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Herschel8492

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James South
Date:
[4 July 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.472 (C: 21.139)
Summary:

A friend has requested JH to ask JS whether JS has a large Cauchoix objective lens that he would be willing to sell. JH has dismantled his 20-ft. telescope for voyage to Cape Town.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5337

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[6 July 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.284
Summary:

Let him know when the next Levee is.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12475

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[8 July 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.341 & 21.140
Summary:

Is unable to get a firm answer from James South as to the availability of a large telescope object glass that James South owns.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3758

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1833]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0578.5.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Sent to CH JH's fifth catalog of double stars. JH will send to CH his new nebulae observations very soon.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel8494

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James South
Date:
[11 July 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.474 (C: 21.141)
Summary:

Assures JS that the person interested in purchasing JS's lens has worthy intentions for it, i.e., its use in a public institution. Regrets that JS distrusted JH's good intentions.

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Herschel1489

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[28 July 1833]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.14 (C: RS:HS 21.142)
Summary:

Reports observations with WS's equatorial during Bedford visit. Packs instruments for voyage. Pleased that Thomas Maclear will take post of Astronomer Royal at the Cape Observatory.

Contributor:
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Herschel2512

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[3 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.422 (C: RS:HS 21.144)
Summary:

Received £500 from J. C. Spencer (Lord Althorp) for reduction under the direction of G. B. Airy of earlier planetary observations. Althorp conferred with Lord Grey. Conjectures possible need of a larger grant.

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Herschel5989

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[3 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.115 & 21.143
Summary:

Has received a note from J. C. Spencer (Lord Althorp) stating that a grant of £500 is available for them [R.A.S.?]. He has acknowledged it.

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Herschel12477

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[9 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.343 & 21.145
Summary:

JH has written to James South again [see JH's 1833-7-8] but has received no answer; is suggesting that it may well be that [R. A.] Cauchoix, the French optician, can supply object glasses as good as those James South has.

Contributor:
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Herschel8524

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[11 August 1833]
Source of text:
Académie des sciences (Paris)
Summary:

[Extract from a letter of this date to James South:] Tells FA that FA's magnetic experiments have been successfully repeated in England by Peter Barlow, Samuel Christie, Charles Babbage, and JH. Gives details. Publication in process.

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Herschel1

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[15 August 1833]
Source of text:
RGO 6.157.162 (C: RS:HS 25.3.16)
Summary:

Encourages GA to consider favorably the offer of Hugh Percy [Duke of Northumberland] of donating a telescope to Cambridge Observatory.

Contributor:
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Herschel8667

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Henderson
Date:
[15 August 1833]
Source of text:
NatLibScot MS.3134, no.51
Summary:

Arranges to meet TH, probably at Slough, and also to get a barometer from TH.

Contributor:
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Herschel8525

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[19 August 1833]
Source of text:
Académie des sciences (Paris)
Summary:

Offers a paper ['Note sur la manière d'agir de l'acide nitrique sur le fer,' Annales de chimie, 54 (1833), 87-94] for publication in Annales de chimie. Informs FA how to correspond with JH while JH is at the Cape.

Contributor:
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Herschel7943

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[21 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.146
Summary:

Invites CW to Slough to demonstrate CW's 'elegant experiments on light & sound.' Will need time to get JH's electric machine in order. Asks for copy of CW's paper on Jew's harp.

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Herschel2

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[27 August 1833]
Source of text:
RGO 6.157.164
Summary:

A note along with letters from R. A. Cauchoix, the telescope maker, and [J. C. Spencer,] Lord Althorp, about the B.A.A.S.; JH is trying to clean up observation reports before leaving for the Cape.

Contributor:
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Herschel3

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 August 1833]
Source of text:
RGO 6.157.167
Summary:

Further about the telescope to be donated by Hugh Percy [see JH's 1833-8-15], along with a promise that JH will write to R. A. Cauchoix about the telescope.

Contributor:
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Herschel4

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert A. Cauchoix
Date:
[1 September 1833]
Source of text:
RGO 6.157.169 (C: RS:HS 25.3.17)
Summary:

Asks for reply to specific questions regarding telescope quality and price [see JH's 1833-8-29].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1545

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Smith]
Date:
[1833-9-18 or later]
Source of text:
APS B.H435p.30
Summary:

Excuses himself from a dining engagement; JH is too busy preparing for a voyage.

Contributor:
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Herschel2870

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[18 September 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.147
Summary:

Informs JH that WS has sent fifth catalogue of double stars by [H. C.] Schumacher. Provides African address. Departure by 20 October on 'Mt. Stewart Elphinston—a superb India ship.' Notifies of [Thomas] Maclear's succeeding [Thomas] Henderson at Cape observatory.

Contributor:
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Herschel4505

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[18 September 1833]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (103)
Summary:

Describes sighting while at Slough a remarkably bright occurrence of the aurora borealis.

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