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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Thomas Longley
Date:
[3 January 1865]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Has received the notice of the meeting, but regrets his ill health will prevent his attendance at the meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Julie Laurence Levi
Date:
[17 June 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.476
Summary:

Sympathizes with Dr. C. T. Beke but regrets he is unable to contribute towards his assistance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick Howlett
Date:
[1861 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.13
Summary:

Returns a paper of Mr. Stobart, which deals with astronomical knowledge of the early Egyptians.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Lassell
Date:
[11 February 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.297
Summary:

Comments on WL's 4-foot equatorial telescope of which WL sent JH a lithograph [see WL's 1860-2-8].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Lassell
Date:
[13 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.317
Summary:

Comments on WL's nebulae diagrams and asks for more.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Lassell
Date:
[4 May 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.373
Summary:

As JH is preparing a catalogue of all known nebulae, would WL please provide a complete listing of all he has seen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
E[dward] Loyd
Date:
[24 July 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.382
Summary:

Writes to ask EL a series of questions about probabilities related to shooting at targets, with variations in the size and shape of the targets.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Lassell
Date:
[23 October 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.63
Summary:

Comments on the several drawings of the same nebulae; thanks WL for the invitation to Malta but JH is too ill to accept.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Charles Knowles
Date:
[23 April 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.154
Summary:

In response to FK's 1866-4-17, JH says that he knows nothing about screw propulsion in ships and so cannot comment on FK's paper.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Charles Lyell
Date:
[1 October 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.168
Summary:

Comments on the relationship between the plane of the earth's orbit and the obliquity of the ecliptic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Urbain J. J. Leverrier
Date:
1869-10
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.290
Summary:

JH responds to UL's concern about the Isaac Newton-Blaise Pascal forgeries [see UL's 1869-10-4].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George A. MacFarren
Date:
[16 November 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.13 & 24.238
Summary:

Is obliged for GM's letter and for the trouble he has taken over JH's paper on musical scales. Object in writing this paper was to clear the ground as it were. Elucidates some of the points in his own paper and comments on parts of GM's paper.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John F. McLennan
Date:
[18 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.255 & 24.176
Summary:

Regarding the inventor of the compensation bars. Would not attribute their invention to Thomas Drummond in the light of J. E. Portlock's evidence. Thanks for the paper on ancient Greek kinship.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Norman Macleod
Date:
[1 December 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.264 & 23.398
Summary:

Regrets delay in answering letter but has been away from Collingwood and letter was not forwarded. Is unwilling to write article for another journal as he is already producing articles for an editor. Would editor of Good Words be interested in printing three lectures he gave at Hawkhurst on volcanoes, comets, and the sun? Could work this up for an article.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William MacPherson
Date:
[30 October 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.267 & 23.313
Summary:

Will not be able to produce his article in time for the January issue, but could write a much better article on meteorology if given longer, till July.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
J. Melvill
Date:
[10 May 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.322 & 24.200
Summary:

Does not think Mr. Thornton's pamphlets solve the problem of squaring the circle as the circle is 3/4 of the circumscribed square. Comments further on these theories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Allen Miller
Date:
[18 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.348 & 24.252
Summary:

Is fully satisfied with the objections in WM's letter regarding the individual records of barometric pressure. Gives advice on how the records should be shown.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. C. E. van Monckhoven
Date:
[2 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.359 & 24.2
Summary:

Is honored by DM's letter and proposal to dedicate his book [Traité général de photographie] to JH. Points out some errors of attribution he would like incorporated if not too late. Pass on his good wishes to J. A. F. Plateau.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Main
Date:
[17 October 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.342
Summary:

Thanks for the receipt of the Radcliffe catalogue of stars, but wishes observations had been equatorial rather than circumpolar.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Main
Date:
[25 October 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.344
Summary:

Suggests an observational program for RM's newly purchased transit circle [see RM's 1861-10-21].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project