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RS-MM-000640

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
7 March 1840
Source of text:
MM/11/144, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000643

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
unknown
Date:
3 July 1840
Source of text:
MM/11/147, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000646

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
20 December 1840
Source of text:
MM/11/152, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001100

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
4 June 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/137, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001102

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
18 June 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/139, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001103

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Herschel
Date:
18 June 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/140, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001104

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Herschel
Date:
21 June 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/141, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001105

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Herschel
Date:
27 June 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/142, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001106

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Herschel
Date:
2 July 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/143, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001107

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Herschel
Date:
20 July 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/144, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel101

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[6 July 1840]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.239
Summary:

Comments on a proposed request for a government grant to establish a magnetic and meteorological institute.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10535

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Hodgkin
Date:
[7 February 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.412 & 22.40
Summary:

Has written a letter to Lord John Russell outlining the case of Andries Stockenström. Does not wish to become involved in Cape politics or the affairs of the Anti-Slavery Society much as he appreciates their importance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1067

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[3 March 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.6.2
Summary:

Tells WT about JH developing the thermographic paper which is susceptible to 'calorific' and 'chemical' rays of light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1068

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Spencer J. A.] Compton
Date:
[8 July 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.6.6
Summary:

The Physical [?] Committee is meeting the next day to deal with the question of establishing a magnetic and meteorological observatory. JH [Chair of the Physical Committee?] cannot attend the meeting and sends his supportive, but cautioning, comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10730

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[19 April 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.49
Summary:

Exchanging further information on several aspects of the photographic process [see RH's 1840-4-15].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10793

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James O. Halliwell
Date:
[28 June 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.147 & 22.56
Summary:

Feels unable to become a member of the new society proposed by Halliwell, but wishes it well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1100

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[1840-4]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.8.65
Summary:

Indicates travel plans, including a visit to FB, with a side trip for business to Slough. JH comments on some astronomical observations he has received.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1139

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[1840?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.13.4
Summary:

Having heard that HP had expressed pleasure at some of JH's colored photographs, JH sends some more recent ones.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1145

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Francis Baily?]
Date:
[1840?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.1
Summary:

A series of 'resolutions to be proposed as fundamental principles for a reform of the Southern constellations.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1148

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[1840-12?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.5
Summary:

Has not had time to work on the constellations paper because of interference due to tithe surveys and land re-assessments, which JH fears may involve a lawsuit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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