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Herschel9149

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1845-11?]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20766
Summary:

Thanks WW for his book [Of a Liberal Education, 1845]. Agrees with WW on the educational value of the calculus and on the importance of Isaac Newton's Principia. Is teaching mechanics to his son William.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1172

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1846 to 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.35
Summary:

Comments on proofs of WW's German translations. JH recommends that the magnetic observations already made should be reduced to show some results, rather than adding more observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9164

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1846-5]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. R.18.142 (C: RS:HS 25.13.29a)
Summary:

Agrees to WW's request [that JH's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 'The Walk' be included in WW's planned volume?]. Regrets missing [C. K. J.] Bunsen's speech. Busy editing N. L. Lacaille's catalogue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9151

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[17 May 1846]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20768 (C: RS:HS 22.272)
Summary:

Thanks for WW's Lectures on Systematic Morality. Announces the birth of another daughter [Francisca]. Working on Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9152

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[29 June 1846]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. O.15.482 (C: RS:HS 18.204 inc; C: TC, Camb. 0.15.4620 inc; C: RS:HS
Summary:

Presents a detailed discussion of the state of double star astronomy, including number known and number that are probably gravitationally linked. Gives an extended critique of WW's Lectures on Systematic Morality, arguing that WW's system is ultimately a happiness-of-mankind system and consequently rests on expediency considerations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9154

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[2 September 1846]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20769 (C: RS:HS 22.282)
Summary:

Pleased that WW is giving a paper at Southampton B.A.A.S. meeting. JH will attend. Has completed the printing of most of his Cape Results. Smoke-drifts are besetting Kent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9156

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
4?] November [1846
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.R.18.141 (C: RS:HS 25.13.7)
Summary:

Gives WW permission to print JH's translation of 'The Walk' by Friedrich Schiller. Comments further on the acceptance of pentametric and hexametric verse by the English, and includes a few verses of JH's own. JH well along in having his Cape Results in print.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9157

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[6 November 1846]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.R.18.14.44(1&2) inc (C: RS:HS 22.286 & C: RS:HS 18.207 inc
Summary:

Gives corrections to the proof copy of JH's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 'The Walk.' Comments on the failure in England to discover the new planet [Neptune] and on his own and James Challis's role in the controversy that erupted.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9159

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1846-12]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.R.18.143
Summary:

Returns, with comments, proofs of WW's hexameter translation. Favors encouraging theoretical more than observational work regarding terrestrial magnetism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9160

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[29 December 1846]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20770 (C: RS:HS 18.209 †(JH) & RS:HS 22.294)
Summary:

Responding to a published statement by WW regarding the discovery of Neptune, JH presents in detail a different interpretation, giving more credit to U. J. J. Leverrier than WW favored. Suggests that some observatory make a photographic record of sunspots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9161

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1847]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.5751
Summary:

Agrees to inclusion of his initials in WW's Verse Translations and to vote for Prince Albert in some Cambridge election. Comments on the 'mess' in the R.A.S. over awarding its medal for 1848.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9162

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1847]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. O.15.481
Summary:

Thanks WW for the supplemental dedication to JH in the second edition of WW's Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences. Is making slow progress correcting JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9165

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[23 December 1847]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20771 (C: RS:HS 22.340)
Summary:

Is editing a manual for surveying and exploring expeditions. Asks WW to do section on tides.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9166

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[5 January 1848]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20772 (C: RS:HS 23.2)
Summary:

Suggests how WW should write his contribution giving instructions for tidal observations for JH's Admiralty Manual. Notes the death of JH's butler.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9167

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[16 February 1848]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20773 (C: RS:HS 23.13)
Summary:

Gives directions for and raises questions concerning WW's contribution to JH's Admiralty Manual.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9169

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[30 September 1848]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20775 (C: RS:HS 23.38)
Summary:

Discusses revisions in WW's and Frederick Beechey's papers in JH's Admiralty Manual. Also comments on drafting Outlines Astr., the controversy over the discovery of Neptune, and William Lassell's discovery of a new Saturnian satellite.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9170

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[28 November 1848]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20774 (C: RS:HS 23.49)
Summary:

Comments on a philosophical paper by [Robert Leslie] Ellis, sent him by WW. Discusses his own and Ellis's views on physical causality.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9171

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[12 February 1849]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20776 (C: RS:HS 23.57)
Summary:

Asks WW, as one of the trustees of JH's marriage settlement, to sign some legal documents.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9172

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[19 October 1849]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20777 (C: RS:HS 23.72)
Summary:

Thanks WW for two papers, one dealing with G. F. W. Hegel. Discusses a problem in calculating double star orbits.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9174

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[5 May 1850]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20778 (C: RS:HS 23.86)
Summary:

Thanks for WW's paper on Aristotle. Discusses the philosophical meaning of the term conception. Mentions a visitation to the universities involving the Royal Commission on the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge [on which JH eventually served].

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John Herschel Project
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