From:
Charles Lyell
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
3 Feb 1835
Source of text:
CELE 3 / 80, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.256
Summary:
Adds clock to telescope, enhancing distance measuring power. Search for Halley's Comet begins. Reports double star data; observes nebulae in JH's Catalogue of Nebulae. R.A.S. location moved to Somerset House. Quarrel between James South and Richard Sheepshanks being arbitrated.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 February 1835]
Source of text:
St. Andrews LB II, 215-17 (C: RS:HS 7.287)
Summary:
Mentions letter from William Whewell sending JF JH's interesting but puzzling meteorological results. Will communicate them to a Dr. [John?] Davy at Malta. Has been busy preparing lectures. Made a short tour in England last summer. G. B. Airy has been awarded the Lalande Medal.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
5] February [1835
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.179 (C: RS:HS 21.170)
Summary:
Suggests a means of resolving TM's problem with the mural circle.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Thomas Whitley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Feb 1835
Source of text:
DAR 204: 132
Summary:
Replies to CD’s letter [250], giving news of himself and mutual friends.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
J. Peyrot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.377
Summary:
Is considering issuing a translated edition of JH's astronomical work. All of France awaits the valuable results that are sure to come out of JH's journey to the Cape, and JP will be pleased to translate it.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Mario Gemmellaro
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.98
Summary:
Would like to hear of any new discoveries. Is pleased he will see JH on his way home from the Cape. Nothing happening at the moment to Etna.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[7 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.171
Summary:
Additional approaches to resolving TM's mural circle problem [see JH's 1835-2-5].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[7 February 1835]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20725 (CC: RS:HS 25.4.9)
Summary:
Discusses tidal observations made at the Cape and a paper by WW on tides. Praises viewing conditions at the Cape. Describes political struggles at the Cape.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Philip
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.383
Summary:
About race relations in South Africa, and anti-slavery movements in England.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Mr. Stewart
Date:
[12 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.341
Summary:
Intends to dispatch a parcel of books to JH and has he anything he would like to include in the parcel?
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.60
Summary:
Has just finished the observations of Mars and the circle is free from any particular use. Further comments on his query regarding the motion of the center of the mural circle. Would like JH's assistance on the examination. Has had some brass ingots stolen from the observatory.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
13 Feb 1835
Source of text:
MSDIP-3, Dep. c. 375, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.68
Summary:
Has just been made president of the R.A.S. No news of John Pond's retirement. R. A. Cauchoix's telescope has arrived. Printing of his 1834 observations are well advanced.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Feb 1835
Source of text:
DAR 97 (ser. 2): 18–20
Summary:
Met Capt. Harding who said FitzRoy was promoted to Post-Captain.
News of family and friends. Forthcoming marriages of Robert Wedgwood and Tom Eyton.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.61
Summary:
Sends the projection of Monday's readings and one of those from the lever of contact for comparison; comments on this.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
20 Feb 1835
Source of text:
Royal Astronomical Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[20 February 1835]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.596 (C: RS:HS 25.4.7)
Summary:
Describes the tests and adjustments JH has recommended to Thomas Maclear to try to remove anomalies from the functioning of the transit circle at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope; also comments on the beauty of some southern nebulae.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
21] February [1835
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.226
Summary:
Has replied to Richard Sheepshanks in the Memoirs of the Astronomical Society. Is surprised how near he got to the general figure described by the Circle Centre. Comments on calculations he intends to carry out. Cannot say decidedly that Zeta Octantes is double; it is doubtful seen through the 8-ft. transit.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
21 Feb 1835
Source of text:
MSS 6 / 78, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse