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Herschel10319

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Marshall Hall
Date:
[1839-10]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.201 & 22.28
Summary:

Pressure of business prevented him from replying earlier. Reserves his advice for matters that fall within his own researches. Thinks it would be advisable to obtain the opinions of several competent Fellows, not on the Council.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4694

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[9 October 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.83 & 22.27
Summary:

George Everest-Thomas Jervis affair. Observations on the production of color by chemical rays.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10318

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Marshall Hall
Date:
16] October [1839
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.200 & 22.29
Summary:

Returns his packet of papers together with the letters of M. J. P. Flourens, [J. P.?] Müller, etc. Does not feel competent to judge papers such as MH's, which lie outside his field of knowledge. Should rid his mind of bias on the part of Council. Submit papers as from himself.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel801

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Richarda Airy]
Date:
[22 October 1839]
Source of text:
JHS 2.7
Summary:

Announces the birth of JH's daughter Maria Sophia, and that all are doing well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5347

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth [Betty] Plumleigh Babbage
Date:
[22 October 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.294
Summary:

Birth of JH's daughter [Maria Sophia].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13016

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart and Rose Stewart
Date:
[22 October 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0429.2; Reel 1055
Summary:

Birth of [Maria Sophia Herschel]. Awaiting JS's news about Bombay. John [Stewart] and Matilda [Grahame] sailed for France yesterday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3989

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0584.7; Reel 1058
Summary:

Reports the birth of JH's seventh child, Maria Sophia. Met Adolphus Frederick, the Duke of Cambridge, who asked about CH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4463

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[23 October 1839]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Sends meteorite and analysis to British Museum. Refers to work on Alpha Centauri; predicts occultation in fifteen years. Will move to Collingwood in spring. Announces birth of JH's daughter [Maria Sophia].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1951

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[30 October 1839]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.30 (Adraft: TxU:H/L-0037; Reel 1054)
Summary:

Did Académie des Sciences agree to R.S.L. request for magnetic observatory in Algiers? Stresses importance of multinational cooperation. Details of planned global survey of earth's magnetic field. Encloses list of observations needed from Paris.

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John Herschel Project
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