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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[14 October 1849]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.71
Summary:

Discusses Cold Harbor. Suggests the Duke of Bedford [F. C. H. Russell] could help secure a pension for Thomas Maclear.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[19 October 1849]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20777 (C: RS:HS 23.72)
Summary:

Thanks WW for two papers, one dealing with G. F. W. Hegel. Discusses a problem in calculating double star orbits.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[24 October 1849]
Source of text:
RGO 6.142.149a
Summary:

JH's wife, Margaret, is writing to Mrs. Dawes and will ask about the telescope [see GA's 1849-10-23].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
[27 October 1849]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/TR61 (AC: RS:HS 14.376 & C: RS:HS 23.73)
Summary:

Will not urge government to construct a great reflector at the Cape; believes it should be done through private funding; does look forward to the time when his work on southern skies will be reexamined. [See TR's 1849-10-21.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[28 October 1849]
Source of text:
RGO 6.248.132 (drafts RS:HS 1.218 & 23.74)
Summary:

Has heard nothing beyond what GA has said [see GA's 1849-9-25], but agrees with GA's assessment of the situation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
Date:
29 October 1849
Source of text:
MM/16/153, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society