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Herschel14747

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
27 September [1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0936.3; Reel 1083
Summary:

Forwards recently received item to JH in Göttingen. [Mary] Baldwin in Slough reports good health of JH's mother. CLH will see JH soon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14670

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 October 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0623.15; Reel 1086
Summary:

Received JH's letter from Munich. Arrangements for getting JH's belongings through Customs. Will meet JH in London. Mr. Pitt is unable to paint telescope tube due to foul weather. Scandal of Mr. White's will. Recent deaths.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14671

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 October 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0623.16; Reel 1086
Summary:

Painting of telescope begun. Thomas Baldwin Jr.'s wife soon to give birth. Charles Babbage reported being robbed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5255

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.200
Summary:

Is glad to hear of his speedy return. Regarding JH's instruments and their passage through the customs. Is writing a book on Assurance Companies.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9329

From:
Johann Franz Encke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 October 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.83
Summary:

Finds no errors in JH's letter on the parallax of Mars. Sends his own calculations. Has not found the barometrical readings JH requested.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3956

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1824]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Relieved that JH has returned safely from his European tour.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11214

From:
Pierre Simon Laplace
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 November 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.103
Summary:

Sending the fourth volume of his own Mécanique céleste; comments on various parts. Work is being done on the figure of the earth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9370

From:
William Frédéric Edwards
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 November 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.122
Summary:

Has heard that JH has arrived back in England. Sends one of his own papers for his library. Regrets that JH did not call at Paris on his travels. Sends a parcel from P. S. Laplace. Remember him to Charles Babbage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8060

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 November 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.327
Summary:

Repeat computation for Jupiter's satellite IV [see TY's 1824-4]. Explains W. H. Wollaston's 'blue bow.' See figure 422 of TY's [Lectures on Natural Philosophy].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8061

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1824-11-21 to 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.328
Summary:

As R.S.L. vice president, JH should reconsider his report favoring Eilhard Mitscherlich over W. H. Wollaston. This may be last opportunity to pay Wollaston a 'just compliment.' Agrees with JH that much in R.S.L. 'nicknamed science [is] sleight of hand,' and that 'great injustice is done to men of science.' But TY expects a short life and tries not to be concerned about approval of others.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8062

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1824-11-21 to 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.329
Summary:

TY would rather have JH's labor made useful another year. W. H. Wollaston does not want [Royal] medal, but medal wants Wollaston. One council member felt that TY's remarks offended JH. Assures JH it was not intended.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8064

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1824-11-21 to 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.331
Summary:

Math is flimsy in John Dalton's theory of vapor dispersion, but physical grounds are firm. Sends copy of TY's volume on sound. Modules of elasticity and tension are analogies to explain TY's doctrine. Presently studying modules of elasticity that do not apply to chimney pipes investigated by Daniel Bernoulli and J. H. Lambert.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10606

From:
Thomas W. Hornbuckle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 November 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.485
Summary:

School at Sedbergh is vacant; please let him know if he wishes to become a candidate. [Miles?] Bland is candidate for a valuable living in Cheshire.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9745

From:
Mario Gemmellaro
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.92
Summary:

Sending papers published by their Academy. Will be pleased to help in any way.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13550

From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 December 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/MW-0246.1; Reel 15
Summary:

Invites JH to join JL in viewing William Tassie's nearly complete wax model of bust of William Herschel at Leicester Square.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11499

From:
Francis Lunn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
8 December [1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.412
Summary:

Hears a letter from JH has miscarried. Anxious that JH should write an article on Heat as FL is too busy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8451

From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.431
Summary:

Reports on his life in France and on details in the paper JS and JH were publishing on double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6368

From:
Niccolo Cacciatore
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 December 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.133
Summary:

Sends pamphlet on observations they made together on Mount Cuccio. Regarding the coefficient of expansion of the atmosphere. Will repeat his observations in the coming winter. Present the other copy to the Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5808

From:
John Brinkley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 December 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.278
Summary:

Has only fragments of the paper for which JH inquires; original was left for W. H. Wollaston to amend. Thanks for congratulations on the award of the Copley Medal. Was interested to hear about the new German astronomical instruments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6161

From:
Peter Barlow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 December 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.287
Summary:

Regarding the magnetic polarity of the earth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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