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Herschel1404

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[3 August 1861]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H699 (C: Univ.Coll.London MS.Add.227)
Summary:

Asks R.S.L. Council to request Colonial Office to provide official recommendation to authorities in Malta for William Lassell, going there to observe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12830

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
[14 August 1861]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0234; Reel 1054
Summary:

Explains JH's objections to JL's shadow-extinction hypothesis of meteors. Believes that several sorts of meteors—magnetoelectric, stony, vaporous, etc.—exist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11481

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
[15 August 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.394, 23.338, & 25.15.18
Summary:

Has got his paper on shooting stars. Comments on JL's theories of meteors. Pleased to hear a favorable account of Montague Lubbock.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2480

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[1861-8-31 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.334
Summary:

Advises on the construction of the Melbourne reflecting telescope. Thinks [W. P.] Wilson should come to watch construction.

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John Herschel Project
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