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Herschel9819

From:
Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.154
Summary:

Is pleased to hear his own sons are progressing well. Hopes Caroline (JH's daughter) will soon be able to come out. Is temporarily in charge of the Bombay army, which gives him plenty of work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1823

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 December 1867]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0643.3 (C: RGO 6.359.545)
Summary:

Thanks JH for his useful letter [see JH's 1867-12-2]; it will be of value to the Commission on Weights and Measures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14144

From:
William Hallowes Miller
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3] December 1867
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0371; Reel 1087
Summary:

Compares values obtained by various observers in measuring new standards of weight and length.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2980

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1867]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #47
Summary:

Apologizes for not writing sooner. Busy with trip to Italy. Announces intention to dedicate entire next year to his Physique sociale. Thanks JH for his comments on AQ's son's work on temperature. Also grateful for commendation on AQ's history of science. Brings up AQ's son's work on proper motion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1824

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1867]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0643.4 (C: RGO 6.359.548)
Summary:

Thanks JH for his clear letter [see JH's 1867-12-3] about the pound weight standards.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10250

From:
F. A. Herschel Griesbach
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.136
Summary:

Was grateful for his kind note and check. Family is still in difficulties. Employed by a Liverpool firm to sell engineering articles.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3101

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.266
Summary:

Discusses coming year. Asks JH how to deal with JH's review [of AQ's Lettres sur la théorie des probabilités]. Talks about his friend [Michel] Chasles. Also about AQ's son. Mentions JH's translation of [J. C. F. von] Schiller's 'Spaziergang.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2597

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.495
Summary:

Discusses translation of 'Enochus.' Thanks JH for the 'Rex Colius,' which amused Adam Sedgwick and WS.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13895

From:
Joseph Alfred Hardcastle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 December 1867]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0241; Reel 1087
Summary:

Please clarify differences between French metric system and JH's adaptation of British system of measurements. Willing to raise issue in Parliament, but wants to understand it well. Hopes to see Emma soon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6807

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.124
Summary:

Is exceedingly grateful for the Synopsis of William Herschel's double-star observations. Comments on some of the readings. Has read his translation of Schiller's 'Spaziergang' with pleasure. Will be writing to Margaret Brodie Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5748

From:
Edward William Brayley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.235
Summary:

Sending the syllabus of Mr. Ellis's lecture. Has sent to JH's son [Alexander] a paper on meteors, which contains his views in cosmical philosophy. Elected Laurence Parsons (4th Earl of Rosse) to the R.S.L. yesterday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10655

From:
Henry Hudson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.28
Summary:

As JH has approved Dr. W. C. Wells's Theory of Dew he encloses extracts from the Gardeners' Chronicle to show that Wells based his paper on a false theory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2598

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.496
Summary:

Discusses the translation of 'Enochus' and various suggestions he has been given for its improvement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1687

From:
Alfred Smee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.173
Summary:

Note accompanying a copy of a paper by AS.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2041

From:
Eliza Susan Quincy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.284
Summary:

Asks if JH received a copy of the memoirs of her father [Josiah Quincy]. They will be a 'valuable addition to the history of the U.S.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10178

From:
John Henry Griesbach
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.65
Summary:

Would like him to accept his little work on musical sounds. F. A. Gore-Ouseley has invented some new organ pipes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6808

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.125
Summary:

Is trying to obtain parts of R.S.P.T. containing the original communication of William Herschel on changes in double stars. Would be glad of JH's assistance. Printer has made mistakes in spite of his proof corrections. Weather most unsuitable for observations due to fog. Is pleased JH is making a synopsis of all the double-star measurements.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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