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Herschel7503

From:
Charles Manley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.20; Reel 9
Summary:

[Form letter] Institution of Civil Engineers acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7504

From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.21; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for Cape Results. Placed it next to account of the Northumberland Equatorial and Dome.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7505

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.22; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for [Cape Results]. Feels JH 'let off [James] Dunlop in a softer stile than he deserves.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7506

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.23; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for Cape Results. Special comments on JH's 'method of sequences' and cometary theory. Refers to article on Halley's Comet in Astronomische Nachrichten. Reports observations of Saturn's satellites and orbit of Gamma Virginis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7507

From:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.24; Reel 9
Summary:

Received JH's note of 8 [Aug 1847] and went immediately to Smith, Elder & Co., but no copies [of JH's Cape Results] were ready. Will gladly transmit them to recipients designated by JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7508

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.25; Reel 9
Summary:

Assures JH that [Cape Results] will receive warm welcome in libraries of India. Suggests other recipients there. Send copies with dispatches from India House.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7509

From:
Spencer J. A. Compton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.26; Reel 9
Summary:

Thanks for [Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7510

From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.27; Reel 9
Summary:

Asked [William] Empson to write to JH about 'republication.' Thanks for [Cape Results]. Invites JH to visit. Glad that JH voted for [J. G. Shaw-]Lefevre [for M.P. from Cambridge].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7511

From:
John Couch Adams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.28; Reel 9
Summary:

Thanks for [Cape Results] and copy of JH's portrait. Attributes JA's passion for astronomy to JH's influence. Recalls happy visit to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7512

From:
John Wrottesley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.29; Reel 9
Summary:

Received Cape Results. Compliments JH's industry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7513

From:
John Wrottesley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
14?] August [1847
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.30; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude on behalf of Institution for receipt of [Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7514

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.31; Reel 9
Summary:

Grateful for receipt of [Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7515

From:
James Challis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.32; Reel 9
Summary:

Observatory received Cape Results. Congratulates JH on completing project. Keeping busy with 'new Planets.' Gives credit to J. R. Hind for diligent searching [for Iris].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7516

From:
Temple Chevallier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.33; Reel 9
Summary:

Thanks from curators of Durham Observatory for Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7517

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.34; Reel 9
Summary:

Congratulations for Cape Results. Excellent memorial to William Herschel. [Engravings of JH's] portrait were distributed to famous astronomers in northern Europe. Fragile nature precludes shipping it to Italy, India, and America. Believes J. R. Hind and George Bishop have right to discovery of new planet [Iris].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7518

From:
George Dollond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.35; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7519

From:
Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
23 August [1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.36; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7520

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.37; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Congratulates Margaret Brodie Herschel for her part in it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7521

From:
James Clark Ross
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.38; Reel 9
Summary:

Congratulations on completion of 'Herculean labors' represented in Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7522

From:
Temple Chevallier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.39; Reel 9
Summary:

Apologizes for not noticing JH's offer 'written upon the second leaf' [of JH's Cape Results] to send engraving of JH's portrait. Assures JH that TC would treasure it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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