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Herschel11928

From:
J[ames] G[arth] Marshall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1858-6
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.290
Summary:

Is grateful to JH for sending him a copy of the Essay on Meteorology. Takes an interest in the subject himself and gives his views on cyclones and rotary storms.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2492

From:
Hermann Schlagintweit
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 June 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.353
Summary:

Sends vol. 4 of [Alexander von] Humboldt's Cosmos. Would like to share information gathered in India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9574

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 June 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.315
Summary:

Article on glaciers is from the Encyclopaedia Britannica and was restricted because of space. Mistakes by John Tyndall and others have arisen because his own Letters on Glaciers has been overlooked. William Whewell is to be married.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14417

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 June 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0525.6; Reel 1093
Summary:

Will leave London for several weeks when ES's wife is well. Alexander von Humboldt is pleased with English translation of Cosmos. Preparations for magnetic research in Australia, Bavaria, [British] Guiana, and Mauritius. [JH annotation: Routing list to G. B. Airy, George Peacock, and William Whewell.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1812

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 June 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0638.7 (C: RGO 6.694.499)
Summary:

If magnetic observation stations are to be set up and staffed, then personnel should be considered soon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12052

From:
Roderick Impey Murchison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 June 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.418
Summary:

Will JH add his signature to the slip to add to the memorial to prevent the Natural History collections being removed from the British Museum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14418

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
25 June [1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0525.7; Reel 1093
Summary:

Prospects for making magnetic and meteorological observations at Peking, which is more desirable than Shanghai or Hong Kong. Hopes for popular review of subject in Quarterly [Review].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4849

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 June 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.236 (C: RGO 6.145.185)
Summary:

Regarding a possible successor to U. J. J. Leverrier at the Paris Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel148

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1858]
Source of text:
RGO 6.694.508v
Summary:

Summarizes for JH the more extensive report appended, which recommends to the R.S.L. and the B.A.A.S. the establishment of magnetic observatories in several Colonial locations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8926

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1858]
Source of text:
B.A.A.S. Report 1858 (1859), 303-5
Summary:

States his detailed recommendations concerning the continuation, extension, and location of magnetic researches at various locations throughout the world.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1813

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 June 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0638.8 (C: RGO 6.694.501)
Summary:

Supports JH's intentions [see JH's 1858-6-26] and Edward Sabine's proposals about magnetic observations, but displays little faith in the effectiveness of the B.A.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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