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Herschel1662

From:
Arthur B. Simpson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.148
Summary:

Asking for an appointment to meet with JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1663

From:
Arthur B. Simpson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.149
Summary:

Missed one opportunity to meet JH; now seeks another.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1688

From:
Alfred Smee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.174
Summary:

About etymology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1838

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Kater
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
WT 57468
Summary:

Thanks HK for a chronometer, and sends some polishing papers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1839

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
WT 69294
Summary:

Sends congratulations to some one who has received a Doctor of Medicine degree.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1859

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
WT 68037.15
Summary:

Doubts that there is any significant difference of density between the northern and southern hemisphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1901

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mr. Jones
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
WT A-371
Summary:

A note accompanying a key that may hopefully open a bookcase in a room in Harley St. [?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1918

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
WT B.16
Summary:

Excuses himself from a social evening due to pressure of work [observing].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1919

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mrs. Gordon
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
WT B.17
Summary:

Accepts an invitation to tea.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1920

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Joseph Goodall?]
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
WT B.18
Summary:

Accepts an invitation to dinner.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1926

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.3
Summary:

Comments on the use of a particular phrase and its italicization.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2187

From:
James Clark Ross
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.431
Summary:

Engaged at the Lightning Commission. Will assist JH when he needs help. Used chart of the Antarctic region he mentioned.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2944

From:
Henri Victor Regnault
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.319
Summary:

Sends photographs from study of trees. Has news from Mr. Stewart. Is attempting to complete his works on gases and vapors. Also working on treatise on physics. Wishes to see his work also published in English.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3033

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Edward Colebrooke
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Reports on considerations that led to the election in 1824 of Henry T. Colebrooke to the presidency of the Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3119

From:
C. Petit
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.157
Summary:

Writes for her husband, who is very ill and receives no one. Would have made an exception for JH's son, if he had been forwarned. Expresses her husband's deepest regrets and regards.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3120

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #29
Summary:

Tells AQ of his daughters's fevers. Rejoices in the power of science to distract him temporarily from worries. Hopes to complete his Catalogus generalis nebularum by end of R.S.L. session.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3127

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Sotheby
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.222b
Summary:

Replies positively to WS's invitation to a party.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3129

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Chairman of R.S.L. Physical Committee
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS RR.1.234
Summary:

Recommends unreservedly for publication in R.S.P.T. papers by G. G. Stokes and Baden Powell.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3187

From:
Algernon O. Simon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.207
Summary:

Requests JH's autograph and 'carte de visite' for a collection.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3344

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS Sa.677
Summary:

Thanks for gelatine [?] paper. Hopes to photograph the sun.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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