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Herschel4099

From:
A. Beale
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1840 or later]-4-15
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67
Summary:

Discusses glass manufacturing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5584

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 April 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.74
Summary:

Describes additional measurement of annual parallax.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6055

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
14] April [1840
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.180 (C: RS:HS 25.8.26)
Summary:

Received a 5-ft. Newtonian reflector from JH's aunt Caroline; is offering it to the R.A.S. JH is on the verge of moving to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6056

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.181
Summary:

Should think that the R.A.S. would be pleased to receive the 5-ft. telescope. Regarding the printing of Thomas Maclear's paper. H. C. Schumacher has sent a paper by Wilhelm Olbers on the constellations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel837

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19d
Summary:

Mostly about damage to furniture during shipment from Slough to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel838

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19g
Summary:

Trying to establish which of the boxes of household effects that have been shipped from Slough have arrived at Collingwood; comments on the weather.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel839

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[13 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19c
Summary:

Complains about the loneliness now that the family is gone from Slough, as are most of their goods.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel840

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[10 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19b
Summary:

Mostly about boxes packed and shipped to Collingwood, along with questions about items of equipment there.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel841

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[7 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19a
Summary:

About the choices to be made in moving furniture from Slough to Collingwood; problems about the election of a minister at Eton.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel844

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[10 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19e
Summary:

About a tragic fire nearby, and more about moving goods to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel845

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1840]
Source of text:
JHS 3.19f
Summary:

The packing and shipping of goods to Collingwood is complete; JH will now attend to a few final details and then come to Collingwood, having spent the most horrible 'fortnight in my life.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8697

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Royal Academy of Sciences in Göttingen
Date:
[19 April 1840]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Hist.Lit.116, Band III, Nr. 3
Summary:

Honored to be elected as a foreign member of the Academy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8827

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[19 April 1840]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/24
Summary:

Sending specimens sent to JH by [Robert] Hunt. Praises Hunt. Has WT received JH's paper ['On the Chemical Action of the Rays of the Solar Spectrum...,' R.S.P.T. (1840), 1-59]? JH moving to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9014

From:
J[ames] R[ose] I[nnes]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
184[0]-4-8
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.44
Summary:

Anthony Oliphant has died. The plan to establish a system of meteorological observations at the Cape Colony and in Caffreland has failed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9110

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[12 April 1840]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20744 (C: RS:HS 22.48)
Summary:

Sends WW some verses, asks WW's and George Peacock's advice on a request by Edward Sabine for funds, and invites WW to visit Hawkhurst, where the Herschels were then in the process of moving.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9658

From:
Thomas Galloway
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 April 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.8
Summary:

Has received [Temple?] Cheval[l]ier's paper and JH's letter informing him of his valuable gift. G. B. Airy is anxious to have Thomas Maclear's paper printed in the Memoirs as soon as possible without waiting for the government.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9659

From:
Thomas Galloway
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 April 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.9
Summary:

When the case containing the stand of the telescope was opened it was found to contain a number of books. Were these intended for the R.A.S. or should they be returned to JH?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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