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Herschel3608

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
W[illiam] P[arkinson] Wilson
Date:
[1 September 1861]
Source of text:
RS Sa.670
Summary:

Outlines advantages of erecting great reflector in Melbourne [WW's colony] for observation of southern nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11486

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
[14 September 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.399-400 & 23.339
Summary:

Does not possess the Transactions of the Astronomical Society, which contains JL's paper. Had to limit the scope of his article so could not deal with the point mentioned in JL's letter. Comments on P. S. Laplace's formula.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11487

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
[14 September 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.400 (C: RS:HS 23.339)
Summary:

About the barometric formula for the measurement of heights.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8161

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alfred P. Wire
Date:
[26 September 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.340
Summary:

AW's 'Thaumatrope' is ingenious, but applies only to periodic movement. JH aims to reproduce non-periodic motion. Commends AW's suggestion to employ government schoolmasters as meteorology observers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel362

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[28 September 1861]
Source of text:
RGO 6.476.57
Summary:

Encourages GA to develop some experiments to study the electrical phenomenon [see GA's 1861-9-23] more carefully.

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John Herschel Project
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