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Herschel3379

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
1838-12[?]
Source of text:
EUL:[?]
Summary:

Writes in great haste, thanking RM on behalf of Lady Herschel for taking 'trouble,' especially for 'Literary Tributes' apparently sent for Lady H's album.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8690

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date:
[3 December 1838]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Gauss 99 (C: RS:HS 21.271)
Summary:

Informs CG of the awarding to CG of the Copley medal for CG's magnetic researches; hopes that the British government will support such magnetic researches around globe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1234

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[5 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.67
Summary:

Writes about arrangements for an R.S.L. council meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4611

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[5 December 1838]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton fMS Am 1301.1 (17)
Summary:

Despite respecting the distinguished company in the Geological Society, JH must refuse its presidency.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel795

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[10 December 1838]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.533
Summary:

Has bought some horses, and needs the coachman to come to bring them home.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9239

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Timbs
Date:
[19 December 1838]
Source of text:
Yale Univ.
Summary:

Apologizes for delay in responding to JT's wish to publish JH's portrait as the frontispiece of JT's Arcana of Science; adds that the only portrait of JH of which JH is aware is that at St. John's College, Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9102

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
19 December [1838]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20735 (C: RS:HS 21.272)
Summary:

Asks WW, and through him George Peacock, to judge whether B.A.A.S. funds should provide some instruments for the Breslau Magnetic Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1120

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[21 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.11.2
Summary:

Arranges a meeting with CW and Edward Sabine to prepare a report on magnetic proposals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12873

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Spencer J. A. Compton
Date:
[23 December 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0283; Reel 1054 (C: RS:HS 21.273)
Summary:

Urges SC to arrange meeting of R.S.L. deputation with Lord Melbourne as quickly as possible to discuss funding for magnetic observatories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3132

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[27 December 1838]
Source of text:
EUL:523/4/27
Summary:

Glad to see RM's geological labors on The Silurian System completed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3763

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0583.9.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Sent to CH her diploma from the Royal Irish Academy on account of her election as an honorary member.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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