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Herschel2982

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[22 June 1868]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #49 (draft: #50)
Summary:

Flattered that AQ wants JH's remarks to preface AQ's new work. No need to send French translation of JH's work. Asks AQ to omit certain passages.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2983

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 June? 1868]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #51
Summary:

Apologizes for not writing. Has devoted all his time to Physique sociale. Has just finished last page.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3102

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 June 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.267
Summary:

Offers translation of JH's review [of AQ's Lettres sur la théorie des probabilités] to look over. Has been updating his own text to reflect progress.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4924

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[25 June 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.217
Summary:

Thanks for gift sent to JH's daughter Amelia; comments on William Petrie's number mysticism with the Great Pyramid.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6312

From:
Adam and Charles Black
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 June 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.73
Summary:

The three volumes will be dispatched from the binders next week. Should he require any more he will be charged at trade price. They wish the sales would improve.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7300

From:
St. John Vincent Day
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 June 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.479
Summary:

Is grateful for JH's examination of his paper on the Pyramids. Comments on various aspects of this paper. Thanks for his two papers on weights and measures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1158

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Dr Thomas Anderson
Date:
4 June 1868
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.111-112, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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