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Herschel10978

From:
William Stanley Jevons
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.323
Summary:

Encloses a note he has received from Macmillan (publishers). Would be grateful if JH could spare the time to write a short notice of the work as he feels an obligation towards Macmillan for publishing his work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12927

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Patrick Francis Robertson
Date:
[8 December 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0339.3; Reel 1054
Summary:

Insists that artificial representations of capital-currency, checks, bills, titles, etc.-are not capital. Examines arguments on both sides of issue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13492

From:
[J. Gomez Banley?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 December 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0725.1; Reel 1089
Summary:

Thanks for gift of JH's Catalog to library of [?] observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13500

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[11 December 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0734; Reel 1089
Summary:

Just read [?]'s article on [John?] Blackwood. JH's views on effectiveness of [Robert] Peel's act and on relative roles of government and Bank of England in nation's economy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14289

From:
Patrick Francis Robertson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0451; Reel 1093
Summary:

Found article with good description of Bank act. PR's ideas regarding issuance of currency notes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1511

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Charles Lyell
Date:
[7 December 1865]
Source of text:
APS B.D25.L.15 (C: RS:HS 24.132)
Summary:

Describes exactly the route JH took to get to the point where he made his drawings of the earth pyramids at Botzen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3506

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin
Date:
[19 December 1865]
Source of text:
TCD 7762-72:1696
Summary:

Thanks for sending [Charles] Graves's elegy on W. R. Hamilton, reflecting on Hamilton's great, 'high-souled,' 'enthusiastic' character.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4288

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
E. Sheldon and Co.
Date:
[30 December 1865]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (62)
Summary:

Acknowledges receiving a shipment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4901

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.289
Summary:

Regarding I. K. Brunel's bridges and JH's letter on suspension roofs. Effects of a thunderstorm on a water barometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5006

From:
Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.384
Summary:

Is sending a copy of HA's Harveian Oration for JH's perusal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5746

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward William Brayley
Date:
[4 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.131
Summary:

Questions EB's use of terms 'ponderable' and 'imponderable' matter in EB's almanac.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6315

From:
Wilhelm H. I. Bleek
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.76
Summary:

Forwarding a chapter of his comparative grammar of the South African language for JH's comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7185

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[14 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.135
Summary:

Comments on a mathematics paper AD sent. Inquires about W. S. Jevons. Is still working on translation of the Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7186

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.382
Summary:

Regarding the identity of J. P. [W. S.] Jevons. Hopes JH will now set to work on the Odyssey. Sends four riddles.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7327

From:
Francis R. Drew
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.503
Summary:

Outlining the state of his own perception in regard to colors and harmony. Where can he find JH's published views on heat?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8949

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Photographic News
Date:
[28 December 1865]
Source of text:
Photographic News, 10 (Jan. 5, 1866), 5-6 & American Journal of Photography, n.s
Summary:

Discusses recent progress in color photography. Stresses that what is most needed is a way of making negatives from which colored positives can be produced. Recounts JH's recent experiments relating to the action of light on solutions of platinum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9232

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[7 December 1865]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207120 (C: RS:HS 24.133)
Summary:

Describes JH's search for a publisher of JH's Iliad translation. Sending a sample to [Matthew] Arnold. Hopes WW is better; feels very old.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9233

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[11 December 1865]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207121 (C: RS:HS 24.134 & draft: RS:HS 18.221)
Summary:

Asks WW to recommend JH's Iliad translation to Macmillan. Discusses possibility of publication of selections.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9545

From:
Isaac Fletcher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.274
Summary:

Is grateful for his copy of the catalogue of nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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