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Herschel2162

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 January 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.407
Summary:

Proposes to send telescope to JH to have a new lens made. Desires JH's opinion of the telescope's utility. Is hesitant to join Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2163

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 February 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.408
Summary:

Thinks his telescope was not well executed. Would be pleased if James South tried another. Advises how to improve performance of telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2164

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.409
Summary:

Anxious to hear the opinion of his telescope. Notices best resolution with a 3.5-inch aperture. Also, distinctness is best with correcting lenses in certain diametric position.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2165

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 August 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.410
Summary:

Discusses further adjustments for the telescope. If JH returns to England soon, AR will come to Slough with the telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2694

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[7 October 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.386
Summary:

Invites the Somervilles to dinner the following week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3044

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.199
Summary:

Regrets tremendously not being home when JH visited. Wishes to present himself at JH's hotel this evening. Would like to spend tomorrow together. Will discuss translation of Light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3045

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 June 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.200
Summary:

Is pleased to write letter to [G. P.] Dandelin for JH. JH should visit Mr. Van Rees at Liege, for which AQ will also write a letter of introduction. Nevertheless AQ believes JH's name suffices as introduction. If JH visits Namur, he should see the governor of the province, Mr. D'Omolius[?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3046

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1829
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.201
Summary:

Has just received invitation. Regrets delaying JH's dinner. AQ is in the countryside. Asks to be allowed to visit toward the end of the dinner.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3263

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[17 May 1829]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:51
Summary:

Thanks WH for letter on [J. T.] Graves's paper [see WH's 1829-2-25]. Admits JH could be in error concerning Graves's doctrines, but will let mathematical world form its own opinion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3311

From:
William Rowan Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 February 1829]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:36a
Summary:

Expresses views on nature of exponential functions and defines terms that may have caused confusion in [J. T.] Graves's paper, which JH found unsatisfactory. Requests JH's reply.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3434

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Buckland
Date:
[25 January 1829]
Source of text:
EUL:LaII643/25
Summary:

Regrets will be unable to join WB's party at Oxford.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3553

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[John Thomas Graves]
Date:
[1829-1-13 or earlie
Source of text:
TCD 4015:114
Summary:

Remains unconvinced by JG's explanatory note on imaginary logarithms, but will pass paper on to 'more capable hands' in the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3584

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[13 January 1829]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:34
Summary:

Was pleased to recently admit Capt. [Francis] Beaufort as WH's proxy in Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3618

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Samuel Stratford
Date:
[21 January 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.83 (C: RS:HS 21.35)
Summary:

Wishing to maintain good opinion of public, JH cautiously recommends that a certain passage be omitted from a monthly notice in the Nautical Almanac.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3621

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Thomas Graves
Date:
[13 January [1829]
Source of text:
TCD 10047/30
Summary:

JG's paper was read to the R.S.L. on 13 Dec. [1828]. An assessment of it is now being made concerning its publishability, the report to be given to the R.S.L. Council.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3752

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[19 March 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0574.2; Reel 1058
Summary:

Honeymooning, JH admits that he is happier than he has ever been. Describes Leamington.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3753

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[7 November 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0574.3; Reel 1058
Summary:

Informs CH of his wife's pregnancy; will name the child Caroline if a girl. Reports of repairs on Slough.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3824

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 March 1829]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Congratulates JH on his marriage to Margaret Brodie Stewart.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3825

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 March 1829]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Sending a portrait of herself; CH comments that receiving word of JH's marriage made her look 'a dozen years younger all at once.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3966

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0574.1; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH asks for a large oil portrait of CH, the size of his father's.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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