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Herschel8642

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hannah M. Bouvier
Date:
[2 March 1857]
Source of text:
Huntington Library
Summary:

Thanks for HB's Familiar Astronomy. Praises it as a good introduction to astronomy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2370

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[15 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.191
Summary:

Writing article [for Encyclopaedia Britannica] on meteorology. Asks questions regarding work of [H. W.] Dove and [Thomas?] Taylor regarding cyclone and storm theory. Discusses barometric fluctuation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1133

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Wrottesley
Date:
[15 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.12.3
Summary:

Comments on a number of resolutions of the R.S.L., as always encouraging keeping government activity at a distance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1356

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
March 17/57
Source of text:
HS 17.386, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel179

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[17 March 1857]
Source of text:
RGO 6.251.265
Summary:

Expresses unease about P. S. Laplace's formulation of the barometric determination of height; in a postscript comments that Michael Faraday's lecture on conservation of force is a 'strange production.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3567

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
[17 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.386
Summary:

Thanks for lecture on glacier cleavage. Wonders how 'regelation' occurs when two masses of ice at 32° are placed in contact.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8611

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[18 March 1857]
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society
Summary:

JH's health is improving. Sends a portion of a letter from Thomas Maclear regarding Dr. [David] Livingstone's observations. Suggests the portion be read at the Geographical Society. Asks RM to invite Livingstone to visit JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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