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Herschel1829

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[1827-5]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.1
Summary:

On the questions of the usefulness of occultations and the use of mean time in astronomy, JH would much value WS's opinions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1843

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[27 June 1827]
Source of text:
WT 68115 (C: RS:HS 20.256)
Summary:

Informs FB that it is JH's intention to resign as secretary of the R.S.L. at the next anniversary meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2867

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[15 November 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.265
Summary:

Communicates to WS the award of the Royal Gold Medal for his 'magnificent work on the New Catalogue of 3112 Double Stars.' Informs WS that award is for research completed within 5 years of presentation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2947

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[29 May 1827]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #1
Summary:

Received letters of 8 Dec. through [Charles] Babbage, including interesting work on statistical returns for Netherlands. Rejoices at prospect of new observatory in Brussels. Promises to do his utmost to help. Honored to be correspondent of Academy of Brussels. Requests AQ address further letters to JH as 'President of Astronomical Society.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2999

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[3 January 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.111a (C RS:HS 20.243)
Summary:

May not be able to separate double stars with the twenty foot reflector. Is reviewing nebulae. Regrets [Josef] Fraunhofer did not live to see WS's work. Speaks of standard catalogue of 2881 stars as joint labor of all observatories. Interested in bright stars with minute companions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3002

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[19 December 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.113 (C: RS:HS 20.267)
Summary:

Has more leisure after resigning as Secretary to the Royal Society. Is sending his and [James] South's magnitude scales and positions of observation for WS to compare. Lists common double stars and offers means of comparison. Remarks on 'new star,' the fifth star in the trapezoid of Orion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3159

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[12 December 1827]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:17
Summary:

Expresses regrets that George Airy's memoir on spherical aberration in telescope eyepieces and WH's 'Theory of Systems of Rays' reached JH too late for adequate treatment in JH's 'Light.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3195

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[27 October 1827]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:15
Summary:

Thanks for, praises, and comments on WH's 'Systems of Rays' paper. Says WH will have a distinguished career. Mentions other works and hopes to forward them with others he receives to WH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3370

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1827-5[?]-16
Source of text:
RI 395-6 F3B
Summary:

Suggests change in composition of a pot to be made by [Apsley] Pellatt for an experiment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3398

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
[27 August 1827]
Source of text:
RI 397-9 F3B
Summary:

Hopes to meet JH in London, and to finish building for R.S.L. soon. Discusses various prisms for experiments. Mentions 'neat' process for drawing uranium from iron.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3461

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Thomas Cooper
Date:
[5 March 1827]
Source of text:
RS DM.3.36
Summary:

Outlines experiments for JC to carry out on 'agglutination of Earths for living Crucibles.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3462

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Edmund R.] Daniell
Date:
[25 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS DM.3.42
Summary:

Thanks managers of Royal Institution for generosity in offering facilities [to Optical Glass Committee] for erection of a furnace.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3497

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
[16 March 1827]
Source of text:
RI:F3.B395
Summary:

Proposes an adjustment in the proportions of the ingredients in the next glass-making experiment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3962

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
4?] May [1827
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0572; Reel 1058
Summary:

Received the first volume of Johann Pfaff's German translation of William Herschel's papers. Just completed a second catalog of double stars; review of nebulae going slowly. JH comments on his precise sweeps.

Contributor:
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Herschel4088

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[28 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.258
Summary:

Astronomical Society will lend instruments, including a Beaufoy Clock and a transit circle, to WS for his observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4510

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Thomson
Date:
[7 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.435b (C: RS:HS 20.253)
Summary:

Informs TT that the R.S.L. will print his paper on chromium. Discusses results obtained in TT's experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5263

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[30 January 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.208 (ACCS: RS:HS B27.11)
Summary:

Argues that neither CB nor his friends should in any way act to create difficulty at future R.S.L. meetings, as that will allow those attacked to resign with dignity. Rather elect someone else at the next anniversary meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5264

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Georgiana Babbage
Date:
[12 February 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.209
Summary:

Regarding support for Charles Babbage at Oxford.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5266

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[27 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.211
Summary:

Announcing his decision of resigning from the Secretaryship of the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5267

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[29 July 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.212
Summary:

Letter of condolence on the death of CB's son Charles.

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John Herschel Project
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