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SOMERVILLE317

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
30 Jul 1863
Source of text:
HS 16.369, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel10634

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick Howlett
Date:
[23 November 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.23
Summary:

Response to some papers sent to R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11094

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Prescott Joule
Date:
[21 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.429
Summary:

Thanks for his paper on amalgams. Regarding the amalgam of iron, he pointed it out many years ago in his Bakerian lecture. Would be interesting to experiment further with iron in solution of mercury.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1137

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Wrottesley
Date:
[27 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.12.7
Summary:

Informs JW that JH has received notice from H. J. Temple [Lord Palmerston] that Thomas Maclear is to be put on the next list to receive a pension.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1153

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
1863 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.10
Summary:

Remains unconvinced by RF's ideas on gravitating lunisolar action on the atmosphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11997

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. C. E. van Monckhoven
Date:
[2 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.359 & 24.2
Summary:

Is honored by DM's letter and proposal to dedicate his book [Traité général de photographie] to JH. Points out some errors of attribution he would like incorporated if not too late. Pass on his good wishes to J. A. F. Plateau.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12147

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander B. McGrigor
Date:
[29 September 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.4b
Summary:

Health makes it impossible for JH to travel to Glasgow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12721

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
Date:
[5 March 1863]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0136; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH received and will insert HA's list of nebulae into JH's catalogue. Progress of catalogue. Wishes JH had earlier knowledge of [G. F. J. A.] Auwer's reduction of William Herschel's nebulae, which JH just received.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12907

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Gustave Augustin Quesneville
Date:
[22 October 1863]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0320; Reel 1054
Summary:

Received four issues of GQ's Moniteur Scientifique. Saw mention in No. 163 of JH's proposed modification to British system of weights and measures. JH's paper on this topic is now before Astronomical Society of Leeds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1302

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Montague Bernard
Date:
1863-4-11 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.87a
Summary:

In response to the request [see Edward Twisleton's 1863-4-10] to comment on mathematics and physical science education for the Public School Commissioners, JH urges that more teaching be done in these areas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13043

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart
Date:
[11 April 1863]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0456; Reel 1055
Summary:

Thanks for help in Mrs. Baldwin's affairs. JH's family's health is improving. Major house repairs in progress.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13357

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William James Herschel
Date:
[7 April 1863]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0558; Reel 1053
Summary:

Family eagerly awaits WJH's return home after ten years in India. JH is visiting cousins in Halton. Locations of WJH's brothers and sisters. If possible, stop in Malta and visit William Lassell's equatorial reflector. Alexander Herschel will lecture on meteors at Royal Institution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel136

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[1 December 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.703.114
Summary:

Has seen colored fringes on clouds described, and explained, in a journal. Does GA accept the explanation?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1411

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[30 January 1863]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/RS332
Summary:

Further to dealing with report on William Hopkins's paper [see GS's 1862-12-24].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1413

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[2 March 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.51 (C: RS:HS 24.13)
Summary:

Responds to GS's 1863-2-20, strongly recommending the support of the R.S.L. to defray part of the cost of publishing Richard Carrington's work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1415

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[2 May 1863]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H703
Summary:

Returns paper of G. B. Airy, Astronomer Royal, and submits report on it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1416

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[4 December 1863]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/RS422
Summary:

Comments on some communications with G. B. Airy, Astronomer Royal; complains he has received no formal acknowledgement of large number of manuscripts deposited with R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14689

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[15 May 1863]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0641.2; Reel 1084
Summary:

Explains how to detect errors in catalogued positions of stars. List of new nebulae in [G. F. J. A.] Auwers's catalogue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1500

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Charles Lyell
Date:
[13 April 1863]
Source of text:
APS B.D25.L.4 (C: RS:HS 11.428 & 24.15)
Summary:

Received some proof sheets this morning of the Appendix to CL's book on the Antiquity of Man. Has read through the book with great interest. Comments on various points. Will have to revise their ideas on the length of human existence. Has had another letter from Twisleton so supposes he must try and write on science in schools. Have had sickness for the first three months of the year.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1536

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward William Brayley
Date:
[1 January 1863]
Source of text:
APS B.H435p.21 (C: RS:HS 24.1)
Summary:

JH criticizes [Robert] Mallet's views on the nature of earthquakes and the upheaval of the earth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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