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Herschel11430

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Joseph Lowe
Date:
[13 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.341
Summary:

Did not mean to say that meteors describe an exact circle round the sun. Comments on the phenomena of meteors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12652

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Baldwin
Date:
[27 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0072; Reel 1054
Summary:

Returns letter of George Bryandt. Dispute over auction of property belonging to MB's late brother [Thomas], of whose will JH is executor.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12808

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George William Kitchin
Date:
[9 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0213; Reel 1054
Summary:

Needs time to consider GK's request. What connection is expected between [Clarendon] Press and each author, or among all authors in GK's proposed series?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1514

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Charles Lyell
Date:
[4 December 1866]
Source of text:
APS B.D25.L.18 (C: RS:HS 24.178)
Summary:

Appreciates the receipt of volume one of the tenth edition of CL's Principles of Geology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1602

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[8 December 1866]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/RS554 (ACCS: TxU:H/L-0378; Reel 1054
Summary:

In response to ES's 1866-12-6, JH sees no benefit in a great equatorial telescope in India being an itinerant instrument.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2589

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[14 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.181
Summary:

Congratulates WS on his recovery. Thanks him for the meteor observations. The evidence points to an 11 rather than a 10 year period [in sunspots?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3473

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[5 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS Sa.675 (C RS:HS 15.283 & RS:HS 24.179)
Summary:

Maintains that a first class refractor is not needed at Masouri in India [see ES's 1866-9-4]. No special characteristics there justify the great expense of such a project.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6635

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[10 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.180
Summary:

On the 'Great Phenomenon' of 13 and 14 Nov. [meteor shower]; JH appears to believe that there is an annular ring of very minute planets circling the sun.

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John Herschel Project
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