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Herschel10036

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.371
Summary:

JG is worried about the health of his daughter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10784

From:
Thomas John Hussey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.139
Summary:

Did not pass near JH's place when he came home; otherwise he would have returned JH's mirror. Returns next Monday and will be pleased to call if JH can offer him a bed. The storm did no great damage here, but at Chislehurst it turned a house inside out.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10906

From:
James Ivory
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.254a
Summary:

Informs JH that JI had been warned off, by Stephen Lee, from writing about the figure of the earth because that was JH's territory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10907

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Ivory
Date:
[12 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.17
Summary:

Assures JI that JH could not, and would not, utter such threats, and has sent Stephen Lee a copy of this letter [see JI's 1828-7-10].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11120

From:
Henry Kater
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.10
Summary:

Sends Knowles's paper for his comments. The Board of Longitude has now been officially dissolved. Hopes the R.S.L. will not take on its work unless well paid by the government. Answers to JH's queries regarding the Nautical Almanac and other works of the Board of Longitude. Present time not good for state recognition of science.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11217

From:
Dionysius Lardner
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
18 July [1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.106
Summary:

Is engaged in preparing a new popular cyclopaedia, and would be pleased if JH would contribute an article on Light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11218

From:
Dionysius Lardner
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
28 July [1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.108
Summary:

Sees no objection to JH publishing a larger work on Light later if desired. Gives the names of some of the contributors to the Cyclopaedia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11284

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Stephen Lee
Date:
[1828-7]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.187 & 21.18
Summary:

There is no truth in SL's statement to James Ivory regarding work on the figure of the earth belonging exclusively to JH. Has written to Ivory stating the facts of the misunderstanding.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11285

From:
Stephen Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.188
Summary:

When he last saw James Ivory at the British Museum, no mention was made of JH's name. Thinks the remarks of Ivory are caused by mental disease.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11346

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Johann Littrow
Date:
[24 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.254 & 21.22
Summary:

Has been overwhelmed with work, which accounts for the delay in writing. Thanks for communications. Both are now printed. Comments on some of the points raised.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11577

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Kater
Date:
[17 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.19
Summary:

JH very upset at the government abolishing the Board of Longitude; has many questions as to what will happen now.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12556

From:
Giovanni Antonio Plana
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.426
Summary:

Is sending the letter with the British ambassador [Augustus Foster] to the Court of Turin; Foster is much interested in science and in meeting JH. GP will be sending additional work that GP has done, and indicates further plans.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1277

From:
Joseph Clement
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.47
Summary:

Wants to meet with JH, and needs more money to continue work on Charles Babbage's calculating machine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1278

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Clement
Date:
[24 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.48
Summary:

Is concerned about the rapid rate of expenditure of the money on Charles Babbage's calculating machine. Recommends a reasonable rate of expenditure until Babbage returns home, which should be in about four months.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1479

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[11 July 1828]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.4 (C: RS:HS 21.16)
Summary:

Suggests that phenomenon in observing Jupiter satellite was an optical illusion. Asks WS to observe spots on Mars to confirm observations of William Pearson. Asks WS to contribute to W. S. Stratford memorial.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1519

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Dionysius Lardner
Date:
[25 July 1828]
Source of text:
APS B.H435p.3 (C: RS:HS 11.107 & 21.23)
Summary:

Has been contemplating a larger work on Light, but thinks he may be able to write a shorter, more popular work for the Cabinet Cyclopaedia. Wonders who the other contributors will be.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2160

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.405
Summary:

Asks JH to report how James South's telescope performs. There was a defect in the settings of the telescope. Hopes JH's method of eliminating chromatic aberration improves the microscope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2868

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[6 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.13
Summary:

Sends WS JH's 'Light' published in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. Mentions recalibration of his magnitude measurements of small stars near other small ones. Comments on results in WS's paper concerning Saturn's ring. Confirms sighting of 'well defined, equable, planetary disk.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3005

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[6 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.115b
Summary:

Lists contents of a letter sent on 1828-7-6. JH's Light and third catalogue of double stars sent. Details of nebulae included.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3513

From:
J. K. Eduard Schmidt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.176
Summary:

Requests permission to translate JH's work on light into German.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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