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Herschel12570

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hans Christian Oersted
Date:
[29 July 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.21
Summary:

Apologizes for having been too busy to sit for a portrait as proposed, thanks HO for his poems, and describes JH's current experiments related to photography.

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Herschel12789

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Cam Hobhouse
Date:
[4 June 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0194; Reel 1054
Summary:

Received Hobhouse's letter of 27 May with reply from H.E.I.C. board of directors regarding establishment of magnetic observatories in India. D. F. J. Arago recommends additional station on Socotra Island [in Gulf of Aden].

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Herschel12797

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Jenkins
Date:
[30 April 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0202; Reel 1054
Summary:

Describes three-year magnetic survey proposed by R.S.L. Asks H.E.I.C. court of directors to provide support for three observing stations: at Madras, at Bombay, and in Himalayas. Humphrey Lloyd will supervise training of observers.

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Herschel12877

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)]
Date:
[28 January 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0287; Reel 1054
Summary:

Grieved that J. C. Stewart desires schoolmaster position at Cape of Good Hope. Attests to Stewart's many business talents, and asks HP to find 'more prominent station' for Stewart.

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Herschel12878

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[30 May 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0288; Reel 1054
Summary:

[Extract] Suggests change in proposed distribution [of Cape Results]. Richard Sheepshanks offered to subsidize portrait of JH, to be distributed with complimentary copies [of Cape Results].

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Herschel12881

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Treat Paine
Date:
[4 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0292; Reel 1054 (C: RS:HS 25.15.9)
Summary:

Just received RP's Dec. 1837 observations, forwarded from Cape of Good Hope. JH is now president of R.S.L. joint committee of Physics and Meteorology. Meteor shower of 10 Aug. 1839. Describes global magnetic survey conducted on Göttingen Mean Time. Hopes U.S. will join survey. [Enclosure: Printed notice of global magnetic survey, listing participating governments, purposes, and instruments.]

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Herschel13013

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart
Date:
[22 January 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0426.1; Reel 1055
Summary:

Willing to write to [secretary of state for War and the Colonies, Charles Grant] Lord Glenelg on behalf of JS's application. JH searching for new residence.

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Herschel13014

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart
Date:
[27 January 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0427; Reel 1055
Summary:

Sends letter of recommendation for JS and returns draft of JS's letter to [Charles Grant] Lord Glenelg, with recommended changes. Promise from Glenelg's father to JS's father [A. Stewart] is grounds for JS's application.

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Herschel13015

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart
Date:
[23 March 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0428; Reel 1055
Summary:

[Richard] Jones's view is correct. Will wait to hear what Mr. [Meade?] has to say, before JH writes to Mr. Hodges.

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Herschel13016

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart and Rose Stewart
Date:
[22 October 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0429.2; Reel 1055
Summary:

Birth of [Maria Sophia Herschel]. Awaiting JS's news about Bombay. John [Stewart] and Matilda [Grahame] sailed for France yesterday.

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Herschel13061

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[3 March 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0475; Reel 1055
Summary:

Sent WT's specimens to J. B. Biot and F. J. D. Arago in Paris. Developed paper sensitive to heat rays of sun 'beyond the spectrum.' Diagram of three spectra: 'luminous, chemical, and thermic.'

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Herschel13202

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Wrottesley
Date:
[24 March 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0509; Reel 1055 (C: RS:HS 25.15.8)
Summary:

Commends JW's application for Savilian professor of astronomy at Oxford [see JW's 1839-3-22]. But it is improper for JH to propose JW unless asked to do so by R.A.S. council.

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Herschel1338

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[9 February 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.281b (C: RS:HS 22.2)
Summary:

Considerable comment on procedure for submitting paper to R.S.L. Urges WT to mention JH's method of washing with hyposulfite. Comments on some photographic experiments of WT.

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Herschel13401

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Edward Sabine]
Date:
[1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0632; Reel 1089
Summary:

Submits payment to J. D. Roberton for 'Association' bills. Glad that ES approves of JH's draft article on terrestrial magnetism for Quarterly Review. Fears R.S.L. was premature in proposing experimental institutions; public was not prepared for such large expenditures for science. Prefers ES's suggestion of temporary magnetical and meteorological observatory. Strong disagreement from [C. J.] Riddell in America.

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Herschel13408

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[6 June 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0641; Reel 1089
Summary:

Departure of J. C. Ross for Antarctic expedition is approaching. Hopes that Admiralty will soon authorize R.S.L. to assist Ross in preparing instruments and coordinating global observations.

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Herschel13409

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
1839
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0642; Reel 1089
Summary:

Will send two photometers and three-year supply of paper to [?]. One goes to J. C. Ross and one to F. Eardley Wilmot at Cape of Good Hope. Instructions for using photometers. Hopes [?] Robinson forwarded actinometers to Woolwich as JH directed. These should be checked at St. Helena. Instruction for using actinometers. Sent report to Humphrey Lloyd at B.A.A.S. Returns [?]'s Daguerre newspaper containing 'impudent notice about M. Pambour and his great Wheels.'

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Herschel13514

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Agnes Baillie]
Date:
[13 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0749.2; Reel 1089
Summary:

Accepts invitation to party next Tuesday. Regrets not visiting more often at Cavendish Square or Hampstead. JH's wife and 'little one' are well.

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Herschel13546

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Prince Albert]
Date:
1839-7
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0768.1 & -0768.2; Reel 1089
Summary:

[Two copies of] Printed letter from R.S.L. announcing proposed system for global magnetic observations. [One copy edited by JH for submission to "Your Highness" with] Request for assistance in adding magnetical observatory to John Caldecott's astronomical observatory in Travancore [India].

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Herschel13657

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Phillips
Date:
[17 August 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0039.2; Reel 1062
Summary:

Report to B.A.A.S. on progress and expenses in reduction of stars in N. L. Lacaille's Coelum australe stelliferum.

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Herschel14079

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Best Jervis
Date:
[28 April 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0298.2; Reel 1087
Summary:

Let India Board move at its own pace, and do not call on Lord Northampton. JH will write privately to 'Major J.' to suggest proper training for appointed observers.

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