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Herschel2556

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 March 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.465
Summary:

Discusses 'autograph of the sun' he sent earlier. Discusses measuring relative temperature of sun. Has an unpublished letter of Galileo to Cardinal Barberini regarding sunspots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel365

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1861]
Source of text:
RGO 6.476.390
Summary:

Reminds JH that the algebraic formulation of the theory of the achromatic telescope eyepiece was formulated by GA.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel366

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 March 1861]
Source of text:
RGO 6.476.391
Summary:

Recognizes the validity of GA's claim to the eyepiece theory [see GA's 1861-3-27]; JH did not have space to deal adequately with the subject of telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4178

From:
Richard Lewis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 March 1861]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (63)
Summary:

Appeals for JH's support of the Life Boat Institution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4305

From:
Thomas Collins Simon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
15 March [1861?]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (97)
Summary:

Tells JH that he can be ready to see him at any time.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4863

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.250
Summary:

Is sending a tract on 'Probable Errors.' Further observations on JH's article on telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6243

From:
P. W. D. Baddeley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.4
Summary:

Points out error in his own book and enlarges on that point.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6449

From:
Richard Christopher Carrington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 March 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.217
Summary:

James Challis has informed him that J. C. Adams is to be the new Observer at Cambridge. Does not see how he himself can ever obtain the post. Seems likely that he may give up the profession.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7132

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 March 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.345
Summary:

Many thanks for his new projection of the sphere. J. L. Lagrange has two papers of 1779 on the subject. John Lee elected president at the R.A.S. He himself has resigned from the council.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8159

From:
Robert Charles Winthrop
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 March 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.427
Summary:

Encloses pamphlet on atmospheric electricity by Joseph Henry and two pages about 'Carpet experiments' in New York by Joseph Lovering. U.S. going through 'sad political trial.' Does astronomy offer examples of severed systems or broken planets being re-united?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8635

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
H[enry] Stevens
Date:
[27 March 1861]
Source of text:
Huntington Library
Summary:

Expresses thanks for sending Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge, a report by A. D. Bache, and materials from the American Philosophical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9816

From:
Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 March 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.151
Summary:

Forgot to reply to his letter as he locked it away. Regarding the supply of oxygen. Does not think it applicable in the case of a confinement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1770

From:
John Tyndall
To:
John Murray
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
John Murray Archive, Ms. 41214, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1771

From:
Gustav Magnus
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
17 Marz 61
Source of text:
MS JT/1/M/24, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1772

From:
Heinrich Debus
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
March 20th 1861
Source of text:
MS JT/1/D/28, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1773

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Gustav Magnus
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
pp. 61-3, Contributions to Molecular Physics in the Domain of Radiant Heat
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1774

From:
William Hopkins
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Mar. 26. 61
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/2/639-40, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1775

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Samuel Best
Date:
Saturday | 30 March 1861
Source of text:
, Private Collection, Roland Jackson
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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