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Herschel871

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1845-8
Source of text:
JHS 4.23
Summary:

Writes mostly about arrangements for meeting MH's train from London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel118

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[2 August 1845]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.520
Summary:

No news yet about the request to Robert Peel for money for magnetic observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel926

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[4 August 1845]
Source of text:
JHS 6.1
Summary:

Mostly about family activity while MH is away; comments on the review by Adam Sedgwick of [Robert Chambers's] Vestiges of a Natural History of Creation in the Edinburgh Review in which the author receives 'a reasonable currycombing.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3777

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[5 August 1845]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0590.9; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH expresses pleasure in receiving and reading extracts from CH's biography. Expects to begin printing his Cape Results by Christmas. In finalizing his Cape Results, JH has found that several Southern double stars moved in the five-year span of his observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3561

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
[11 August 1845]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 111 (C: RS:HS 22.246)
Summary:

Thanks JF for second edition of work on the Alps. Praises first edition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8778

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William J. Hooker
Date:
[23 August 1845]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens
Summary:

[Responding to WH's 1845-8-21], JH states that he has not yet received the information needed from [William] Simms. Has sent a further communication to Simms.

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John Herschel Project
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