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SOMERVILLE326

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
12 Mar 1868
Source of text:
HS 16.375, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE327

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
26 Jun 1868
Source of text:
HS 16.376, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE328

From:
John Murray JR
To:
John Herschel
Date:
25 Jul 1868?
Source of text:
HS 12.456, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE329

From:
John Murray JR
To:
John Herschel
Date:
27 Jul 1868?
Source of text:
HS 12.457, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE330

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
26 Sep 1868
Source of text:
HS 16.377, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel10179

From:
John Henry Griesbach
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 November 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.66
Summary:

Is grateful for his paper on musical scales. Comments on the characteristics of wind instruments. Some friends of his saw a brilliant meteor fall last Tuesday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10207

From:
Rider Garrett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.93
Summary:

JH's notes and version of the first canto of Dante's Inferno has made him attempt a version in the original rhyming meter. Would like his comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10208

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Rider Garrett
Date:
[29 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.94 & 24.225
Summary:

Has received her version of the first canto of Dante's Inferno. Did she know it has already been done in an almost perfect way by Mr. Ford, prebend of Exeter? Comments on various points of her translation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10209

From:
Rider Garrett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
3 September [1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.95
Summary:

Is very grateful for his comments on her translation of Dante's Inferno. Will obtain Mr. Ford's version. Intends to continue with her translation though she sees no prospect of it being printed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10228

From:
James Graham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.114
Summary:

Sending the dimensions of the Great Stone in the quarry near Baalbek. Has sent his paper to the Consul in Egypt. Greatly enjoyed his stay at the Herschels'.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10547

From:
Frederick W. Holland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.424
Summary:

R. I. Murchison has forwarded JH's letter about the noises at Nakkus in Sinai. Has heard the noises several times and thinks they are caused by the movement of sand. There is much static electricity in sand.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10548

From:
Frederick W. Holland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 November 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.425
Summary:

Had no time to write before he sailed [see FH's 1868-10-23, which is similar in content]; forward letters to the Ordnance Office, Southampton.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10554

From:
Henry Holland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
14 July [1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.431
Summary:

JH's translation of first canto of Dante's Inferno (1868) is best HH has ever seen. Thanks for JH's commendation of HH's own translations [?]. More observations of soap bubbles.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10594

From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.472
Summary:

Hopes he can have JH's vote. Would like to add JH's name to his committee, which would not involve him in any work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10595

From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.473
Summary:

Many thanks. There is no name he prizes more than JH's.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10596

From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 May 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.474
Summary:

Sees what a majority William Ewart's bill had yesterday. Comments on the events leading to this. So glad of the marriage of Amelia Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10597

From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 May 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.475
Summary:

Sending a copy of his speech on Weights and Measures. Will be spending the recess in Dorset.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10646

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick Howlett
Date:
[10 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.231
Summary:

Details about sunspot observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10647

From:
Frederick Howlett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.22
Summary:

Much obliged for his kind notes on sunspots; there has been a wonderful variety lately. Will make a study of the Julian dates. Can see the Crystal Palace fireworks splendidly from his house.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10656

From:
Henry Hudson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 January 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.29
Summary:

Makes no claim to originality for his experiments; thinks highly of Dr. W. C. Wells but would like to know whether [Pierre] Prévost's theory is tenable.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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