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Herschel9766

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Davies Gilbert
Date:
[17 April 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.252 (ACCS: RS:HS B26.30)
Summary:

On the poor functioning of the R.S.L. Glass Committee.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9767

From:
Davies Gilbert
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 April 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.111
Summary:

Thanks for his letter. Can JH or Charles Babbage suggest someone to experiment with glass? Michael Faraday? Regarding the £100 voted for John Newman or his assistant. Has to attend a local meeting on Wednesday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4648

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.32
Summary:

Observations on the position of professorship at Dublin, conditions of service, income, etc.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1518

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Dionysius Lardner
Date:
[20 April 1827]
Source of text:
APS B.H435p.2
Summary:

As G. B. Airy has chosen not to stand as a candidate for the astronomical position in Dublin [Astronomer Royal of Ireland], JH is strongly supporting DL for that position.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12984

From:
[George Biddell Airy]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1827]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0397; Reel 1055
Summary:

Dionysius Lardner is candidate for Dublin Observatory. Please send Edward Sabine's paper on longitude.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1829

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[1827-5]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.1
Summary:

On the questions of the usefulness of occultations and the use of mean time in astronomy, JH would much value WS's opinions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel600

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[3 May 1827]
Source of text:
RGO 6.803.21
Summary:

Comments on GA's response to an offer from Dublin [see JH's 1827-4-7]; also about the discussion in the Council of the R.S.L. of a report of experiments from William Whewell and GA; JH makes some disparaging remarks about the work of John Pond.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4649

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.33
Summary:

No news of Dublin. Remarks on a series of experiments. Observations on JH's paper on the Nautical Almanac.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3962

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
4?] May [1827
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0572; Reel 1058
Summary:

Received the first volume of Johann Pfaff's German translation of William Herschel's papers. Just completed a second catalog of double stars; review of nebulae going slowly. JH comments on his precise sweeps.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5789

From:
David Brewster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.260
Summary:

Would have answered his last letter sooner but has been confined to his house. Encloses specimen of calcareous spar. Has in the past carried out many experiments on this substance. Is he satisfied with a statement in the Optical Glass report? Missing Transactions for the library.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4510

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Thomson
Date:
[7 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.435b (C: RS:HS 20.253)
Summary:

Informs TT that the R.S.L. will print his paper on chromium. Discusses results obtained in TT's experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4019

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 May 1827]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

She 'can only think of what is past, and is for ever forgetting the present.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4953

From:
Giovanni B. Amici
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.340
Summary:

Regarding the telescope of the Rev. [T. J.?] Hussey of Chislehurst.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8016

From:
William Hyde Wollaston
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.284
Summary:

Corrects yesterday's mistake about 'Russian Platina.' It is chemically pure, but mechanically the worst.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3370

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1827-5[?]-16
Source of text:
RI 395-6 F3B
Summary:

Suggests change in composition of a pot to be made by [Apsley] Pellatt for an experiment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4650

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.34
Summary:

Further observations on JH's paper on the Nautical Almanac.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8665

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Johann Littrow
Date:
[17 May 1827]
Source of text:
NatLibScot MS.582, no.667
Summary:

Discusses JH's efforts to send various publications to JL and to receive publications from JL. Hopes Franz von Gruithuisen, whose 'strange' lunar observations are causing controversy, will come to England with his telescope. Discusses JH's progress in preparing a catalog of nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10021

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.356
Summary:

A silly imaginary dialogue among JH's servants, and about JG's travels in Devonshire.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel601

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[18 May 1827]
Source of text:
RGO 6.803.22
Summary:

Explains to GA the disposition, by the Committee on Papers of the R.S.L., of GA's experimental results [see JH's 1827-5-3].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1313

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.263
Summary:

Describes prismatic spectrum of flame of cyanogen and offers to repeat experiment with Michael Faraday for JH's benefit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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