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Herschel12096

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[22 January 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.169
Summary:

Responds to TM's query in his 1835-1-17 about the effect that motion of the center of the mural circle would have on the microscopic readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6220

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 January 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.340 & ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

Believes that the copies of the Nautical Almanac he sent him have gone astray. Is sending him the sheets of the Parramatta catalogue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000808

From:
unknown
To:
J W Lubbock
Date:
27 January 1835
Source of text:
MM/13/110, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

DCP-LETT-266

From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Jan [1835]
Source of text:
DAR 97 (ser. 2): 16–18
Summary:

Concerned over CD’s illness. His father strongly urges him to come home lest his health be ruined.

News of family and friends.

Twelve Tories elected in Shropshire.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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RS-MM-000809

From:
unknown
To:
Commissioners of Excise
Date:
30 January 1835
Source of text:
MM/13/111, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

SOMERVILLE437

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

Herschel4474

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

Herschel3414

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

Herschel11820

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

DCP-LETT-267

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

Herschel12511

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

Herschel9751

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

Herschel12097

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

Herschel9087

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

Herschel12517

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

Herschel6221

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

Herschel11695

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

SOMERVILLE155

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

Herschel4681

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

DCP-LETT-268

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
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