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Herschel11921

From:
Robert Main
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 January 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.283
Summary:

Offers to send on to JH any notices of double star observations that he receives.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6429

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 January 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.197
Summary:

Thanks for his kind letter. Is surprised that the formation of flint attracted him. Comments on this and similar matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2633

From:
Martha Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.325
Summary:

Mary Somerville is sending her autobiography and desires comments and suggestions. She is busy with mathematics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6465

From:
Arthur Cayley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 January 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.233
Summary:

Has altered two of the plates in one of JH's papers. Hopes that he will agree with the alteration.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12141

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Main
Date:
[30 January 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.248
Summary:

Thanks RM for his offer [see RM's 1869-1-26]; wishes astronomers would develop an accepted system of indicating the quality of observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6297

From:
Alexander V. Bewley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.58
Summary:

Sending a query regarding the colors seen on clouds at sunset.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12503

From:
Christian August Friedrich Peters
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.369
Summary:

Is supplying JH with copies of his missing journals [see JH's 1869-1], and will send more later.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13505

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[2 February 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0742; Reel 1089
Summary:

Received [?]'s paper no. 10, which completes JH's collection. Returns duplicates of [?]'s papers on Kew and Nerchinsk 'disturbances' and on 'Residual Laws of disturbance.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3107

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.272
Summary:

Obtained and sent JH 2 copies of Physique sociale. Thanks JH for observations but they are too scientific for his lectures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2634

From:
Martha Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
3 February [1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.326
Summary:

Thanks JH for his letters to her mother (Mary Somerville), who is not well enough to write. Describes eruption of Vesuvius.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12086

From:
John Murray [Jr.]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
5 February [1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.453
Summary:

Has today sent by book post the manuscript of Mrs. Mary Somerville's autobiography, which JH is to report on. Understands that Mrs. Somerville is amenable to good advice.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4079

From:
Joseph Barclay Pentland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.154
Summary:

Sends Mary Somerville's autobiography; visited her in Naples. JP will return to England in the summer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4450

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Barclay Pentland
Date:
[7 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.155 (C: RS:HS 24.249)
Summary:

Receives Mary Somerville's autobiography; explains poor health will prohibit him from detailed scrutiny of the writing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10139

From:
Robert P. Graves
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.26
Summary:

Has been requested by the relatives of the late W. R. Hamilton to write a memoir. Would be glad if JH would send him any suitable letters of Hamilton in his possession.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12007

From:
William C. Morland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.369
Summary:

Many thanks for sending the seeds of Wellingtonia. Has two Cryptomerias also grown from seed. Was much interested in Alexander's lecture.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10140

From:
Robert P. Graves
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.27
Summary:

Agrees with him about the impossibility of sending W. R. Hamilton's letters by post. Thinks the best plan would be to send them to his brother at the Athenaeum, who will bring them to Ireland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10683

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William Huggins
Date:
[14 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.250
Summary:

Comments on some incorrect attributions to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8634

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
G. W. Harris
Date:
[22 February 1869]
Source of text:
Owen Gingerich
Summary:

Expresses thanks for receiving the 1868 volume of the Transactions of the Society of Engineers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13360

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William James Herschel
Date:
[23 February 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0562; Reel 1053
Summary:

Comments on WJH's appointment as judge in India. Contrasts legal practices in England and India. Reviews calamities WJH witnessed in India. Alexander Herschel is lecturing about eclipse at Royal Institution and Leamington. Family news. P.S.: Please write to W. E. Hearn in Melbourne regarding Hearn's book Government of England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10141

From:
Robert P. Graves
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.28
Summary:

Package of letters has arrived safely via the Globe Parcel Express Co., for which accept his best thanks. Would like a page or two of JH's recollections of W. R. Hamilton if possible. Has sent a pamphlet on William Wordsworth and the Lake Country.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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