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Herschel1829

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[1827-5]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.1
Summary:

On the questions of the usefulness of occultations and the use of mean time in astronomy, JH would much value WS's opinions.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel600

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[3 May 1827]
Source of text:
RGO 6.803.21
Summary:

Comments on GA's response to an offer from Dublin [see JH's 1827-4-7]; also about the discussion in the Council of the R.S.L. of a report of experiments from William Whewell and GA; JH makes some disparaging remarks about the work of John Pond.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel3962

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
4?] May [1827
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0572; Reel 1058
Summary:

Received the first volume of Johann Pfaff's German translation of William Herschel's papers. Just completed a second catalog of double stars; review of nebulae going slowly. JH comments on his precise sweeps.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel4510

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Thomson
Date:
[7 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.435b (C: RS:HS 20.253)
Summary:

Informs TT that the R.S.L. will print his paper on chromium. Discusses results obtained in TT's experiments.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel3370

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1827-5[?]-16
Source of text:
RI 395-6 F3B
Summary:

Suggests change in composition of a pot to be made by [Apsley] Pellatt for an experiment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8665

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Johann Littrow
Date:
[17 May 1827]
Source of text:
NatLibScot MS.582, no.667
Summary:

Discusses JH's efforts to send various publications to JL and to receive publications from JL. Hopes Franz von Gruithuisen, whose 'strange' lunar observations are causing controversy, will come to England with his telescope. Discusses JH's progress in preparing a catalog of nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel601

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[18 May 1827]
Source of text:
RGO 6.803.22
Summary:

Explains to GA the disposition, by the Committee on Papers of the R.S.L., of GA's experimental results [see JH's 1827-5-3].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3462

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Edmund R.] Daniell
Date:
[25 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS DM.3.42
Summary:

Thanks managers of Royal Institution for generosity in offering facilities [to Optical Glass Committee] for erection of a furnace.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2947

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[29 May 1827]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #1
Summary:

Received letters of 8 Dec. through [Charles] Babbage, including interesting work on statistical returns for Netherlands. Rejoices at prospect of new observatory in Brussels. Promises to do his utmost to help. Honored to be correspondent of Academy of Brussels. Requests AQ address further letters to JH as 'President of Astronomical Society.'

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