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Herschel8366

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Radcliffe Birt]
Date:
[1840-8?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.165
Summary:

Must report progress of meteorological reductions to B.A.A.S. Send specimen of 'Curves' before first week in September. Gives latitudes and longitudes for North American stations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel837

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19d
Summary:

Mostly about damage to furniture during shipment from Slough to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel838

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19g
Summary:

Trying to establish which of the boxes of household effects that have been shipped from Slough have arrived at Collingwood; comments on the weather.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel839

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[13 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19c
Summary:

Complains about the loneliness now that the family is gone from Slough, as are most of their goods.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel840

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[10 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19b
Summary:

Mostly about boxes packed and shipped to Collingwood, along with questions about items of equipment there.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel841

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[7 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19a
Summary:

About the choices to be made in moving furniture from Slough to Collingwood; problems about the election of a minister at Eton.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel842

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[3 February 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.18
Summary:

About buying horses, and closing the deal to buy Collingwood. JH refers to an enclosure about anti-slavery.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel844

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[10 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19e
Summary:

About a tragic fire nearby, and more about moving goods to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel845

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19f
Summary:

The packing and shipping of goods to Collingwood is complete; JH will now attend to a few final details and then come to Collingwood, having spent the most horrible 'fortnight in my life.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8556

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[15 June 1840]
Source of text:
BostonPubLib Ms.Eng. 397
Summary:

Has no objection to the recipient's republication of the 'Examples of the Differ. & Integl Calculus by Mr. Peacock,' to which JH contributed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel867

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 4.19
Summary:

JH is concerned about MH's health, especially her sore teeth; JH sends along some letters, and reports that all are well at Slough.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8673

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Gibson Lockhart
Date:
[15 November 1840]
Source of text:
NatLibScot MS.929, no.11
Summary:

Hopes to have JH's review of William Whewell's History of the Inductive Sciences ready for the next issue of the Quarterly Review.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8697

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Royal Academy of Sciences in Göttingen
Date:
[19 April 1840]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Hist.Lit.116, Band III, Nr. 3
Summary:

Honored to be elected as a foreign member of the Academy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8826

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[26 February 1840]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/23
Summary:

Waited until after 14 Feb. to submit JH's paper on photography ['On the Chemical Action of the Rays of the Solar Spectrum...,' R.S.P.T. (1840), 1-59]. Will send WT a copy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8827

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[19 April 1840]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/24
Summary:

Sending specimens sent to JH by [Robert] Hunt. Praises Hunt. Has WT received JH's paper ['On the Chemical Action of the Rays of the Solar Spectrum...,' R.S.P.T. (1840), 1-59]? JH moving to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8828

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[3 May 1840]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/25
Summary:

Thanks for excellent pictures WT sent. JH wishes JH had time for further experiments, especially on the 'thermic spectrum.' Praises [Robert] Hunt's results. Recommends experiment to WT.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8829

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[19 June 1840]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/26
Summary:

Praises various photographs by WT and notes changes in some. Recounts optical experiments, recent and planned, by JH on rock-salt.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8830

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[30 August 1840]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/27 (draft 2pp RS:HS 17.302b & C: RS:HS 22.67)
Summary:

Sends WT a copy of the solar spectrum in which each color is represented clearly in a 'positive' picture. JH sees this as giving hope for color photography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8878

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Philosophical Magazine
Date:
[15 February 1840]
Source of text:
P.M., 3rd. ser., 16 (1840), 194-5
Summary:

Reports on a simple mode of obtaining from a common Argand oil lamp a greatly increased quantity of light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8998

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Lord John Russell
Date:
[2 February 1840]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.23
Summary:

Is in communication, as requested, with Mr. Train and Thomas McBean about their candidacy for teaching at the Government Schools at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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