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Herschel4864

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 April 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.251 (C: RGO 6.694.319)
Summary:

Asks for his comments on the results of his Magnetic Register 1848-1857.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4865

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.253
Summary:

Further remarks concerning his Magnetic Registers [see GA's 1861-4-22].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4866

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.254 (C: RGO 6.694.324)
Summary:

Regarding the evaporation of water as a source of electricity. Magnetic results in relation to the North Atlantic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10797

From:
Thomas Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.151
Summary:

Requesting JH's autograph.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2557

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 April 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.466
Summary:

Discusses Galileo's unpublished letter on sunspots. Outlines comparisons between tropical storms and sunspots as discussed at Cambridge Philosophical Society. Wishes to meet [Frederick] Howlett to discuss sunspots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3778

From:
Thomas Collins Simon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 May 1861]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:

Asks for advice on matters in which JH is 'the highest authority in this or any other country.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6175

From:
William Henry Barton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.300
Summary:

Regarding the Pyx accounts. Has seen JH's son. What does he think of the new coins.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10265

From:
Guillaume de Gruyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.149
Summary:

Has had no reply to his letter of 29 March requesting his opinion on a memoir on the solar system. Would be grateful for a reply.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6244

From:
J. H. Baillie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
10 May [1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.5
Summary:

Was grateful for his letter. News of her aunt's death.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9509

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.253
Summary:

Thanks for sending his Physical Geography. Wonders whether a rainbow could be reflected to the eye from water. Startled to read J. R. Hind's letter about the comet. Encloses a letter from a railway surveyor about an earthquake in Mendoza. This person has been responsible for the railway between Chile and Peru. Comments on the gradients and working of the line.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9630

From:
Frederick C. Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.369
Summary:

His father has had an attack of a most severe kind and is not expected to recover.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9584

From:
Peter le Neve Foster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.325
Summary:

Query regarding the musical pitch question. [Contains draft of Herschel's reply]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6323

From:
George Boole
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.85
Summary:

After he started his calculation on the spheroid he found that several persons had already worked on it. Is sending his own paper on this subject under separate cover.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3270

From:
James Joseph Sylvester
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.161
Summary:

Thanks for memoirs sent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11276

From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.179
Summary:

A Chinese translation of JH's book on astronomy was presented to the R.A.S. at the last meeting. Comments on this edition. Admiral W. H. Smyth is now in London. Received an agreeable letter from Alexander Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9519

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.255
Summary:

Is grateful for JH's views on the rainbow question. Intends to send his comments to the London Review, if he has no objections. What effects would the Comet have if it hits the Earth? Mr. Wheelwright appears to be in error on his earthquake views.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5872

From:
Joseph Bullar
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1867 or later]-5-15
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.341
Summary:

His letter arrived just before his father's death.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12221

From:
James Nasmyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.77
Summary:

Had a visit from James Maclaren, who now conveys JN's drawings of the spots on the sun. Comments on the effect of the 'willow leaves.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9520

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.256
Summary:

Has checked over JH's letter on rainbows and will have it signed Herschel. Encloses a scrap about rain. Mr. Wheelwright's note is curious. Will send a copy of the London Review.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6700

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1861]- 5-23
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.17
Summary:

Is grateful for the present of JH's Physical Geography. Is pleased also with JH's note on his own book on species. Comments on some of the theories expressed in this work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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