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Herschel6422

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.190
Summary:

Is considering becoming a candidate for the position of Registrar at London University and would welcome support from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9465

From:
Few & Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.211
Summary:

Thanks for the check. Will search for the deeds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4839

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.228 (C: RGO 6.376.360)
Summary:

Requesting advice on his reflex zenith tube. Regarding progress on 'Standards.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6423

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.191
Summary:

Application for the position of Registrar at [London] University.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE304

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
17 Apr 1856
Source of text:
HS 16.358, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2667

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.358
Summary:

Needs help understanding Percades [?] quantity. Inquires as to well-being of family and sends regards.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6424

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.192
Summary:

Is grateful for JH's support for his application as Registrar. Encloses a copy of his application. Gives details of a binocular microscope he has received from Paris.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4840

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.229 (C: RGO 6.216.114)
Summary:

Wants one or more of JH's actinometers. Notes his suggestion about the zenith tube.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7875

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.79
Summary:

Heard JH not well. Offers him 'a nosegay, gathered from [JH's] own garden of the Differences of the Powers of Zero.' More notes on the self-repeating series. Developed two equations that HW may submit to Cambridge [Philosophical] Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7876

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.80
Summary:

HW neglected to state principle from which he derived equation for eliminating differences. Expresses it in formula.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9885

From:
John Gorham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 May 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.219
Summary:

Has he repeated his experiments with the photographic representation of the prismatic structure? Regarding a numerical nomenclature for the colors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7044

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 May 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.281
Summary:

Has not heard from him for a long time. Thought that the Government was going to turn the R.A.S. out of Somerset House. There is someone to come to the rescue of Richard Sheepshanks. Has not seen Charles Babbage for many years. Their views are incompatible. C. P. Smyth is off to Teneriffe so now is the time for JH to make suggestions. Has set up a committee to make by-laws.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14056

From:
John Gellibrand Hubbard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 May 1856]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0278; Reel 1087
Summary:

Where in JH's evidence to Parliamentary Decimal Commission did JH give number of coins that require recoinage?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14829

From:
T[?] P[?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 May 1856]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

Writes on behalf of the Lords of the Admiralty to thank JH for his suggestions relating to C. P. Smyth's trip to the peak of Teneriffe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7877

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 May 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.81
Summary:

Glad that JH shows renewed interest in mathematics. Besides HW, JH, Augustus De Morgan, and Mr. Gerard, there appear to be no others interested in researching the differences of the powers of zero. Gave outline of HW's paper at Cambridge Philosophical Society. Plans to revise it according to suggestions from JH and De Morgan.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4841

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.230
Summary:

Relating his experiments with the zenith tube.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7878

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.82
Summary:

Quick way to determine coefficients in tables of differences of powers of zero.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7046

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.282
Summary:

Is glad to hear his account of facts. Always thought he would recover his health. Gives one of his own mathematical formulae. Has no idea how the Decimal Coinage Commission is progressing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4958

From:
Thomas Andrews
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 May 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.344
Summary:

Thanks for JH's kind comments on TA's paper on ozone.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6425

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 May 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.193
Summary:

Was elected yesterday to the Registrarship of London University, and thanks JH for his support.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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