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Herschel4188

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.366
Summary:

Notes reception of corrections to JH's 'The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre.' Will send JH 100 copies of the essay.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4212

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.83 Ada Pritchard, Charles Pritchard: Memoirs of His Life, 240-1
Summary:

Warren de La Rue observes 'willow leaves' [mottling on solar surface]. Diagonal solar eyepiece works with great success. Praises de La Rue's work as having astounding accuracy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4232

From:
John Taylor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 June 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.328
Summary:

Asks whether JT can reprint JH's letters on the British modular standard of length, which letters were published in the Athenaeum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4233

From:
John Taylor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 June 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.330
Summary:

Suggests JH send copies of JH's letters from the Athenaeum to members of Parliament because JH has more influence than JT.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4237

From:
[Antoine C. G.] Jobert
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 July 1863]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (63)
Summary:

Thanks JH for his order.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4296

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.364
Summary:

Leeds Astronomical Society will publish the essay written by JH for their lecture series after its presentation. WT will forward the proof for JH's corrections.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4318

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 May 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.362
Summary:

Hopes JH will present the essay prepared for the Leeds Astronomical Society lecture series in person. Describes format of the series and background of the society members.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4349

From:
John Taylor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 June 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.329
Summary:

Will send as many copies as possible of JT's reprinting of JH's letters to the Athenaeum. Asks if JH has seen Thomas Rawson Birks's book on matter and ether.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4389

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 November 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.371
Summary:

Sends copies of 'The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre' published by Leeds Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel449

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[13 January 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.69
Summary:

Anxious to receive final sheets of nebula catalogue from GA [see GA's 1862-11-19], as JH wants to enter the descriptions and complete the work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel450

From:
Edward James Stone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.70
Summary:

In GA's absence, ES reports on the state of completion of the final copy of the nebula catalogue [see JH's 1863-1-13].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel451

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[6 February 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.71 (C: TxU:H/L-0022)
Summary:

Once again anxious about completion of nebula catalogue, and about cost over run [see Edward Stone's 1863-1-14].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel452

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.73
Summary:

Is sending JH the completed sheets of nebula reductions for printing [see JH's 1863-2-6].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4529

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.84
Summary:

Describes debate at R.A.S. over the nature of the 'willow leaves.' Different parties argue that the 'leaves' are solid, precipitate, or non-luminous gas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel453

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[7 February 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.74
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of nebula catalogue sheets from GA [see GA's 1863-2-6]; apologizes for JH's anxious letter [see JH's 1863-2-6].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel454

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[13 February 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.79
Summary:

Has found a few minor errors in the calculations checked so far [see GA's 1863-2-6]; comments on magnetic tracings JH received from GA.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel455

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 February 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.81
Summary:

Is JH interested in seeing G. F. J. A. Auwers's catalogue of JH's and William Herschel's nebulae?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel456

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[22 February 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.82
Summary:

Might have saved JH some work if he had known what G. F. J. A. Auwers was doing [see GA's 1863-2-20]; has found some more errors in nebula calculations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel457

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[15 May 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.86
Summary:

Sends GA a list of errors found in the sheets for the nebula catalogue [see GA 1863-5-14].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4572

From:
John Taylor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.331
Summary:

Is sending JH copies of recent book [JT's The Great Pyramid].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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