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Herschel4098

From:
Henry Stevens
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:

Will send a package for JH through a third party.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4112

From:
Thomas Grubb
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Discusses his efforts making reflecting telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4113

From:
Thomas Grubb
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Informs JH which observatories received the object lenses from his workshops.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4120

From:
John Henry Dallmeyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Informs JH that he is taking over the optical workshop of his late father-in-law, Andrew Ross.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4121

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 November 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Discusses his telescopes and their dimensions. Wants to obtain an object glass of an 8-in. aperture.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4154

From:
Adam and Charles Black
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Concerning the publication of JH's Telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4155

From:
Adam and Charles Black
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 September 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Will allow more pages for the text of JH's Telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4180

From:
Adam and Charles Black
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 November 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Receives additions to JH's Telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4189

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Woodbine Parish
Date:
1859
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.290
Summary:

Comments on WP's account of a meteor striking ground in America.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4241

From:
Woodbine Parish
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 July 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.135
Summary:

Sends newspaper article about the meteor fall in Oswego County. Compares the account to a meteorite that fell in the Santiago Plains of Chile. Discusses authenticity of suspected meteorite specimens.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4299

From:
Adam and Charles Black
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Questions concerning the manuscript of JH's Telescope. Will send proofs to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4312

From:
Thomas Cooke & Sons
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Sends dimensions of an object glass.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4359

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.445
Summary:

Returns a letter from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4381

From:
Joseph Ellison Portlock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.178
Summary:

Asks JH to sign a document relating to Col. Gelland [?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4415

From:
Henry A. Fletcher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 November 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Provides information on a telescope being built by [Thomas] Cooke for HF's brother, [Isaac] Fletcher.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4423

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[8 June 1859]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Makes arrangements for TM's visit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4428

From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 August 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Discusses a telescope ordered for C. A. von Steinheil of Munich and the design of WR's glass polishing machine. Mentions visit by Thomas Maclear. Kew Telescope produces photos of sunspots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4429

From:
Henry Simms
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 November 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Provides information on glass made by HS.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4430

From:
[Marc] Secrétan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 December 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Lists dimensions of the equatorial telescope at Paris Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4612

From:
John Henry Dallmeyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 November 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Answers JH's inquiry concerning JD's telescope manufacturing process.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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