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Herschel4443

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Stark
Date:
[8 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.2 (C: RS:HS 23.208)
Summary:

Discusses JS's paper on barometric table corrections in relation to mercury readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4509

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[8 November 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.213
Summary:

Pleased that WS included François Arago's lectures in his compilation. Believes the Italian edition could have been better edited. Remarks on the Leviathan problem.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4562

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.301
Summary:

Asks JH to recommend C. P. Smyth for R.S.L. fellowship. Will avoid R.S.L. meetings due to declining health. Considers a second edition of Cycle of Celestial Objects.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4564

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1857-2
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.303
Summary:

Thanks JH for discovering an important error in a work WS asked him to proof read. Asks JH about a variable in Canis Minor over which there is some debate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4574

From:
James Stark
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.3
Summary:

Thanks JH for proofing his paper on barometric reading corrections.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4614

From:
W. G. Penny
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1857
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.153
Summary:

Sends a copy of his Astronomical Investigations. Claims there is an 'inequality in the motions of Mars and the Earth.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4844

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.233 (C: RGO 6.251.167)
Summary:

Regarding P. S. Laplace's barometric measurements. Michael Faraday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4845

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 April 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.197
Summary:

Suggests ways of eliminating transmission of vibration to a piece of sensitive equipment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4846

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 May 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.233a (C: RGO 6.377.431)
Summary:

Note accompanying forwarding of a paper by Otto Struve, and other minor matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4847

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.234
Summary:

Regarding errors in Francis Baily's tables.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4848

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.235 (C: RGO 6.377.437)
Summary:

Regarding orbits of comets. Lunar elements JH requires are given in P. A. Hansen's tables.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5381

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.328
Summary:

Regarding a suitable engraving of William Herschel to be added to William Walker's engraving of a meeting at the Royal Institution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5859

From:
John Bullar
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 July 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.328
Summary:

Hopes that reports he has heard of his health are unfounded. The wing of the infirmary has been completed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5860

From:
John Bullar
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.329
Summary:

Is grateful for the copies of his essays, which he treasures. Hopes his anxiety for his son in India will be groundless.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6172

From:
William Henry Barton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.297
Summary:

Thanks for the gift of the book. Regarding some financial affairs of JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6330

From:
Hannah M. Bouvier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 April 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.92
Summary:

Thanks for his favorable comments on her book. Sends proof sheets as part of her forthcoming book on authors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6383

From:
Charles Hay Cameron
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 May 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.148
Summary:

Thanks for the valuable gift of his Essays Q.E.R. Has just moved into this cottage and would welcome a visit from JH when in the neighborhood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6432

From:
Richard Christopher Carrington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 June 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.200
Summary:

Has heard that he is now residing at Collingwood and sends two papers for his perusal. Is the sketch correct? Also encloses two specimen pages of his forthcoming catalogue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6486

From:
Michel Chevalier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 February 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.252
Summary:

Has received the agreement noted on his ticket of 14 Feb.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6487

From:
Michel Chevalier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 July 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.253
Summary:

On gold and other monetary matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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