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Herschel10024

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.359
Summary:

Looking for winter lodgings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10211

From:
Mary Ann Gilpin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.97
Summary:

Her mother has died and she would like him to use his influence at the R.S.L. to raise a subscription for the benefit of her and her brothers and sisters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12281

From:
Joseph Nicolas Nicollet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.137
Summary:

Has just returned from the Alps, where he worked on the glacier at Chamouny and in the St. Bernard. Comments on his work and on the work of the actinometer. Regrets to hear of the death of Mrs. Babbage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9769

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Davies Gilbert
Date:
[5 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.263
Summary:

Comments on geodesical measurements being made in Ireland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10025

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.360
Summary:

Has taken lodgings at 5 Kensington Square, and now needs introductions to friends of the Herschels in the area [letter completed 1827-10-8].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1208

From:
[Aimé] Guinand
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.29a
Summary:

Would like to establish himself in England for the purpose of making high quality glass using a process developed by his father [P. L. Guinand].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9017

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas John Hussey
Date:
[11 October 1827]
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London MS Graves 23(1) (draft: RS:HS 10.138 & C: 20.264)
Summary:

Has been able to destroy a large portion of the color of brown sugar by the use of chlorine. If these hints are of use to TH's friend, TH may convey them.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3853

From:
William Rowan Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 October 1827]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Sorry that he could not meet JH when JH was in Dublin; hopes to be introduced to JH soon. Answers JH's queries about WH's work; explains that he is studying 'the general properties of systems of rays, and of the surfaces with which they are connected.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel602

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[18 October 1827]
Source of text:
RGO 6.803.29
Summary:

Comments on GA's work on the solar tables, GA's pending paper on eyepieces, and on the quality of observations made at Greenwich and Paris; GA is intending to repeat the experiment of swinging a pendulum in a mine, and JH believes the Board of Longitude can provide the equipment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5012

From:
Vincenzo Amici
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.393
Summary:

His father is ill. Wishes to thank everyone for their kindness to his father on his recent visit to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1209

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Aimé] Guinand
Date:
[20 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.29b
Summary:

Tells AG that JH is a member of a committee looking for ways of making better glass, so AG should not reveal any secrets to JH. JH provides the names of the leading telescope-makers in London, whom AG may wish to contact.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1210

From:
Thomas Colby
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.31
Summary:

Is still looking for suitable people to work in the glass experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9608

From:
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.349
Summary:

Expressing the thanks of the Académie for Observations made with a 20-foot telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3042

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.197
Summary:

Thanks JH for letter. Regrets having missed possibility of seeing JH while in England. Asks JH to convince [Charles] Babbage to pass through Brussels instead of Rotterdam.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4651

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.35
Summary:

Requesting a copy of JH's paper on 'Object planes.' Encloses with this letter his own paper on 'Eyepieces.' Requesting that Greenwich Observations be sent to the University Library, Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9480

From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.226
Summary:

Is having some of JH's friends to dinner and would be pleased if he would join them. Affairs of the Geological Society. Has notice from Capt. P. P. King with specimens from the Straits of Magellan.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1306

From:
Charles Tulley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.32
Summary:

Comments on [Pierrre] Guinand's glass making process. Believes the glass made Guinand's way will be too expensive [see JH's 1827-10-20].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12168

From:
Claude Louis Mathieu
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.26
Summary:

Thanks for the works. How can he send some for the R.S.L. and Astronomical Society?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3195

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[27 October 1827]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:15
Summary:

Thanks for, praises, and comments on WH's 'Systems of Rays' paper. Says WH will have a distinguished career. Mentions other works and hopes to forward them with others he receives to WH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9061

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.169
Summary:

Hopes to draw up 'a comparative view of the chemical and mineralogical classification of fossils....' Asks JH's view of J. J. Berzelius's system of chemical notation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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