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Herschel8799

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[3 February 1836]
Source of text:
Science Museum Archives MS 1130
Summary:

Has been observing Halley's Comet —'altogether the most beautiful thing I ever saw in a telescope.' Comet has tripled in diameter during the last week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8809

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[1836]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/7
Summary:

Sending WT some seeds. Had hoped to send some bulbs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8854

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[3 July 1836]
Source of text:
Univ. of London Library
Summary:

Has received Francis Baily's Account of the Rev. John Flamsteed [1835]. Comments that its best part is Baily's restoration of the British Catalogue. JH now thinks less of Flamsteed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8871

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[1836]
Source of text:
Comptes Rendus, 3 (1836), 505 (inc)
Summary:

Discusses the 'Moon Hoax' and JH's observations of Halley's Comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8873

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the R.A.S.
Date:
[18 October 1836]
Source of text:
R.A.S.Mem., 10 (1938), 325-36
Summary:

Reports in detail JH's observations of Halley's Comet as observed from the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8978

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Grant
Date:
[1836-4]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.2
Summary:

Following up on an earlier communication, JH expresses to CG (Lord Glenelg) his views on a variety of areas, e.g., curriculum, discipline, administration, and methods of teaching for the Government Free Schools at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9024

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[6 December 1836]
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London SDUK Papers
Summary:

Please convey thanks to the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge for its star maps. Finds them preferable to [Johann] Bode's maps, 'which are full of egregious errors.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9237

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Philip
Date:
183[6]-2-17
Source of text:
Univ. of Witwatersrand (draft: RS:HS 13.387 & 21.197)
Summary:

Comments on the papers of evidence placed before the Aborigines Committee, and expresses himself vehemently about the sin of having penal colonies.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9392

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Fairbairn
Date:
[1836-7]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.145
Summary:

Feels unfitted for the appointment of Commissioner offered in JF's letter of 13 July.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9503

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[3 October 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.248 & 21.216 & 25.5.2
Summary:

Sends a copy of the printed paper by RF. Regarding chronometer measurements. Has just received a communication from Alexander von Humboldt in which he seems to have anticipated both JH's and RF's ideas. Comments on a new machine for sounding.

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John Herschel Project
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