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Herschel14626

From:
Alfred Yeomans
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 January 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0611; Reel 1086
Summary:

Poses question of sun's differential gravitational attraction on opposite sides of earth, inspired by JH's article ['Sun,' 1863] in Good Words.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1655

From:
George Shepherd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.141
Summary:

Argues against JH's position that weather forecasts cannot be made for more than 48 hours in advance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1656

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Shepherd
Date:
[17 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.142
Summary:

Responds to GS's 1864-1-16.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1657

From:
George Shepherd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.143
Summary:

The argument continues [see JH's 1864-1-17 & GS's 1864-1-16].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1950

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
François N. M. Moigno
Date:
[30 January 1864]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.29 (Cdraft: RS:HS 25.15.20 & ACCS: TxU:H/L-0244; Reel 1054)
Summary:

FM has published, in translation, JH's article ['Weather and Weather Prophets' (1864)], already published in Good Words. JH was not aware that this was FM's intent, and JH warns him that some editors may be sensitive about such matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2262

From:
Thomas Spring-Rice
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.481
Summary:

Platinum pound-weight standard is deteriorating. Wants Treasury to bring it and the yard standard under observation of surviving committee members.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3277

From:
Smith, Beck & Beck
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.219
Summary:

Sending photographs of moon's surface.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3493

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[R.S.L. Council]
Date:
[1864?]
Source of text:
RS RR.5.8
Summary:

Reports on G. B. Airy's analysis [R.S.P.T., 153,. 617-] of 177 magnetic storms.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel376

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[26] January 1864
Source of text:
RGO 6.85.158
Summary:

Raises with GA the likelihood of an error in a date of a transit of Mercury in a paper by F. A. Winnecke.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel377

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 January 1864]
Source of text:
RGO 6.85.161
Summary:

Replies to JH about the date of the transit of Mercury [see JH's 1864-1-[26]].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4094

From:
John Taylor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.332
Summary:

Discusses aspects of JT's new book [The Great Pyramid], especially its front matter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4442

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.86
Summary:

Asks JH for information on the Beaufoy Clock owned by R.A.S., which is now missing. Requests JH to read R.A.S. Annual Report.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4543

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.85
Summary:

Thanks JH for solar observations. Discusses 'willow leaves' observations made at Greenwich Observatory after following JH's suggestions for solar eyepiece.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4883

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.270
Summary:

Regarding Thomas Spring-Rice (1st Baron Monteagle), the Treasury and the Commission on Weights and Measures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4995

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
F. W. A. Argelander
Date:
[28 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.27
Summary:

Thanks for FA's star atlas series, one of which is a duplicate; reports apparent variation of a nebula.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4996

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
F. W. A. Argelander
Date:
[30 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.28
Summary:

Mistaken about seeming duplicate [see JH's 1864-1-28].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel563

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[26 January 1864]
Source of text:
RGO 6.358.267
Summary:

Has been asked to reweigh the damaged Parliamentary standard pound weight; thinks that W. H. Miller would be a more suitable person to do the job.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6714

From:
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.30
Summary:

Correspondence relating to the fall of a meteorite in South Africa on 13 Oct. 1838, and the provision of samples from Thomas Maclear by way of JH. [Letter illegible in parts.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7724

From:
James Samuelson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1864]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 13/1.2; Reel 10
Summary:

At request of William Crookes, JS [editor of new Quarterly Journal of Science] invites JH to submit original article on sunspots. Promises liberal honorarium . See article on sunspots by C. A. F. Peters in Zeitschrift für populäre Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete der Astronomie und verwandter Wissenchaften.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7725

From:
James Samuelson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1864]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 13/1.3; Reel 10
Summary:

Encloses copy of C. A. F. Peters's article in Zeitschrift für populäre Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete der Astronomie und verwandter Wissenchaften. Please submit JH's article on sunspots by February. Audience of Quarterly Journal of Science are 'intelligent students of other branches and intelligent laymen.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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