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Herschel9755

From:
Mario Gemmellaro
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.102
Summary:

Pleased to hear of the good health of JH and family. Everyone hopes JH will make new discoveries in the physiological and anatomical fields as a result of his observations. Etna's crater is slowly changing. A fireball has been observed; also Halley's Comet as correctly predicted by Niccolo Cacciatore.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11872

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
24] March [1836
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.231
Summary:

Sends the original of the barometer observations as he cannot spare the time to copy them. Had hoped to have the Brisbane stars ready on Monday. Comet was invisible last night.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE128

From:
Ada Byron (King)
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
25 Mar 1836
Source of text:
MSBY 3 / 70, Dep. c. 367, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel12113

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[1836-3-25 or 26]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.200
Summary:

Has installed his astrometer to help judge star magnitudes; also makes a comparison of barometric observations with those of TM.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE617

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
26 Mar 1836
Source of text:
MSS 6 / 86, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

DCP-LETT-300

From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Mar 1836
Source of text:
DAR 97 (ser. 2): 32–3
Summary:

News of friends and family.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel11724

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 March 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.86
Summary:

Dr. Andrew Smith called yesterday. Has succeeded in establishing a postal system for the Observatory. The comet was faint last evening. Had a parcel from the Admiralty but no word about the tide gauge. Sends the Simon's Bay observations, also the P. P. Barraud chronometer, which loses time at a great rate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE28

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
William Somerville
Date:
31 Mar 1836
Source of text:
MSB1 / 251, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel12116

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[31 March 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.204
Summary:

Sending some equipment back and forth, and some astrometer readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8978

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Grant
Date:
[1836-4]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.2
Summary:

Following up on an earlier communication, JH expresses to CG (Lord Glenelg) his views on a variety of areas, e.g., curriculum, discipline, administration, and methods of teaching for the Government Free Schools at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3926

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[2 April 1836]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Arranges to have tea with TM tomorrow at the Royal Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11826

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
5] April [1836
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.185
Summary:

Returns the hourly observations of the last equinox. There will be a meeting of the Institute tomorrow. Has removed the silver lines from the mural circle and replaced them by Bermuda cobwebs. Would like to insert these in JH's micrometer. Has been busy calculating a large table of precessions in R.A. Capt. Alexander should desist from newspaper writing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8116

From:
Harrison Watson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.382
Summary:

Purchased property near Feldhausen. Will JH sell strip of land between HW's property and main road?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9091

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.186
Summary:

Comments on JH's proposals to James Adamson regarding education at the Cape. Criticizes Francis Bacon's philosophy. Plans to devote his efforts to philosophy and has begun a history of the sciences. Describes his work on the tides. Richard Jones's professorship at the East India College is in jeopardy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE129

From:
Ada Byron (King)
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
10 Apr 1836
Source of text:
MSBY 3 / 71, Dep. c. 367, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel6226

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.345
Summary:

Encloses Annual Report of the R.A.S. Hopes he has been amused by the French pamphlets on JH's discoveries relating to the moon. Capt. George Back will be proceeding this year in the Terror to investigate the discoveries of J. C. Ross and John Franklin on the N. coast of America. Read JH's last note about the comet to the Society [R.A.S.?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4209

From:
James [Struthers] Stewart
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.9
Summary:

Gives JH an estimate for the value of his property [Feldhausen] at £50 per acre.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11385

From:
John Augustus Lloyd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.295
Summary:

Sends the meteorological observations for March; unable to send any magnetic observations as he has been unwell. The Observatory escaped serious damage during the hurricane. Has been observing the disappearance of the comet. Comments on nebulae seen near its tail.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7418

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 April 1836]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 7/3.12; Reel 8
Summary:

Letters from W. H. Smyth. Notes on Halley's Comet and possible planet sighting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE29

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
William Somerville
Date:
16 Apr 1836
Source of text:
MSB1 / 252, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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