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Herschel2967

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[15 April 1862]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #27
Summary:

Condolences on death of AQ's wife and son. Having lost a daughter, JH sympathizes. Discusses merits of Prince Albert. Lists Belgian Academy memoirs possessed to date. Mentions work on a general index catalogue of nebula. [J. R.] Hind's nebulae and others are disappearing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2969

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[1863-8]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #30
Summary:

Describes in vivid detail the account of an 'extraordinary meteor' in October 1854. Given by a person from Hurworth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2971

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[18 August 1863]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #32
Summary:

Tells AQ that last letter on meteors was written not by JH but by A. S. Herschel. JH attributes phenomena to cosmic origins. Gives further details.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2972

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[1863-8-19 or later]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #33
Summary:

Has talked to the lady who wrote account of the meteor. Finds her reliable. Has discovered other sightings of it. Sends report in French for printing in AQ's notices on meteors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2973

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[1863-9]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #34, 35, 36
Summary:

Three maps of meteors observed in 1863 by JH[?] and Alexander Herschel

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2974

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[21 January 1865]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #37 (Transcription inc: #38)
Summary:

Lists works received. Has been suffering severely from bronchitic attacks. Is translating Iliad into hexameter verse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2976

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[14 August 1865]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #40
Summary:

Assumes JH has not received the volumes sent over a month ago. Mentions international statistics briefly. Wishes to add an article about probability to a French translation of JH's 1850 review of AQ's book.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2977

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[22 August 1865]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #41 (C: #42)
Summary:

Has consulted with publisher of JH's 1850 review of AQ's book. Is flattered and sees no reason why AQ's enlarged work cannot prefix or append a French translation of JH's review. Publisher requests written acknowledgement. Asks AQ to attach a note, correcting his archery example.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13497

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[10 September 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0731; Reel 1089
Summary:

Confirms receipt of journals sent to JH by LQ. Calculations of probabilities for shots to hit targets.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2978

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[14 September 1865]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #43
Summary:

Has received packet mentioned in 1865-8-14. Lists works received. Gives lengthy explanation of the error made in the target example. Asks AQ to append a note, stating that JH is aware of the fallacious answer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2979

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[30 October 1867]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #45 (C: #46)
Summary:

Ashamed not to have written sooner. Has received AQ's meteorology of Belgium. Wishes success with his work on social physics. Enjoyed AQ's Histoire des sciences mathématique et physique chez les belges. Disgusted that the French insist Isaac Newton stole his ideas on the system of gravitation from Blaise Pascal. Hopes to send AQ his 'synopsis of all micrometrical measures' made by William Herschel on double stars. Sends Latin version of Friedrich Schiller's 'Spaziergang.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2982

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[22 June 1868]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #49 (draft: #50)
Summary:

Flattered that AQ wants JH's remarks to preface AQ's new work. No need to send French translation of JH's work. Asks AQ to omit certain passages.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2984

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[1 September 1868]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #52
Summary:

Sends back excellent translation of his review with minor corrections. Mentions 'fine display of meteors with long trains' on 10 August. Gives news of his son Lieutenant John Herschel's observations. Acknowledges works received.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2986

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[14? January 1869]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #55
Summary:

Was going to write in French, but switched languages. Honored by AQ's insertion of JH's review of AQ's Physique sociale as introduction. Has been very ill and has no strength for attention to anything beyond bodily sufferings. Lists works received.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2985

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[18 August 1869]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #53
Summary:

Thanks for second volume of Physique sociale. Happy to see AQ refuting 'the results of statistics of life, accident, crime...[as] indicative of an absence of free agency in human beings and the presence of some sort of impelling necessity.' Mentions JH's daughter's marriage and her learning Chinese.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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