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Faraday1110

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
3 October 1838
Source of text:
RS MS HS 21.261
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel9428

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
[3 October 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.261
Summary:

Asks for copies of some of MF's writings to complete JH's set.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8872

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the London Times
Date:
[9 October 1838]
Source of text:
London Times (Oct. 10, 1838), p. 5, col. 4
Summary:

[Responding to a suggestion for a fund campaign aimed at refurbishing William Herschel's 40-foot reflector], JH suggests that it would not be practical to reestablish this telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12886

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Peacock
Date:
15 October [1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0297; Reel 1054
Summary:

Sends copy of B.A.A.S. resolutions relative to South Polar expedition. Will wait for GP to set date for deputation [to meet government officials].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1491

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[17 October 1838]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.16(C: RS:HS 21.262)
Summary:

Chooses a publisher and printer for Cape Results. Decides against getting portrait painted. Makes suggestions for observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8670

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Gilbert Elliot, Second Earl of Minto
Date:
[20 October 1838]
Source of text:
NatLibScot MS.12051, f.49 (C: TxU:H/L-0263; Reel 1054)
Summary:

Conveys to GE nine resolutions passed at the B.A.A.S. meeting supporting a southern hemisphere expedition of discovery, especially concerned with magnetism, and also the establishment of a series of magnetic observatories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11584

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
[22 October 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.263
Summary:

Is anxious to hear from HL about his ideas for a major expedition for magnetic observations being considered by the B.A.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9099

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[22 October 1838]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20733 (RS:HS 21.264)
Summary:

Had an encouraging conversation with William Lamb, Lord Melbourne, about funding for the South Polar expedition. Asks WW and George Peacock to prepare a proposal regarding the expedition, JH doing the same.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6020

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[23 October 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.145 (C: RS:HS 25.8.14)
Summary:

Has received a long letter from F. W. Bessel regarding the discovery of the parallax of a fixed star.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8535

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[24 October 1838]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 21.265)
Summary:

Thanks FB for letter in which FB announces the discovery of annual stellar parallax; JH questions whether effects of temperature have been adequately considered.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2955

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[25 October 1838]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #12
Summary:

Thanks for duplicates of horary observations. Requests that AQ and his associates cease them after December 1838. Questions 'whether any and what' corrections are applied to observations. Has successfully seen second satellite of Saturn.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12144

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Duncan MacFarlane
Date:
[26 October 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.2
Summary:

Sees that JH has been named as a candidate for the Rectorship of Glasgow University. Though honored wishes it to be known that he will not be a candidate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9100

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
28 October [1838]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20734 (C: RS:HS 21.266)
Summary:

Invites WW to a meeting with James Ross and Humphrey Lloyd on the South Polar expedition. Asks WW to inform George Peacock. Encourages WW to defend the expedition, which Lord Minto reports is in jeopardy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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