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Herschel10065

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Grahame
Date:
1830
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.401
Summary:

Silly story asking 'what has become of JG?'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10867

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Smart Hughes
Date:
[15 January 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.216 verso (C: RS:HS 21.55)
Summary:

Replies to TH's 1829-2-16, giving details of observations. Have not been printed yet. Household in a state as they have just moved.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11123

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Kater
Date:
[30 March 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.13 & 21.64
Summary:

Has had a letter from Wilhelm Struve regarding the Standard. Could HK bring it to the notice of the R.S.L., and advise JH?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11225

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Dionysius Lardner
Date:
[1 February 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.116 & 21.56
Summary:

Has considered DL's request to the best of his ability and thinks that he will be able to write the preliminary essay in about six months' time. Regarding his friend Thomas Greenwood of the Inner Temple, will be able to put DL in touch with him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11227

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Dionysius Lardner
Date:
[1830-9]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.118 & 21.74
Summary:

Gives reason why he wishes to omit the F.R.S. from the title page. Gives layout of entry for the title page. Prints the slips into a book so would like them printed on one side only of the page.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12588

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Molyneux
Date:
[17 January 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.18
Summary:

Is ordering a pocket chronometer from Molyneux and Co. on behalf of Joseph Johann Littrow of Austria.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12638

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Baldwin
Date:
[1830]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0058; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH shocked by MB's note. Will tell Mrs. Moorsom tomorrow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13296

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1830-8]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0537.3; Reel 1053
Summary:

Wrote and asked F. L. Chantrey to write to MH. Baby Caroline is fine. Condolences as MH attends to sister Isabella.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13297

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1830-8]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0537.4; Reel 1053
Summary:

Isabella Stewart's death seems imminent. Should JH bring baby Caroline to London for funeral? Mrs. Moorsom reports that Lady Mary Herschel needed help of physician Mr. Fowler. Baby is fine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1480

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[27 May 1830]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.5 (C: RS:HS 21.70)
Summary:

Thanks WS for excerpt from Niccolo Cacciatore's letter; comments on the awarding of medals for merit, and points out some necessary conditions which must be considered if the observations of the satellites of Jupiter are to be used in determining the constant of aberration.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1481

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[8 August 1830]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.6 (C: RS:HS 21.73)
Summary:

Advises WS on best ways to make a 'darkening glass' for solar observations. Also suggests method for delineating sunspots. Hopes WS will attend Nautical Almanac meeting and support his points. Completes two telescope mirrors and observes Uranian satellites. Asks WS to look for a double star between Beta1 and Beta2 Capricorni.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1482

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[6 September 1830]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.7 (C: RS:HS 21.75)
Summary:

Discusses WS's observations of double stars and method of averaging positional determinations. Believes he has verified the two Uranian satellites observed by William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1832

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Hodgkin
Date:
[1830-5-24 or later]
Source of text:
WT.Ho A.3
Summary:

Thanks TH for some crystals, including borax, as well as a paper by J. J. Lister. JH has been cutting the borax crystals preparatory to grinding and polishing them; JH has used these crystals to observe a phenomenon previously seen with a mass of niter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2637

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[1830-1?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.382 (C: RS:HS 25.13.29b)
Summary:

Admires her manuscript [Mechanism of the Heavens]. Wishes [P. S.] Laplace would have lived to see it. Notes a problem with the principle of virtual velocity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2869

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[10 April 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.68
Summary:

Glad WS is coming to England but cautions that London empties in June. Congratulates WS on measurement of a 'great Northern arc.' Complains about the division of the Royal Society into 'parties'. Adds [James] South's results showing a sixth star, nearer than WS's fifth, in trapezium of Orion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2948

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[10 May 1830]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #2 (fragment (French) Académie belgique: #3)
Summary:

Tells AQ of 'negligent inattention' regarding Belgium's instruments. Has extracted promise from [William?] Simms that the equatorial should be finished by Christmas and mural circle within the following year. Mentions seeing Colonel Blake and [G. P.] Dandelin. Regrets [P. F.] Verhulst's illness. Discusses lichen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3211

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Davies Gilbert
Date:
[21 March 1830]
Source of text:
RS MC.1.211
Summary:

On behalf of [J. F.] Encke, asks that Greenwich observations be given to library of Berlin Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3284

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[27 October 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.11
Summary:

Cannot attend meeting [concerning the Nautical Almanac]. Makes numerous specific recommendations concerning its format and contents. Raises the theoretical question 'Does sidereal time flow uniformly?'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3445

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[George Biddell Airy?]
Date:
[9 March 1830]
Source of text:
RS LUB.H.346
Summary:

Has received and comments on materials sent, including Nathaniel Bowditch's translation of P. S. Laplace's Mécanique céleste and a paper by J. W. Lubbock.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3464

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Peter Mark Roget
Date:
[22 December 1830]
Source of text:
RS DM.4.106 (ACCS: RS:HS B26.43)
Summary:

Will not be coming to either meeting [see James Hudson's 1830-12-18], because JH has fully expressed himself previously on the matter of Southern Hemisphere observations, and had already asked to be excused from further association with Glass Committee and any other connection with 'that subject.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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