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Herschel4891

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.278
Summary:

Sending him the draft of the Report of the Standards Committee for his signature.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6851

From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.159
Summary:

Sending a photograph of the moon 38" in diameter. Begs him to accept it as a mark of appreciation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7169

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.372
Summary:

Did JH know when he was Master of the Mint that Isaac Newton had introduced a golden quarter-guinea? Most of his family are at Aldeburgh. Does he know Tristram Shandy's sense of proportion? Charles Babbage has become a public benefactor by the passing of the act against barrel organs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6347

From:
John C. Broun
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.111
Summary:

Regrets the expense incurred by the enclosed letter. Sends the report from the Colonial Office.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7171

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.373
Summary:

Has a quarter sovereign given him by Thomas Graham. Will mention the coin in Notes and Queries. Gives a pun on his own name. Anecdote of rain in India when his father and mother were travelling.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11811

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.171
Summary:

Congratulations on marriage of JH's son William. Hopes Willy and his bride will call at the Cape on their way to India. Attorney General has just returned from Grahamstown with the [Samuel] Parlby papers. Has finished work on measurement of arc of meridian.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4417

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.372
Summary:

Asks for JH's advice on astronomy as a profession.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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