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Herschel5587

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.77
Summary:

Thank you note after FB visited Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5588

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.78
Summary:

Warm thanks for JH's kind hospitality; some comments about Prussian Order of Merit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6098

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.225
Summary:

Account of the eclipse seen at Pavia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8538

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[8 July 1842]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 22.127)
Summary:

Detailed arrangements for FB's visit [see JH's 1842-6].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8539

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[20 July 1842]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 22.129)
Summary:

Comments on expected honor from Prussian government and on British rules against officially accepting it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8540

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[1842-7]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225
Summary:

Informs FB on how to visit Woolwich Arsenal and Dock Yard.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9127

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1842?-7?]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20743 (C: RS:HS 22.126)
Summary:

Hopes to arrange a meeting with WW at the invitation of a Mr. Hope. Discusses JH's recent photographic works and sends some photographs of improved quality.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9128

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[21 July 1842]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20753 (C: RS:HS 22.131)
Summary:

Invites WW for a short visit, JH's wife being ill. Thanks WW for paper on cause and effect. Clouds kept JH from photographing a recent solar eclipse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9129

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[21 July 1842]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20754 (C: RS:HS 22.131)
Summary:

[Same message as JH's letter of 1842-7-21, but sent to a second location.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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