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Herschel8700

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Mrs. Thomas Romney Robinson]
Date:
[13 April 1867]
Source of text:
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Summary:

Delighted to receive Memoir of Maria Edgeworth. Praises it and expresses thanks for it having been sent. Regards to Dr. Robinson.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8704

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Emily Mary Herschel
Date:
[21 August 1867]
Source of text:
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Summary:

Sending various publications by JH on light. [Responding to CH's queries], explains the nature of color and the action of the sun and stars in producing heat and light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8758

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Parsons (Lord Rosse)
Date:
[23 July 1867]
Source of text:
Rosse Papers K2.11
Summary:

Thanks WP for having sent chart of the Orion nebula. Comments on its quality.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8791

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Stanley Jevons
Date:
[8 July 1867]
Source of text:
John Rylands University Library of Manchester (C: RS:HS 24.203)
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of WJ's treatise on logic, and comments on it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8954

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Photographic News
Date:
[27 October 1867]
Source of text:
Photographic News, 11 (Nov. 8, 1867), 541-2
Summary:

Maintains that JH did not invent the thaumsacope [thaumatrope], which some have ascribed to him. JH does note that he proposed moving pictures in an 1860 publication, five years before Alonzo G. Grant sought patent protection for this idea.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8955

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Date:
[2 February 1867]
Source of text:
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Proceedings, 6 (1867), 91-3 & Revu
Summary:

Notes that JH had pointed out the perpendicularity of the direction of wind to the direction of a wavefront's advance. Encourages research on the causes of such meteorological phenomena.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8959

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
People's Magazine
Date:
[26 November 1867]
Source of text:
People's Magazine, new ser., 1 (Jan., 1868), 62-3
Summary:

Describes a method JH devised of producing 'autographic representations of fungi on glass.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel917

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[17 January 1867]
Source of text:
JHS 5.37
Summary:

Tells MH about the wedding plans of son John and Mary Power; comments on the health of daughter Constance, and sends a silly sketch by Emma Hardcastle. [Part of the letter is illegible.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9644

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Leonor Fresnel
Date:
[7 August 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.383 & 24.204
Summary:

Answers LF's queries of 4 Aug.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel983

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[29 September 1867]
Source of text:
JHS 6.51
Summary:

Provides sources of information about polarization, spectroscopy and solar physics for son John, who is continuing his preparation for observing the solar eclipse [see JH's 1867-9-12].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel984

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[18 May 1867]
Source of text:
JHS 6.54
Summary:

The R.S.L. proposes sending telescopic and spectroscopic equipment to India to observe the solar eclipse of 1868. They want to know if son John would be prepared to make the observations. John could use some of his leave time in England to prepare.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel985

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[12 June 1867]
Source of text:
JHS 6.53
Summary:

Writes to son John [who is now in England] further about the solar eclipse observations [see JH's 1867-5-18]; comments on family matters, and talks about making improvements in photographic processes, so that JH is able to print on both sides of the paper.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel986

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[12 September 1867]
Source of text:
JHS 6.52
Summary:

Has been observing sunspots and talks about sunspot cycles; JH is glad to see that son John has been practicing observing with the spectroscope in preparation for the Indian solar eclipse [see JH's 1867-6-12].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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