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Herschel3801

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
18] November [1837
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Polishing telescope mirrors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3803

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
30 November [1837]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Asks TM to attend a meeting of the Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3840

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1837]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Has decisively mapped Saturn's sixth satellite; doubts, however, that he will ever see the seventh. Asks CH to inform Friedrich Bessel of his observation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3841

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[16 November 1837]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

[Postscript to a letter by Margaret Herschel:] JH notes that he has finished the reduction of the first 9 hours in Right Ascension of his southern nebulae and double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3940

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
15] February [1837
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Notes discrepancies between TM's and Thomas Brisbane's observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3941

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[22 March 1837]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Exhausted from his meteorological observations, JH will not keep his appointment for tomorrow with TM.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3942

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[1837-5]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Asks TM to return JH's book of star magnitudes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3944

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
14?] June [1837
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Asks TM whether he plans to work today.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3984

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1837]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0582.1.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

Reports that he viewed Halley's Comet from 1836-1-25 to 1836-5-10. Now studying sunspots and solar radiation. Comments that the sun has more spots than JH previously thought. Has been busy during the December solstice determining the constant of solar radiation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4010

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[6 February 1837]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Wants to borrow TM's carpenter. Found a faint planetary nebula.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4011

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
9] October [1837
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Agrees with George Airy that Mercury should be studied more closely. Discusses TM's researches of N. L. Lacaille's Northern Extremity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4012

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Maclear
Date:
[28 October 1837]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Reports the birth of John Herschel, JH's sixth child and third son.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4023

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[7 September 1837]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0582.2.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

Eliminated plans to visit Rio de Janeiro on the Herschels' return home, which will enable them to visit Hanover. Notes that JH's rheumatism attacks have interfered with his observations. JH considers his sweeping work finished. Has sent to the R.S.L. the first six hours of JH's 'Southern Catalogue of Nebulae and Double Stars' along with the micrometric measures of 400 southern double stars made with the equatorial.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4030

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
20] June [1837
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Not surprised that the measuring rods broke; knew that they were top heavy. Discusses improvements. Very busy. A horse stepped on JH's foot, but no broken bones.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4032

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
1] November [1837
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Sending the spherometer. Discusses stars and nebulae observed near the South Pole.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4033

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[1837-11-2 or 3]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Reports that Dr. Andrew Smith received a grant of £1500 from the British government.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4978

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[3 April 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.361 & 21.219
Summary:

Regarding the meteor seen in New York. Gives tables of meteors seen during a specified time. Comments on the phenomenon of meteors. Sun spots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5343

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[2 October 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.290a (ACCS: RS:HS 25.5.9)
Summary:

Comments on some parts of CB's Ninth Bridgewater Treatise, especially on CB's mathematical estimating of the credibility of miracles. JH shows that such a process cannot work. [Letter finished 1837-10-25.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6012

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[1 March 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.138 (C: RS:HS 25.5.6 & 25.8.9)
Summary:

Has been very busy observing so has had little time to spare for writing letters. Remarks on the recent star catalogues which he has received. Would FB bring Capt. J. A. Lloyd's case to Frederick Augustus (Duke of Sussex). Sun spots. Meteors in N. America and those at the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6013

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[7 April 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.139 (C: RS:HS 25.8.10)
Summary:

Would FB convey his thanks to the R.S.L. for the award of their medal. Has observed the whole of the southern hemisphere twice. Is pleased to hear of the American support for science.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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