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Herschel6398

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Julia Margaret Cameron
Date:
[5 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.163 & 24.140
Summary:

Cannot give advice on the artistic merits of her photographs as he is not qualified, but offers suggestions and praise on the mechanics of the art.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4317

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
B. W. S. Vallack
Date:
[16 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.417b (C: RS:HS 24.141)
Summary:

Suggests weaknesses in BV's plans for a binocular telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6633

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[16 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.142
Summary:

Main object in translating Homer was to 'wipe off the stigma cast on English hexameters by such people as Tennyson.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3343

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[George Gabriel Stokes]
Date:
[23 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS RR.6.149
Summary:

Reports on paper [R.S.P.T., 156, 181-] by [William] Huggins on spectra of certain nebulae with mode of determining their brightness. Doubts some presuppositions, but regards paper as fit for publication in R.S.P.T.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8516

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Jean Baptiste André Dumas]
Date:
[24 February 1866]
Source of text:
Académie des sciences (Paris)
Summary:

Thanks for having sent a copy of the works of Antoine Lavoisier [3 vols., 1862-65, ed. by JD].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11167

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Ernst F. W. Klinkerfues
Date:
[24 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.57
Summary:

Has now received his pamphlet. Does not agree with its findings, but will submit it to the R.S.L., though it cannot be printed in R.S.P.T. as it has already appeared elsewhere. Comments on some of EK's theories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1433

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[24 February 1866]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H709 (ACCS: RS:HS 19.157b)
Summary:

Forwarding copy of paper by Ernst F. W. Klinkerfues; EK purports to show that movement of a star toward or away from an observer will affect its refraction in an achromatic prism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2569

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[26 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.143
Summary:

Has heard about William Whewell's accident. Hopes he will recover, but knows his advanced age may hinder this. Wishes WS to send news of progress.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel16

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[27 February 1866]
Source of text:
RGO 6.381.444
Summary:

About William Whewell's accident, and the ideas of E. F. W. Klinkerfüss on the behavior of light due to the motion of a star source.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1435

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[28 February 1866]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H710
Summary:

Agrees with GS's assessment of Ernst Klinkerfüss's paper [see GS's 1866-2-27].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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