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From:
[John] Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0329; Reel 1087
Summary:

Plans to send parcel to observatory at Cape of Good Hope; does JH have anything to include?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John P. Gassiot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.54
Summary:

Regrets he was unable to see JH when in town last week. Outlines the scheme for a new club.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1847?]-3-3.
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.307
Summary:

Glad JH is writing the meteorology. Collecting materials for charts of ocean. Forwards some of this to JH for comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 March 1847]
Source of text:
St. Andrews LB IV, 214-16 (C: RS:HS 7.309)
Summary:

Sympathizes with JH's feelings of regret over actinometer readings. Has procured a new thermometer and carried out experiments toward correction of actinometers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert Hunt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.125
Summary:

Is desirous of procuring impressions of prismatic spectra from all parts of the globe. These should show the chemical influence of the solar rays. The B.A.A.S. may be able to help or Colonel Edward Sabine. Can JH use his influence?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John P. Gassiot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.55
Summary:

Thanks for his note. Is writing to remove any misconceptions JH may have about the proposed new club. Michael Faraday will be joining on condition that there will be no dinners.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.230
Summary:

W. S. Jacob sends Alpha Centauri observations to R.A.S.; uses JH's Cape Results as a guide to double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.235
Summary:

Giving details of Thatcham Church and of the tablet, which is to be erected in memory of Francis Baily. Sculptor will be sending proof of the inscription.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Forbes, D.D.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.372
Summary:

Believes he has succeeded in integrating elliptic and hyperbolic functions in finite terms, and sends a paper in which this is discussed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Joseph Lowe
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.313
Summary:

Sends a work for JH; would he also present the other copy to the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
[Karl] Herman Knoblauch
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.86
Summary:

Sending treatises on radiant heat for the R.S.L. and JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Alfred Gautier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.88
Summary:

Introducing his nephew, Emile Gautier, Doctor of Mathematics. Sends a memoir of J. H. Maedler.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Manuel John Johnson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.334
Summary:

Would be pleased to accommodate JH if he is attending the B.A.A.S. meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.180 (C: RGO 6.56.184)
Summary:

Regarding pamphlets concerning F. W. Bessel. Altitude instrument finished.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project