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Herschel9472

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry W. Field
Date:
[27] October 1859
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.218 & 23.279
Summary:

Testimony to the value of HF's work when JH was Master of the Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2387

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[28 October 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.281
Summary:

Requests information concerning a letter to the Treasury, which ES had asked JH to write, regarding funding for [meteorological] stations in Vancouver, Shanghai, Newfoundland, and the Falkland Islands.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000424

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
unknown
Date:
November 1859
Source of text:
MM/9/3, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel877

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1859-[11]
Source of text:
JHS 4.28
Summary:

Talks about the death of Elizabeth Baily, and the beauty of the fall flowers; comments on correspondence that has arrived, and includes some family news.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel897

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1859-[11]
Source of text:
JHS 5.17
Summary:

Reports to MH on the contents of Elizabeth Baily's will [JH is given the house in Tavistock Place], and adds some family news, concluding by commiserating with MH's situation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13496

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1 November 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0729; Reel 1089
Summary:

Responds to [?]'s 21 Oct. 1859 letter to John Phillips expressing Prince Albert's interest in the impact that proposed B.A.A.S. magnetic and meteorological observations will have on Treasury funds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3224

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Grey
Date:
[2 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS Sa.669
Summary:

Outlines B.A.A.S.'s proposals regarding magnetic and meteorological observations, to be laid before Prince Albert.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8613

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Royal Geographical Society
Date:
4] November [1859
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society
Summary:

Requests that proofs of his paper ['On a New Projection of the Sphere'] be sent to him at 37 Tavistock Place.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7118

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[7 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.282
Summary:

Comments on fluorescence and the contents of Francis Baily's desk drawer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8380

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Dickens
Date:
[7 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.195
Summary:

Sorry to trouble CD with note today regarding occupying the premises.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8614

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Royal Geographical Society
Date:
[7 November 1859]
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society
Summary:

Asks that the diagrams alluded to be printed with JH's paper ['On a New Projection of the Sphere'].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2389

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[8 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.283
Summary:

Will accompany ES to Kew Observatory. Serving as legatee for the recently deceased Elizabeth Baily, sister of Francis Baily.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6833

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Warren de La Rue
Date:
[8 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.284
Summary:

Further questions about the physical optics of telescopes [see JH's 1859-8-27].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11563

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Cornewall Lewis
Date:
[9 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.480 & 23.285
Summary:

Recommending J. D. Forbes as a suitable person for the appointment of Principal at the University of St. Andrews.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3276

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
[9 November 1859]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 167
Summary:

Wishes JF success and rest in his new position [at St. Andrews].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel857

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1859]
Source of text:
JHS 4.9
Summary:

Of the comings and goings of some of their daughters in London; other family matters, including finances.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10432

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Stewart Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.286
Summary:

Reports on a meeting of the R.A.S., mostly talking about sun spots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2393

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[13 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.252 (C: RS:HS 23.287)
Summary:

Reluctant to recommend undertaking major scientific projects in colonies at government expense. Believes situation there will work itself out.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1596

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
[17 November 1859]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/TR64 (C: RS:HS 23.288)
Summary:

Thanks for several papers; JH describes article on telescopes he has prepared for the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3547

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[18 November 1859]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:1129 (C: TCD 1493:1130, TCD 7762-72:1460)
Summary:

Again admires WH's quaternions but begs that WH make them more accessible. Suggests book with rules clearly stated and examples relating them to ordinary problems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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