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Herschel2110

From:
William Ritchie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.357
Summary:

Has not heard from America. Discusses paper on electric conduction. Wishes to move further south. Thanks JH for securing WR's election to R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8073

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.339
Summary:

T. M. Brisbane is in town. Can JH meet him? JH's computations of definite integrals are simpler, more direct than P. S. Laplace's and more conclusive than Leonhard Euler's. Comments on W. H. F. Talbot's letters demonstrating Josef Fraunhofer's theorem.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10034

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.369
Summary:

Of JG's travels and the people he meets [letter completed 1828-5-17 in Nantes].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9269

From:
Maria Edgeworth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.25
Summary:

Is grateful for JH's invitation to her brother to visit him. Would like advice on a suitable mathematics tutor for her brother.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10353

From:
Charles L. Harding
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 June 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.236
Summary:

On the apparent unevenness in the space between Saturn and its rings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4020

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 June 1828]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Thanks JH for Gold Medal from the Astronomical Society. Asks if JH knows the Imperial Astronomer [J. J. von] Littrow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10035

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 June 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.370
Summary:

About JG's just completed travels to Europe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9270

From:
Maria Edgeworth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 June 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.26
Summary:

Is grateful for his kindness. Has addressed a letter to her brother c/o JH's house but destroy it if he has returned to Ireland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9332

From:
Johann Franz Encke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 June 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.86
Summary:

Sending the first volume of his Ephemerides for the Astronomical Society, also for Francis Baily and W. H. Smyth. Comments on various aspects of the Ephemerides. Thanks for JH's excellent work on Light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1276

From:
Joseph Clement
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 June 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.46
Summary:

Needs more money to continue work on Charles Babbage's calculating machine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7664

From:
[J. Richards]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 June 1828]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.2.5 verso; Reel 10
Summary:

Spoke yesterday to His Royal Highness [Duke of Sussex], who would be flattered to be elected. Friday will be last chance until November.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2111

From:
William Ritchie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 June 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.358
Summary:

[Edward] Sabine's letter confirmed WR's membership in R.S.L. Feel he was ill-used by Dollar Institution. Apologizes for trouble he caused JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5957

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 June 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.80
Summary:

Invitation to dine with him. Regarding Richard Taylor the printer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3823

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 June 1828]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Describes a terrible hail-storm that broke all the windows in her house. Will send her Astronomical Society Medal for JH to store alongside his and William Herschel's medals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0363

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Frederick William Herschel
Date:
24 June 1828
Source of text:
RS MS HS 7.177
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel5578

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.68
Summary:

Letter of thanks for a copy of JH's thoughts on light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7987

From:
E. Willes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 June 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.254
Summary:

Invites JH, his mother, and cousin to visit EW anytime.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9610

From:
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 June 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.351
Summary:

Expressing the thanks of the Académie for JH's article on Light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5282

From:
Elizabeth [Betty] Plumleigh Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.227
Summary:

Giving news of the intentions of her son (Charles Babbage) and his experiences on his travels.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4337

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.238
Summary:

Microscopes installed successfully. Describes observation of second satellite of Jupiter transiting the disk of the planet and how it seemed to linger at the planet's edge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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