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From:
[J. S. C.] Schweigger
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1822
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.413
Summary:

Sends pages from his publication. Wishes to know if JH has received previous two packages accompanied by detailed letters through Heinnemann [?] in London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.346
Summary:

Has had a letter from George Peacock. Regarding the Lucasian Professorship at Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Claude S. M. Pouillet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.183
Summary:

Tells JH to meet a Monsieur Debure [?] while in Brussels; arranges a time.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Daniel Clarke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822 or earlier]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.259
Summary:

Forgot to mention it last time they were together that another mammoth has been found at Trumpington. This agrees with G. C. L. D. Cuvier's theories. Regarding the ore JH has just analyzed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Daniel Clarke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822 or earlier]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.260
Summary:

Thanks for his kind note. Mr. Harrison wishes him to prepare a paper for the R.S.L. Will find his experiments continued in the next number of Thomson's Annals. As soon as his blow pipe is repaired he will let him know.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.476
Summary:

Regrets having missed JH. Has observed the seven satellites of Saturn and the fifth star of the Trapezium. Wishes to observe some of the objects observed by Wilhelm Struve.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Joseph Goodall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1822
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.142
Summary:

Hopes his second paper will not falsify the opinion. Would like his objections or comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Joseph Goodall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1822
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.143
Summary:

Hopes he will be more pleased with the version of the epitaph he is enclosing. Would like to discuss it with him if he has the time to spare.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edinburgh Philosophical Journal
Date:
1822
Source of text:
Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, 6 (1822), 361-70
Summary:

Lays out various practical rules for the determination of the radii of a double acromatic object glass.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Kater
Date:
[1822 to 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.13.20
Summary:

Unable to be at Katers' home for dinner, but will arrive later. JH is pleased to find HK's and JH's measurements of Mars agree with those of JH's father, William, and compares these with some other measures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Samuel Lathan Mitchill
Date:
[1822]
Source of text:
Columbia Univ. Library
Summary:

Sends first volume of the 'Transactions' of the Astronomical Society to the Philosophical Society of New York.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Joseph Johann Littrow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 January 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.235-6
Summary:

Sends books and observations for various observatories. Comments on recent astronomical work. Points out some discrepancies in John Pond's works. Praises the telescopes of Josef Fraunhofer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 January 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.45
Summary:

Has only had 100 copies of his own tables printed. Difficulties as to whom he should send them. Regarding the observations of the old astronomers. Any news regarding the printing of Giuseppe Piazzi's paper?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Franz Xaver von Zach
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.360
Summary:

Thanks JH for the letter informing FZ of his nomination to the Astronomical Society. Describes how JH can send packages to Geneva via the British Consul.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Pearson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.150
Summary:

Thanks JH for the 'kind notices respecting the tabular numbers' in a paper of JH's. Comments on the demands made of William Herschel despite age and health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.415
Summary:

Gives directions for some time measurements involving rockets JS was planning in conjunction with JH. Mentions various double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
20 January [1822]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0621.1; Reel 1086
Summary:

John and William Langton will handle legal matter of Mr. Davenport's overdue rent. Sends JH's stockings. Mrs. Goodall says wonderful things about JH. Mary Baldwin leaves Slough on Wednesday. MH cannot stay alone; will seek another companion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 January 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.161
Summary:

Urges JH to come to Brighton and then to return with him to Cambridge; stresses that both he and Richard Jones are anxious to talk with JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 January 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.280
Summary:

Begs JH to leave work and relax with RJ and William Whewell at RJ's house.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Pierre Simon Laplace
Date:
[21 January 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.7 (C: 20.131)
Summary:

Advises PL that he has been elected an associate of the Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project