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Herschel2608

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 September 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.503
Summary:

Discusses the great reflector at Lord Rosse's in Ireland. Will send solar autographs JH requested. Thanks JH for the hints about the Julian Calendar.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2610

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.504
Summary:

Sent JH's remarks to Mr. Titterton at Ely. Will endeavor to maintain accuracy. The remarks about Jupiter's action are contrary to the general consensus that planets in opposition close up spots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2611

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 October 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.505
Summary:

Has been translating into Latin 'your Dean's "Kentish Fire."' Has good Latin versions of [Oliver Goldsmith's] 'Edwin and Angelina' by Lord Stratford de Recliffe and of [Thomas] Gray's 'Elegy' by 'Chief Justice [Henry Thomas?] Cockburn.' Sends his 'Genevieve.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2613

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 October 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.506
Summary:

Has autographs that display the activity of the sun. Sends sonnets he has written. Asks JH to mention distribution of nebulae at R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2719

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.515
Summary:

Detached postscript discussing sunspots, comparing them to the low barometric pressure center in cyclones. J. S. Henslow is dying.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2559

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[22 November 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.349
Summary:

Has no suggestions to improve photographs. Wants to determine whether the degradation of light from center to edge of sun is 'real.' Does not think sun's size affects focus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2563

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[16 October 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.471 (C: RS:HS 23.389)
Summary:

Has photographs of September 23 . Desires half pictures 'with the sun's limb in the middle of the view.' Cannot yet draw conclusions about the notches of the limb.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2567

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[1 January 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.80
Summary:

Thanks WS for his Iliad translation. JH has just finished Book 3 of his own translation of the Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2569

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[26 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.143
Summary:

Has heard about William Whewell's accident. Hopes he will recover, but knows his advanced age may hinder this. Wishes WS to send news of progress.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2576

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[5 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.146
Summary:

Thinks William Whewell's excitement may be a 'precursor to exhaustion.' The hope of recovery is very slight. JH is interested in Whewell's article on Plato.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2581

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[7 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.147
Summary:

Thanks WS for communicating the events of William Whewell's last days.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2583

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[2 April 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.150
Summary:

Discusses how to denote the positions of the celestial bodies in solar photographs. Advocates a system that shows differences of heliocentric longitude on the sides of the sun.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2585

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[6 April 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.151
Summary:

Helioautographs are beautiful. Advises keeping original plan for presentation. Says 'Clarke's' [Harvey Carlisle's] article on William Whewell in MacMillan's is satisfactory. Describes an 'absurd paragraph' regarding Whewell in François Moigno's Mondes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2587

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[20 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.164
Summary:

Says the plan for the exhibition is ingenious. Discusses the 11 year cycle of sunspots and says the sun was spotless the previous day.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2589

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[14 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.181
Summary:

Congratulates WS on his recovery. Thanks him for the meteor observations. The evidence points to an 11 rather than a 10 year period [in sunspots?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2592

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[17 January 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.183 & draft: RS:HS 15.490
Summary:

Thanks WS for describing Aristotle's and Richard Whately's observation of the great sensitivity of the eye's lateral portion. Congratulates WS on becoming Dean of Norwich. Draft discusses miracles and lists possible arguments against WS's idea that miracles are not a violation of nature

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2600

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[21 February 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.212
Summary:

Discusses the sudden motion of some sunspots. Does not think planetary action is a very probable cause. Discusses upcoming conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2606

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[1 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.222
Summary:

Thanks WS for 'Genevieve' translation. Will not continue the Dante because a Terza Rima translation has been done previously. The sun is behaving oddly.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2607

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[26 September 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.228
Summary:

Describes the peculiar pairs of sunspots he has recently witnessed. Thinks the earth affected their appearance somehow. Is using the Julian calendar for dating observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2609

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[23 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.234
Summary:

Some photographs support the sudden disappearance of the spot on 17 Sept. Some photographs are misdated. The relation of Jupiter and sunspots suggests previously unknown interconnections in the solar system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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