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Herschel6006

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[27 February 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.132
Summary:

Regarding the double star Gamma Virginis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3923

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[3 March 1836]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Comments concerning Francis Baily's book on John Flamsteed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3794

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
4] March [1836
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Thanks TM for the right ascension reductions. Saw the comet [Halley's] last night, but it was dimmer than before.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12114

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[1836-3-5 to 23]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.201
Summary:

Has compared TM's observational measurements with those of the Brisbane catalogue, and finds TM's observations to be better; is working on a star photometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12115

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[5 March 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.203
Summary:

JH's observations of the comet [Halley's], together with comments on constellation nomenclature and stellar magnitudes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3924

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
1836-3-5/6
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Calculates the location of [Halley's] comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3980

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[8 March 1836]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0581.1.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Is too busy to use Carl Gauss's magnetometer. Viewing Halley's Comet has interrupted JH's sweeps. Reports that Gamma Virginis is a single star in both the 20-ft. reflector and 7-ft. equatorial.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3925

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[1836-3-10/11]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Star within 20 seconds of the nucleus of the comet [Halley's].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12113

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[1836-3-25 or 26]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.200
Summary:

Has installed his astrometer to help judge star magnitudes; also makes a comparison of barometric observations with those of TM.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12116

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[31 March 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.204
Summary:

Sending some equipment back and forth, and some astrometer readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8978

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Grant
Date:
[1836-4]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.2
Summary:

Following up on an earlier communication, JH expresses to CG (Lord Glenelg) his views on a variety of areas, e.g., curriculum, discipline, administration, and methods of teaching for the Government Free Schools at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3926

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[2 April 1836]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Arranges to have tea with TM tomorrow at the Royal Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12117

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
21] April [1836
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.205
Summary:

Sends observations of several more standard stars, and of the comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13007

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart
Date:
[24] April 1836
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0420; Reel 1055
Summary:

Advice on how best to survive business world of Canton. [Letter continues from Hout Bay:] Family finances. [Letter continues 9 May at Feldhausen:] Asks help in developing JH's 'Phonetic Alphabet' of Chinese language. Considers writing book for Chinese. Comments on Chinese literature and culture. JH has changed shipping agents in Cape Town. Poem by JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6524

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Joshua Cooper
Date:
[28 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.202
Summary:

About observations of Halley's Comet. [In postscript dated 1836-5-3], describes further observations of the comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3927

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[10 May 1836]
Source of text:
C: RS:HS 21.206 inc
Summary:

Asks TM to accompany himself and Daniel Cloetes in hunting a leopard.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3928

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[24 May 1836]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Does not want to compute precessions for each individual star.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4157

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[31 May 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.207
Summary:

Thanks WS for having accepted his medal from R.A.S. Finds that the [Thomas] Brisbane Catalogue contains insufficient right ascension information, complicating reduction observations. Observed Halley's Comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4008

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
4] June [1836
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Thanks TM for restoring JH's micrometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1059

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Peter Stewart
Date:
[16 June 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.5.1
Summary:

Comments on financial arrangements for John [Stewart] together with other business matters, and asks for an estimate for printing the results of JH's Cape observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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