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Herschel12881

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Treat Paine
Date:
[4 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0292; Reel 1054 (C: RS:HS 25.15.9)
Summary:

Just received RP's Dec. 1837 observations, forwarded from Cape of Good Hope. JH is now president of R.S.L. joint committee of Physics and Meteorology. Meteor shower of 10 Aug. 1839. Describes global magnetic survey conducted on Göttingen Mean Time. Hopes U.S. will join survey. [Enclosure: Printed notice of global magnetic survey, listing participating governments, purposes, and instruments.]

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John Herschel Project

Herschel1326

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.298
Summary:

Transmits a message from J. B. Biot, comments on the Daguerreotype, although WT has not tried it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13514

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Agnes Baillie]
Date:
[13 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0749.2; Reel 1089
Summary:

Accepts invitation to party next Tuesday. Regrets not visiting more often at Cavendish Square or Hampstead. JH's wife and 'little one' are well.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel14146

From:
Gilbert Elliot, Second Earl of Minto
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0373.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

[Marked 'Private.'] Encloses letter from Alexander von Humboldt containing suggestions to R.S.L. regarding J. C. Ross's expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14147

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Gilbert Elliot, Second Earl of Minto
Date:
[24 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0373.2; Reel 1087
Summary:

Suggestions by Alexander von Humboldt will be added to R.S.L. report regarding J. C. Ross's expedition. Send copy of Humboldt's letter so that it too may be included.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14205

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0428.4.1; Reel 1093
Summary:

JH appointed to committee with G. B. Airy and Thomas Henderson to study the reductions of the calculations on N. L. Lacaille's stars. They will be granted £189.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14207

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0428.5; Reel 1093
Summary:

JH appointed to head a committee including George Peacock, Humphrey Lloyd, and Edward Sabine to study meteorological instruments. They will be granted £400. The grant will be presented in Glasgow next September.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2464

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
7 November [1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.318
Summary:

Americans plan to investigate laws of North American storms. U.S. government should apply to British if cooperation is desired. Thanks JH for letter recommending ES for royal medal. Hopes someone will work on scientific data collected by different governments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2781

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.61
Summary:

Speaks of arrangements for magnetic observatories in India, in the Himalayas, and at Bombay. Discusses the locations and buildings of the sites. Wishes to add Singapore as an observatory station.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel2782

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.62
Summary:

Encloses a letter from Alexander von Humboldt to Lord Minto endorsing the idea of an international magnetic survey. Stresses the value of the letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2783

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.63
Summary:

Encloses notes. Has received JH's message about the action of the R.S.L. Council.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2784

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.64
Summary:

Encloses Humphrey Lloyd's plans for [magnetic] observation. Requests a reply.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2785

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.65
Summary:

Claims the name 'meteorological committee' is misleading for a R.S.L. committee that handles all branches of observational physics. Suggests that physics be divided into 'Experimental and Terrestrial.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2786

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.66
Summary:

Announces that copies of the observations are being sent by post and states that additions and corrections will be approved and added before the full report is submitted to the R.S.L. Council for authorization for printing. Agrees to write up the Meteorological Committee's annual report.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel2787

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.67
Summary:

Agrees that in the R.S.L., Geology belongs under Terrestrial Physics, and would be there had it not its own committee. Says Terrestrial Magnetism no longer belongs under the head of Atmospheric Physics. Claims he plans to discontinue his membership in the R.S.L. if his committee is no longer in charge of terrestrial magnetism. Refers to the awarding of medals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2788

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.68
Summary:

Compliments Georg Erman's map of the declination lines made from observations, which confirms C. F. Gauss's map derived by theory. Asks JH whether the map should be printed and attached to the R.S.L. report. Plans to see JH at Slough. Thinks the idea of there being two auroras, one in the west and one in the east, is interesting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2789

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.69
Summary:

Talks of new plans for an observatory in Egypt. Encloses two letters. Has begun to compare data of the last three years from five or six observatories all over the world.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel2790

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
26 November [1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.70
Summary:

Speaks of [John] Caldecott, Astronomer to the Rajah of Travancore, who plans to build an observatory. Needs a letter from the R.S.L. for the Rajah and also for Johann Lamont, who is working in Germany.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4285

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1839]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Went to meteorite site in Bokkeveld, interviewed witnesses. Describes site in detail.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4696

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.85
Summary:

Double image micrometer has arrived; limitations and use of it. Wants list of stars for regular observations.

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John Herschel Project
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