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Herschel12898

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Benedetto Pistrucci
Date:
[2 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0310; Reel 1093
Summary:

On the importance of record keeping in the Mint to attest to the labor and talent of those working there.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel691

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[2 March 1852]
Source of text:
JHS 1.83
Summary:

Sends home son Alexander's school report, and includes some news items of relatives and friends.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13276

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Louisa Herschel
Date:
[2?] March 1852
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0533; Reel 1053
Summary:

Louisa's studies and her tutors. Wedding in which Louisa will take part. Activities and studies of daughters Caroline and Isabella in London. Lists book and papers to be sent to JH and MBH in London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001134

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
5 March 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/175, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel491

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[5 March 1852]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.21
Summary:

Wants to begin using decimal fractional weights of pounds and ounces at the Royal Mint, rather than pennyweights and grains. Would like to extend this method beyond the Mint. Asks for date of heliacal rising of Sirius at Athens in the time of Euripides.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001120

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
6 March 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/160, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel13486

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
9 March [1852?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0719.2; Reel 1089
Summary:

Submits to Treasury commissioners a design by L. C. Wyon for Kaffir medal. [Addressed to 'My Lord'.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1846

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[11 March 1852]
Source of text:
WT 68037.14
Summary:

Says JH will not join the society to which he has been invited, because he has done nothing on the subject for a long time and JH's attendance would not be productive. Thanks for some lectures and papers sent to him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel690

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[13 March 1852]
Source of text:
JHS 1.82
Summary:

Describes music making evenings with daughters Caroline and Isabella; has made arrangements for the sale of a carriage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12579

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Hallowes Miller
Date:
[15 March 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.118
Summary:

Identifies WM as a committee member for the R.S.L.; raises the question of standard weights in relation to weighing gold bullion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6544

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Joshua Cooper
Date:
[16 March 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.119
Summary:

Offers a variety of solutions to stopping 'offensive light' during solar observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13099

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[18 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0482.14; Reel 1055
Summary:

Notifies commissioners of Treasury that Mastership of Mint is not included among official government offices listed in Superannuative Act.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9236

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[21 March 1852]
Source of text:
Univ. of Witwatersrand
Summary:

Gives RM a letter from Charles Bell [see Bell's 1851-10-28] on a geological map and collection prepared by Andrew Bain. Suggests the British Museum might wish to purchase Bain's collection of fossils.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12665

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
23 March [1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0086 & L-0085; Reel 1054
Summary:

Suggestions and diagrams for projecting sound great distances by means of small arms and parabolic reflectors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14798

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[23 March 1852]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Misc F26F1.1
Summary:

The theoretical considerations that JH would take into account if he were going to study the subject of 'increasing and conveying to great distances and in given directions the reports of guns or other explosive instruments, as signals.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14799

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[24 March 1852]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Misc F26F1.2a
Summary:

A note probably accompanying JH's 1852-3-23. Comments concerning someone's collection.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13426

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Charles Edward Trevelyan?]
Date:
[28 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0661; Reel 1089
Summary:

After Treasury commissioners returned [Benedetto Pistrucci's]'s first memorial, to be transmitted through proper channels, JH hoped that [Pistrucci] would alter its content. But because [Pistrucci] insisted, JH forwarded it to Treasury again.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12888

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
W. C. Peters
Date:
[29 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0300; Reel 1054
Summary:

Explains algebraic equation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1886

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[29 March 1852]
Source of text:
WT 76066
Summary:

As part of a discussion about decimal coinage, JH states that an early issue of florins is contemplated.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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