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Herschel5459

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.361 & ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

Is sending him the plans and report of Klip Fonteyn [?]. He will forward them later to the Astronomer Royal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5566

From:
Sir John Bell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.56
Summary:

Since JH's departure the weather has been bad. A stone is to be erected to commemorate JH's work at the Cape. Political news of the Cape. Is anxious to know views of the educational scheme.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6656

From:
Marianne Compton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.359
Summary:

Her father has burnt his hand so she is writing to inform him that there will be a joint committee meeting on Saturday. When is JH coming to visit them?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel795

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[10 December 1838]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.533
Summary:

Has bought some horses, and needs the coachman to come to bring them home.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8690

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date:
[3 December 1838]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Gauss 99 (C: RS:HS 21.271)
Summary:

Informs CG of the awarding to CG of the Copley medal for CG's magnetic researches; hopes that the British government will support such magnetic researches around globe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8981

From:
C. Munby
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1838]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.6
Summary:

Writing on behalf of Lord Glenelg, invites JH to visit Lord Glenelg at the Colonial Office to present JH's views on education at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8982

From:
William Cook
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 December 1838]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.7
Summary:

Declines offer to teach at the Cape of Good Hope. Offers to recommend another candidate. Thanks JH for an earlier testimonial on WC's behalf.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9101

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.190
Summary:

Entreats JH, who had recently rebuffed efforts to head the R.S.L. and the B.A.A.S., to become president of the Geological Society. Specifies responsibilities involved.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9102

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
19 December [1838]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20735 (C: RS:HS 21.272)
Summary:

Asks WW, and through him George Peacock, to judge whether B.A.A.S. funds should provide some instruments for the Breslau Magnetic Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9239

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Timbs
Date:
[19 December 1838]
Source of text:
Yale Univ.
Summary:

Apologizes for delay in responding to JT's wish to publish JH's portrait as the frontispiece of JT's Arcana of Science; adds that the only portrait of JH of which JH is aware is that at St. John's College, Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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