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Herschel6732

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.50
Summary:

Regrets belated reply to JH's pamphlet on double stars. Comments on the readings and compares them with some of his own.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7274

From:
Thomas Drummond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.454
Summary:

Capt. Beaufort has just put two of JH's letters into his hands. Is conscious of the kindly way in which JH entered into the problem. Would like the chance of a conversation with him on the subject.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7352

From:
John Murray [Sr.?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1832 to 1841]-6-23
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 3/1.5.7; Reel 7
Summary:

Compliments to 'Sir John Hershall.' Sends four copies of next issue of Quarterly Review. Will send twelve copies of JH's article tomorrow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel781

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[11 June 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.522a
Summary:

Recounts JH's travels to date, together with stories about some of the people he has met; also comments on cholera in various cities [letter completed 1832-6-13].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel782

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[19 June 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.522b
Summary:

Reports of further travels, and JH's visit to his aunt Caroline Herschel; interesting stories about his stay in Hanover, including a report on JH's attendance at the Waterloo banquet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel783

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.522c
Summary:

Warns MH about delays in crossing the North Sea, due to storms; will search out the earliest alternative that will carry JH with some comfort.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel786

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[30 June 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.522d
Summary:

More about JH's difficulties in reaching England [see JH's 1832-6-26] because of storms at sea; will now try to clear Customs House and come to MH this day.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8030

From:
James Wood
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.298a
Summary:

Commissioned to ask JH to select painter and to sit for half-length portrait to be placed in Old House at St. John's. Received JH's paper on the measures of double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8689

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date:
[19 June 1832]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Gauss 99 (C: RS:HS 21.112)
Summary:

Unable to visit, but has sent two papers on the orbits of double stars. Discusses double stars, noting that four double stars are now known to orbit with periods less than a century long. Wilhelm Olbers is seriously ill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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