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RS-MM-001089

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
11 February 1850
Source of text:
MM/16/126, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001090

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
1 March 1850
Source of text:
MM/16/127, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001091

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
2 March 1850
Source of text:
MM/16/128, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001092

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
16 March 1850
Source of text:
MM/16/129, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001093

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
26 June 1850
Source of text:
MM/16/130, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001095

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
26 July 1850
Source of text:
MM/16/132, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001101

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
11 June 1850
Source of text:
MM/16/138, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001115

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
Date:
21 June 1850
Source of text:
MM/16/154, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel10715

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander von Humboldt
Date:
[11 February 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.84
Summary:

Answers questions raised by AH in his 1850-1-19 [letter contains notes made by AH].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10937

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Lord Francis Jeffrey
Date:
[26 January 1850]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Explaining his own idea of probability. [This appears to be the original, which was never sent as Lord Jeffrey died 1850-1-25.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10947

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Anthony Jeffreys
Date:
[24 January 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.291 & 23.82
Summary:

Regrets he is unable to support his project for the church as he has many more worthy commitments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1102

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
1850-4-[24 or earlie
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.9.68
Summary:

[John Russell] Hind is being considered for the post of astronomer at Trivandrum in India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12495

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
1850-6-9 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.361
Summary:

Margaret Herschel will avail herself of the offer [see AP's 1850-6-9]; inquires what is happening to the letters from AP's father that JH had given to AP.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12649

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Mary Baldwin]
Date:
26 March [1850?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0069; Reel 1054
Summary:

Thanks for birthday gift. Health of friends.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12650

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Baldwin
Date:
[1850-12]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0070; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH's new duties at Royal Mint. JH and Margaret staying with [Elizabeth] Baily while searching for residence in London. JH's son William to be examined at Haileybury College in Jan. 1851. Son John is [attending Clapham grammar school] with Charles Pritchard.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12679

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Radcliffe Birt
Date:
[16 June 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0100; Reel 1054
Summary:

Sorry about misunderstanding between WB and Edward Sabine at Kew Committee. Suggests WB write statement to clear things up.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12681

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Thomas Brande
Date:
[30 November 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0102; Reel 1054
Summary:

Thanks for congratulations, but JH is not yet appointed [Master of Mint]. Sorry to hear that JH inherits painful disputes. Plans to rely on WB's long experience [as superintendent of Die department].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12731

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Empson
Date:
[27 July 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0146; Reel 1054
Summary:

[A. J.] Ellis was correct; JH used earlier version of proof by [C. F.] Gauss in Theoria Motus Corporum Coelestium [1809] and was not aware of newer proof. But Ellis's objection to JH's proof applies only to properties of space.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12753

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Graham
Date:
[10 October 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0170; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH is traveling in Europe and unable to attend meeting of Cambridge University Commissioners on 16 or 22 Oct.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12757

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Grey
Date:
[24 November 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0175; Reel 1054
Summary:

Requests permission to post £20,000 of JH's funds as security bond for JH's position as Master of Mint, rather than calling on JH's friends to act as surety. Will JH also need to pay 'Office Fee,' which Royal Commission of 1849 recommended be abolished?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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