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Herschel1834

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Hodgkin
Date:
[1851 or later]
Source of text:
WT.Ho A.5
Summary:

Apologizes for delay in answering TH's letter. JH makes arrangements to visit TH at his home.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1847

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[19 January 1851]
Source of text:
WT 68037.11
Summary:

Does not believe JH can help RH in some delicate matter. JH talks about photographic chemistry, including passing on information from A. C. Becquerel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1857

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[1851 ?]
Source of text:
WT 68037.12
Summary:

Comments on different washes to be used in photography, and clarifies the matter of a supposed Daguerreotype of the nebula in Orion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3500

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
1851-1
Source of text:
EUL:Gen 523/6
Summary:

Requests copy of RM's lecture on distribution of gold, and further information on value of it and silver. Asks specific questions about Russian gold.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel505

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1851 or 1852-1-1]
Source of text:
JHS 1.1
Summary:

Mostly family matters, especially the education of several of their sons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel542

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
4 January [1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.5
Summary:

Makes proposals about decimal coinage, based on one thousand units in the sovereign.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5449

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1851 to 1853?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.396
Summary:

Will he and David Brewster dine with him on Tuesday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel623

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1851-1855]
Source of text:
JHS 1.15
Summary:

About their son Alexander, and the striking of 60,000 medals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6551

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Hamilton-Gordon
Date:
[1851 to 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0001; Reel 1054
Summary:

Sends copy of letter from JH to Chancellor of Exchequer on state of Royal Mint. Fears JH's position there may be misunderstood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7012

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[7 January 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.94
Summary:

About JH's poor health; mentions discovery of two asteroids and new rings of Saturn.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8627

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Julia Margaret Cameron
Date:
18 January [1851]
Source of text:
Getty Center
Summary:

Asks that JC hold JH excused from appearing tomorrow, because JH has a severe cold.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8759

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Parsons (Lord Rosse)
Date:
[1851 to 1852]
Source of text:
Rosse Papers K2.12
Summary:

Discusses W. H. Fox Talbot's patent application, commenting that JH wishes all patents were abolished. Regrets that duties at the Mint and for the Cambridge University Commission have hindered JH's ability to carry out JH's responsibilities to WP.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel937

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1851]
Source of text:
JHS 6.60
Summary:

Mostly about JH's health and instructions about the madeira and claret JH is sending home.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel948

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1851]
Source of text:
JHS 6.42
Summary:

As the Mint is closing for a week, JH is trying to arrange a long weekend at Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel96

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[11 January 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.143.254
Summary:

Wants GA's opinion about applying for a pension for the widow of the late astronomer at Madras, T. G. Taylor.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel974

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1851]
Source of text:
JHS 6.16
Summary:

Will be home a few days later than expected as JH is involved in a court case to be heard immediately after the one he is sitting through, and which he describes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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