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Herschel13285

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Margaret Brodie Herschel]
Date:
[1838 or later]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.7; Reel 1053
Summary:

Remembers [wedding] anniversary.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12997

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0410; Reel 1055
Summary:

Announces F. W. Bessel's success in measuring stellar parallax.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1924

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1838 or later]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.1
Summary:

Appears to be commenting on JH's availability for a position.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3600

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
[16 January 1838]
Source of text:
RS LUB.H.352
Summary:

Thanks for work on lunar theory. Sends news from Feldhausen, noting 'latest Astronomical novelty,' the sudden growth of star Eta Argus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12131

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[16 January 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.239
Summary:

JH is preparing to bring his observations at the Cape to a close; has polished a mirror for TM.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8876

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Astronomische Nachrichten
Date:
[19 January 1838]
Source of text:
Astronomische Nachrichten, 16 (1839), 187-90
Summary:

Reports on his observations of the variable stars Eta Argus, Alpha Hydrae, and Alpha Cassiopeiae, and on the comparative brightness of the stars. Mentions that ill health is forcing him to curtail astronomical observing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12132

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[21 January 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.240
Summary:

On the variability of Alpha Hydrae and some other stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12133

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[3 February 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.241
Summary:

Urges against carrying up Table Mountain the zenith sector sent to TM to check N. L. Lacaille's measurement of a degree of terrestrial longitude. Comments on JH's skill with precision instruments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4581

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[9 February 1838]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Received meteorite specimen. Michael Faraday will conduct analysis. Admiralty agrees to give TM an assistant. Finds a theodolite telescope for Cape Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1062

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[11 February 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.5.10
Summary:

Pleased with the observations and astronomical literature JH received from FS; JH is packing up for the return to England; comments on causes of variations in stellar magnitude and several other astronomical topics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8979

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir John Bell
Date:
[17 February 1838]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.4
Summary:

Presents, in response to a memorandum from JB, JH's views on such matters as the administration, staffing, and funding of the Government Free Schools at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11233

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Dionysius Lardner
Date:
[28 February 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.124 (C: RS:HS 21.243)
Summary:

Due to his impending departure from the Cape he has had little opportunity of seeing DL's son George. Does not think he will be in a position to write a popular article on his work in the Southern Hemisphere yet awhile. Several errors in his Treatise Astr., which he would like to correct.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3429

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Samuel Stratford
Date:
[28 February 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.88 (C: RS:HS 21.242)
Summary:

JH, in preparing to leave Cape, thanks WS for having sent Nautical Almanacs to him there. Discusses motions of a comet appearing to move whimsically, the periodical star alpha Hydrae, other stars, and the re-discovery of Saturn's sixth satellite.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3804

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
1] March [1838
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Asks TM to set JH's chronometer and barometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3030

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Grant
Date:
[6 March 1838]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

[Writing to Charles Grant, Baron Glenelg, British Secretary of State for the Colonies], JH advises on such aspects as the administration, staffing, and the form and content of the instruction at the newly established Government Free Schools at the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13010

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart
Date:
[6 March 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0423; Reel 1055
Summary:

Packing to leave Cape. Desires only furnished lodgings, not new house, for month of May in London. [Letter continues 6 May 1838 on board Windsor :] Becalmed off France. Expect to land in Portsmouth and visit Anstey on way to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12134

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
1838-3[-7]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.244
Summary:

Final arrangements before JH and family depart for England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8817

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[18 March 1838]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/14
Summary:

Thanks for specimens of [light] 'sensitive paper.' Praises it. JH has handed over all his specimens of photography to R.S.L. Recommends a paper by the chemist Henri Regnault.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8818

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[27 March 1838]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/15
Summary:

Thanks for photographic specimens WT sent. Reports on JH's recent experiments, including some using lenses, in photography; comments on WT's experiments and on the process of patenting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4013

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[3 April 1838]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Describes observations made while aboard the Windsor Castle. Mentions stopover at St. Helena.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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