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Herschel2120

From:
John David Roberton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.367
Summary:

[J. C.] Ross has returned safely. Ross has a box for JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2184

From:
James Clark Ross
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.428
Summary:

Cannot at present accept Lady Herschel's invitation to Collingwood. Is getting married.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2463

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
7 September [1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.317
Summary:

Sends letter from [P. H. L. ] Boguslawski for JH's magnetic report. [John] Lefroy has found line of greatest intensity further south in Canada than ES expected.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3080

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.245
Summary:

Has succeeded in increasing stations around Alps for meteorological observations. [G. B.] Airy is very obliging. Hopes one day to collect all meteorological observations in Sur le climat de la Belgique.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3999

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[13 September 1843]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0588.13.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

Enjoyed reading CH's account of some significant events from her life. Reports that James Clark Ross has returned safely from his South Pole expedition in which Ross discovered the true position of the South Magnetic Pole.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4016

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[17 September 1843]
Source of text:
George Eastman House, 14.17 (C: RS:HS 22.168)
Summary:

Comments on RH's chromatype photographic process and other processes tried by JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4490

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[8 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.167
Summary:

Offers condolences to Ann Smyth. WS's calculation of Gamma Virginis orbit surprises JH. Concerned about accurate methods of calculation. Remarks on excavation of Chelsea mammoth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4557

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.273
Summary:

W. R. Dawes observes sub-division of Saturn's rings. WS continues observing double stars recommended by JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4738

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.128 (C: RGO 6.340.353)
Summary:

Regarding the storage of the Standard weights and measures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4739

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.129
Summary:

Requires information on an actinometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4944

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[1843-9]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.333 (C: RS:HS 25.13.12)
Summary:

Regarding custody of the Standards.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel541

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[10 September 1843]
Source of text:
RGO 6.340.354
Summary:

Makes some suggestions about possible storage places for the United States' standards [see GA's 1843-9-9].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5614

From:
William Radcliffe Birt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.103
Summary:

Could he loan him the Russian observations. Recent readings of the barometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5615

From:
William Radcliffe Birt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.104
Summary:

Thanks for letter and loan of the books. Regarding the movement of waves of the atmosphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6132

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.258
Summary:

Sends specimens of works which are to go to press. Has had an estimate for the printing. Nomenclature has to be settled first.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6133

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[13 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.259 (C: RS:HS 25.8.59)
Summary:

Regarding the cost of printing the catalogues, and matters pertaining to them. Can FB give him any general table of processions. Has started work on the letter press of his own book.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6134

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.260
Summary:

Regarding bringing N. L. Lacaille up to a modern period. Regarding a table of precessions. FB's sister.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8303

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Radcliffe Birt
Date:
[15 September 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.109
Summary:

B.A.A.S. approved WB's employment by Magnetical and Meteorological Committee to explore atmospheric waves. Will send Russian observations tomorrow. Howard Elphinstone agrees to send his observations [at Ore, near Hastings]. Lists meteorology books.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8888

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[27 September 1843]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #831 (Sept. 30, 1843), 884
Summary:

[Replying to remarks by T. R. Robinson reported in Athenaeum, #830 (Sept. 23, 1843), 866-7,] JH argues that William Herschel's 40-foot reflector was not a failure, noting, for example, the discovery by it of the sixth and seventh Saturnian satellites.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1597

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Lieutenant Colonel John George Champion
Date:
29 September 1843
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/3 f.100-105, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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