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From:
Andrew Leith Adams
To:
William Sharpey, Atheneum Club
Date:
11 February 1865
Source of text:
MM/22/73, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.96
Summary:

R.S.L. approves of CP's optical work, believing it will be helpful at observatories abroad. CP comments on Alexander Herschel's prism experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Charles Lyell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.432
Summary:

Regarding the editions in which he cited JH's paper. Further comments on James Croll's paper, and on the effects of glacial and astronomical events. Is the quantity of heat radiated by the sun in the course of the year always the same? Thanks for the drawings of the Botzen columns.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
W[illiam] J. Millar
Date:
[11 February 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.90
Summary:

On the significance of the full moon and its influence on the weather.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Walter White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.31
Summary:

At JH's request, WW sends JH a list of members present at the 'irregular' council meeting on 23 Nov. 1826, together with the business recorded in the minutes, which does not include any mention of the matter of the secretaryship of the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project