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Herschel2427

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.276
Summary:

Sends, for JH's signature, request from daughter of the late W. R. Hamilton for continuance of Hamilton's pension.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11282

From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.185
Summary:

Sends a copy of the address of the President of the B.A.A.S. at Birmingham, also an Aylesbury newspaper containing the funeral sermon on Admiral W. H. Smyth. Misses Smyth very much. Hopes JH is well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3097

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.262
Summary:

Was in Paris when JH's letter arrived. Will print JH's article. Asks if there are changes to be made. Discusses future project Physique sociale, which will include theory of probability applied to ethics and political science.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4504

From:
Jacob Tomlin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.439
Summary:

Requests JH's opinions on his theories of origins of language. Believes Hebrew is the root of all languages.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2545

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.454
Summary:

Thanks AS for his letter. Offers congratulations to newly married Maria Herschel. Will be returning to Cambridge to give his 46th course of lectures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4087

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.97
Summary:

Asks if JH anticipated the results of W. L. Newman's work on lens curvature.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11145

From:
Hermann Kindt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.33
Summary:

Requests that JH send a few lines for a friend of HK's who is trying to develop a facsimile reproduction system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4896

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.283 (C: RGO 6.381.442)
Summary:

Concerning JH's memorial to W. R. Hamilton's daughter. Holiday in Keswick. Comments on JH's papers on optics and force.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10795

From:
Helen E. A. Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.149
Summary:

Her mother is suffering from inflammation of the eyes so is unable to reply to his kind letter. Her father had a warm regard for his old friends.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3175

From:
Robert Francis Suft
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.247
Summary:

Asks JH to send memorandum about position of senior clerks at Royal Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4609

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 October 1865]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Appeal in J. S. Parlby case fails.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14723

From:
George Griffith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.2; Reel 1083
Summary:

Resolution reappointing JH and others to examine K. L. C. Rümker's astronomical observations in southern hemisphere and determine if these should be published.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14724

From:
George Griffith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.3; Reel 1083
Summary:

Resolution reappointing JH and others to Lunar Committee to continue mapping surface of moon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14725

From:
George Griffith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.4; Reel 1083
Summary:

Resolution reappointing JH and others to Balloon Committee for further experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4897

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.285 (ACCS: RGO 6.15.75)
Summary:

Writes about a long standing, very old, member of the Royal Observatory's Board of Visitors [W. H. Smyth] having been summarily dismissed from the Board.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4898

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.286 (C: RGO 6.478.481)
Summary:

Explaining JH's polarization difficulty [see JH's 1865-10-16].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11184

From:
J. B. Kearney
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.74
Summary:

Congratulations on the marriage of one of JH's daughters [Maria Sophia]. Well remembers the hours he spent with JH. Has had to struggle for a living. Gives some of his theories on music and light that he will not be able to transmit to print.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2021

From:
John Eustace Prescott
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.53
Summary:

Thanks JH for his expressions of goodwill and friendship. Asks for introductions to JH's friends in Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4239

From:
Thomas Humphrey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (63)
Summary:

Announces a quarterly meeting of the Hawkhurst National School Board.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11283

From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.186
Summary:

Has seen the announcement of the marriage of one of JH's daughters [Maria Sophia] to Henry Hardcastle. Wishes them well, and would like to see them if they are likely to be in that area at all.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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