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Herschel10671

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William Huggins
Date:
[6 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.219
Summary:

Comments on WH's spectroscopic examination of cometary tails [see WH's 1868-7-2].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10994

From:
Henry Bence Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1868]-7-6.
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.340
Summary:

John Tyndall left London in a hurry, but he has urged the claims of JH's son [Alexander] as a professor at the School of Mines.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11529

From:
Sir Charles Lyell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.444
Summary:

Much obliged for calling his attention to M. C. E. Du Four's paper, though he cannot reconcile the general reasoning. Comments on the effect of the Sirocco on the Föhn of the Alps.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1727

From:
Smith, Elder & Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.214
Summary:

Apology for errors in binding [see SE's 1868-7-3]; new volume being bound.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4224

From:
Sir Henry Taylor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.326
Summary:

Thanks JH for sending JH's work on Dante's Divine Comedy. Confesses not to be a Dante expert, but believes terza rima best for the poem in English.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6611

From:
William B. Clarke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.348
Summary:

Sending details of the atmosphere being affected by the new moon. Has not regularly received his astronomical notices owing to a fault in the address. News of scientific happenings in Australia.

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John Herschel Project
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