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Herschel11624

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Lassell
Date:
[13 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.317
Summary:

Comments on WL's nebulae diagrams and asks for more.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11906

From:
William MacPherson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.268
Summary:

Thanks for his letter. Will look forward to receiving his article in time for the July issue of the Quarterly Review.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1400

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.43
Summary:

Further about the paper referred to in GS's 1860-6-15.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2399

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[29 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.320
Summary:

Asks for information concerning the magnetic observations and compilations made in various countries and regions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4122

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (73)
Summary:

Describes a starfish brought alive to England from Iceland by an amateur naturalist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4123

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (74)
Summary:

Thanks JH for critiques of his paper; discusses Matthew Maury's work Physical Geography of the Sea.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4249

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (75)
Summary:

Discusses atmospheric wave theory in reference to an experiment in JH's Meteorology. Describes weather patterns observed on the voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4287

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (72)
Summary:

Discusses James Stark's weather observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4333

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.316
Summary:

Asks JH's opinion of Charles Shadwell; wishes to elect him a Fellow of the R.S.L. Includes copy of letter of testimonial to Robert FitzRoy. Believes Shadwell's lunar work of great merit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4496

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (70)
Summary:

More rainfall data.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4497

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (71)
Summary:

Thanks JH for his advice. Comments on various aspects of Iceland and Greenland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4549

From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
17 November [1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.220
Summary:

W. H. Smyth wants another copy of JH's dialogue on atoms. W. H. Flower, Smyths' son-in-law, will have a paper published in R.S.P.T.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4615

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[28 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.319
Summary:

Signs Charles Shadwell's recommendation. Sends new maps of earth, which include more surface with less distortion. Sends copy of JH's Telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7128

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.342
Summary:

Thanks for his article on the telescope. Comments on this. Sends another extract from a drinking song. Hopes that G. B. Airy will be the next president of the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7680

From:
Edward Joseph Lowe
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 November 1860]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.3.16 verso; Reel 10
Summary:

Sends copies of observatory's printed reports, 1859-60.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8036

From:
John Wrottesley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.303
Summary:

Gives probability formula used to determine weights of stars 3 & 35 [see JH's 1860-11-2]. Explains calculation procedures previous to 1856 and those used since 1857.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8421

From:
Alexander Wylie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.303
Summary:

Received Outlines Astr. before leaving China. Describes 'comet' sighting [27 May 1860]. Sent details of it to William Lockhart [see Lockhart's RS:HS 19.243]. Another witness, 'Rev. G. John,' will send report to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9514

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[6 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.316
Summary:

Comments on RF's writing on drifting ice; comments extensively on RF's ideas about air circulation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9515

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[28 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.318
Summary:

Comments on difficulties JH finds in some of RF's writings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9622

From:
T. Friend
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.362
Summary:

Sending weather returns that he has kept at Valencia Island. There is a possibility of error in the thermometer readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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