:

Much obliged for his observations of June 1842. Probably the same star that is now being observed. Gives observations sent him by G. B. Airy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir William Huggins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.42
Summary:

Has just found that the bands of light from the comet are resolved by the spectroscope into bands that constitute a modified form of carbon. The spectrum of the comet was compared directly with a current of olefiant gas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project