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RS-MM-001103

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Herschel
Date:
18 June 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/140, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001104

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Herschel
Date:
21 June 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/141, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001105

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Herschel
Date:
27 June 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/142, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001106

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Herschel
Date:
2 July 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/143, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001107

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Herschel
Date:
20 July 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/144, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000640

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
7 March 1840
Source of text:
MM/11/144, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000643

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
unknown
Date:
3 July 1840
Source of text:
MM/11/147, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000646

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
20 December 1840
Source of text:
MM/11/152, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001100

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
4 June 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/137, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001102

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
18 June 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/139, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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Faraday1234

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Frederick William Herschel
Date:
18 January 1840
Source of text:
RS MS HS 7.182
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10099

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.436
Summary:

Comments on JH's laying to rest of William Herschel's 40-foot telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel101

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[6 July 1840]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.239
Summary:

Comments on a proposed request for a government grant to establish a magnetic and meteorological institute.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10100

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.437
Summary:

On the effect of JH's visit to Nantes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10101

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.438
Summary:

Note accompanying a sketch of an earlier time in the lives of JG and JH (sketch by Jane Grahame).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10308

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.191
Summary:

Francis Beaufort has shown him his copy of the 'Requiem' and would be pleased if JH would send him a copy. Mr. Harvey and himself have been observing nebulae on the clear nights. Is having a Munich object glass mounted. Will be in town towards the end of the month.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10309

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.192
Summary:

Wishes JH would lay hands on the memorandum concerning the Zenith observatory on Etna. Explains why JH's theories regarding a point in gunnery do not work in actual practice. Queries the measurement given by JH for the height of Etna.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10310

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 November 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.193
Summary:

Regarding the correct figure for the height of Etna, W. H. Smyth favors the half foot measurement. Regarding falls of stones from Vesuvius. Encloses calculations made by professor at Naval College. Remembers large balls of lava at Teneriffe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10322

From:
Marshall Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.204
Summary:

Was not certain how to reply to his last obliging letter. Has resolved to write to Professor [J. P.?] Müller. Thought it right to inform JH of his plans.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10441

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 July 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.319
Summary:

Drawing attention to his prediction of the storms of 1838 and 1839.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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