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Herschel6643

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[26 December 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.244
Summary:

Comments on observations of meteors, comets, and the transit of Mercury.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8359

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
[13 December 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.160b
Summary:

JT's paper on polarization of sky light suggests that neutral points are functions of cloud density. This verifies JH's earlier explanation of blue sky color. Incomplete polarization. Cause of blue color in water. Corrects note on W. A. Miller's observations of rainbows.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8703

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Henry Taylor
Date:
[29 December 1868]
Source of text:
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Summary:

Has received HT's pamphlet on crime and its prevention and punishment. Praises it and questions some particulars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8969

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the R.A.S.
Date:
[22 December 1868]
Source of text:
R.A.S.M.N., 29 (1869), 84-5
Summary:

There having been reports of changes in the nebula around Eta Argus, JH sends the R.A.S. a letter from JH's son John [see JH's son's 1868-11-23] reporting his observations of that object. JH adds his comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1531

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Henry Bolus
Date:
30 December 1868
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/3 f.8-9, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

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Contributor:
Hooker Project
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