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Herschel10349

From:
Henry Hardcastle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1870-5]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.232
Summary:

Will endeavor to obtain information on the Dock shares. Maria (HH's wife and JH's daughter) and infant are doing well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10658

From:
Henry Hudson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.31
Summary:

Is grateful for his note. Would like to be certain of W. C. Wells's theory before he revises his opinion. His original paper was much larger. Gives some examples where he thinks Wells is in error.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2229

From:
J. T. Raymond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.473
Summary:

Cannot afford fees he must pay to be ordained. Asks for financial assistance. Includes letters from a tutor and a professor.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7966

From:
Walter White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.233
Summary:

Sends report of Edward Sabine's 'conversaziones' of 12 Mar. and 23 Apr. Mrs. Birtwhistle wrote from Peking on 2 Feb.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14136

From:
Adolf Bernhard Meyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0363; Reel 1087
Summary:

Forwards letter from G. A. Erman to JH and two papers by Erman. AM wants to visit JH to learn of prospects for Erman before AM leaves soon for zoological and magnetic observations in Malay Archipelago.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4060

From:
Eyre B. Powell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.185
Summary:

Thanks JH for mention of him in Outlines Astr. Sends detailed observations of Alpha Centauri system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8429

From:
Hubert Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.311
Summary:

Describes difficulties in producing glass pen and attaching it to pendulum to produce precise curves for aligning equatorial [telescope mount]. Sent artistic sample to JH's wife.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14346

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0507; Reel 1093
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of letter and papers from G. A. Erman.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2623

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.508
Summary:

Desires permission to present JH's 'diagram of "macularity"' to the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8732

From:
Richard Anthony Proctor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.124
Summary:

Thanks JH for commentary on RP's Other Worlds than Ours. Responds to JH's comments, accepting most objections. Acknowledges his major debt to JH's writings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel156

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 May 1870]
Source of text:
RGO 6.695.464
Summary:

Would support the application for a grant [see JH's 1870-5-12], but would like to see some changes in the way calculations are made.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1828

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 May 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0645.2
Summary:

Refers to several items of correspondence, and then comments on the calculation of Gaussian earth-constants to a higher power than has been done to date.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10696

From:
Sir William Huggins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.58
Summary:

The Council of the R.A.S. would like JH's opinion on the accompanying paper and drawing by Francis Abbott, and whether it should appear in the R.A.S.M.N.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8734

From:
Richard Anthony Proctor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.125
Summary:

Admits JH is correct in suggested correction of RP's statement regarding perturbations of Uranus. Suggests that JH urge astronomers to observe the solar corona carefully.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14137

From:
Adolf Bernhard Meyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 May 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0364; Reel 1087
Summary:

Will visit JH on 27 May.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14138

From:
Adolf Bernhard Meyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 May 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0365; Reel 1087
Summary:

Apologizes for delay in responding to JH. Wrote to JH yesterday about AM's plan to visit Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2271

From:
J. Ryle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.516
Summary:

Appreciates JH's opinion regarding variability of climate, although it disagrees with his own. His views are not provable and the question remains one of probability.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2272

From:
J. Ryle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1870-5-27 or after]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.517
Summary:

[Richard?] Proctor [?] agrees with JR's views on Cosmical Climates. Re-presents his theory because he feels he did not state it fairly in his earlier [1870-5-27] letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10347

From:
Henry Hardcastle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.230
Summary:

Sending letter from a firm of stockbrokers giving a reply to JH's query regarding the East India Dock shares.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10272

From:
W. K. von Haidinger
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.155
Summary:

Is grateful for his letter. Sends a report of the Geological Institute, which includes JH's notes on the founding of the Cambridge Analytical Society. Sends his own report on Homeric irons and on the R.S.L. catalogue of scientific papers. Austrian science was at a low ebb but is now improving.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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