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From:
Charles Tennant
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.431
Summary:

Expresses gratitude for JH's considerations of his work on the Bank of England. Claims the Bank needs major reform. Wants an influential voice to back his claim; asks JH to be that voice.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Rudolf Wolf
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.302
Summary:

Because RW has had no response from JH, he is worried that if the letter and printed material were not lost, then JH must be dissatisfied with what RW had written about JH's father, William.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Samuel Charles Wilks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.251
Summary:

Expresses awe at scientific advances during SW's lifetime. Concludes that scientists since Francis Bacon failed to account for human variation when concluding experimental results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Rudolf Wolf
Date:
[7 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.202
Summary:

Thanks RW for sending copies of RW's memoir on JH's father. States that JH has now revised a catalogue of all JH's father's double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Stanley Jevons
Date:
[8 July 1867]
Source of text:
John Rylands University Library of Manchester (C: RS:HS 24.203)
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of WJ's treatise on logic, and comments on it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Joseph Wilson Swan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.251
Summary:

In light of JH's interest in and contribution to photography, encloses with explanation photographs produced by 'the Carbon process' using Indian ink coloring.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
J[ames] McDowell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.1a
Summary:

Thanks for kind reply and favorable opinion on his Geometry. Arthur Cayley also expressed a favorable opinion on his writings. Would like a testimonial from JH for the Chair of Mathematics at Cork.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Bell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.45
Summary:

Regarding a suitable coachman for JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Arthur B. Simpson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.147
Summary:

Asking for answers to specific questions in hydrodynamics, which may be related to a future patent application.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
J[ames] McDowell
Date:
[15 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.1b
Summary:

Cannot supply testimonial as he has no knowledge of any other of JM's writings, nor does he know him personally.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[19 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.16
Summary:

Agrees to allow Lord Oxmantown [Laurence Parsons] to add JH's remarks to Lord Oxmantown's paper.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Urbain J. J. Leverrier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.212
Summary:

Has lost Alexander Herschel's Paris address. Otto Struve will be visiting the Observatory on 10 Aug.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.259
Summary:

Sends the remaining papers belonging to JH. Is grateful for his assistance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Samuel Charles Wilks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.252
Summary:

Thanks JH for response. Continues to criticize Francis Bacon. Quotes Scriptures: fallen nature accounts for human errors in observations. [Emphatic JH annotation: No answer.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Parsons (Lord Rosse)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 July 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.233
Summary:

Laurence Parsons (Lord Oxmantown) has gone to Ireland to discharge his duties of High Sheriff. Sends finished proof of the engraving of Orion; comments on this. Has not worked on the nebula himself for many years. [J. K.?] Hunter was a good artist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Parsons (Lord Rosse)
Date:
[23 July 1867]
Source of text:
Rosse Papers K2.11
Summary:

Thanks WP for having sent chart of the Orion nebula. Comments on its quality.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project