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Herschel12308

From:
Hans Christian Oersted
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.164
Summary:

Recommending Capt. Zahrtman of the Royal Danish Navy. Hopes to hear good news of JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3060

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.215
Summary:

Sends continuation of Belgian meteorological observations. Just finished magnetic observations. Plans to continue certain ones. Regrets being alone, without aids, 'in front of the transit instrument, the mural circle and the equatorial.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5712

From:
Nathaniel Bowditch [Jr.]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.203
Summary:

Have obtained an act of incorporation for their library. Their father did not finish his translation of the fifth volume of the Mécanique céleste.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9657

From:
Thomas Galloway
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.7
Summary:

Sending William Simm's paper, which was read at the last meeting. Would be glad of JH's views on whether it should be printed in the R.A.S. Memoirs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11760

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.119
Summary:

Mr. Zahn and John Truter in search of more meteorite specimens. Truter obtains a specimen near site of impact.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14763

From:
James Cosmo Melvill
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 June 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0951; Reel 1083
Summary:

Chairman of H.E.I.C. granted permission for Major [Tenis] to delay departure to India for one month in order to become better acquainted with instruments to be used in magnetic observatories there.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11761

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.120
Summary:

Sends another meteorite specimen. Mr. Zahn sends group to Bokkerveld to seek more specimens. John Truter describes specimens in possession.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10367

From:
William Henry Harvey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.247
Summary:

Must have received a long rambling letter written in February; hopes he will ignore it as he was suffering from a fever at the time. Returned on leave of absence for 12 months. Has introduced J. A. Wahlberg to Col. John Bell. P. H. Polemann died in April.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4690

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.79
Summary:

Has sent to JH papers relating to London University. Hopes JH will accept a senatorship.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2762

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.42
Summary:

Dublin University is available on 2 July for instruction of the officers to be employed in the magnetic observatories. Suggests a note be sent to the R.S.L. stating that the changes in instrumentation are only slight modifications.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11105

From:
C. A. Jensen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.442
Summary:

Will be leaving London on 16 July and would like to meet JH at some convenient time to carry out H. C. Oersted's commission.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5583

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.73
Summary:

Sending JH some writings on geodesic measurements; reports the second measurement of annual parallax of 61 Cygni; comments on some other observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2763

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.43
Summary:

Supports furnishing a wooden building at St. Helena despite the high temperatures of the tropical climate. Considers the expenses involved.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10552

From:
Henry Holland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.429
Summary:

Sending HH's Medical Notes and Reflections (1839).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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