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Herschel4328

From:
William Prout
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.191
Summary:

Unable to attend [R.S.L.] council meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3462

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Edmund R.] Daniell
Date:
[25 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS DM.3.42
Summary:

Thanks managers of Royal Institution for generosity in offering facilities [to Optical Glass Committee] for erection of a furnace.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1215

From:
William Hyde Wollaston
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
27?] May [1827
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.36
Summary:

Will be out of town for next [R.S.L.?] council meeting. Comments on glass subcommittee report.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12279

From:
Joseph Nicolas Nicollet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.135
Summary:

Introducing his friend Mr. De Lavigne, who is visiting England. Mentioned him in his memoir on the Measure of the Arc.... Gives news of his own astronomical work. Edward Sabine arrives at the end of the month. Has obtained remarkable results with his two pendulums.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10149

From:
Olinthus G. Gregory
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.36
Summary:

Regrets he will be unable to dine with him as he will be engaged in Huntingdonshire. Outlines the regulations for foreigners to visit the Dockyard.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2947

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[29 May 1827]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #1
Summary:

Received letters of 8 Dec. through [Charles] Babbage, including interesting work on statistical returns for Netherlands. Rejoices at prospect of new observatory in Brussels. Promises to do his utmost to help. Honored to be correspondent of Academy of Brussels. Requests AQ address further letters to JH as 'President of Astronomical Society.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3040

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.195
Summary:

Asks where AQ can procure best instruments in England. Desires to view the interiors of English observatories. Wishes to have [Alexis] Bouvard, who is in need of a change of scene after [P. S.] Laplace's death, accompany him. Sees translations of English scientific works, especially JH's, as a desirable project.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10613

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Leonard Horner
Date:
[2 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.492 & 20.254
Summary:

Outlining his scheme for election of candidates to a post [appears to be an astronomer for an observatory].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8666

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Henderson
Date:
[3 June 1827]
Source of text:
NatLibScot MS.3419, f.86
Summary:

Has received TH's alterations for TH's publication. Astronomical Society's council is offering TH some volumes of Greenwich observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4954

From:
Giovanni B. Amici
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.341
Summary:

Relates the events of his journey to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9606

From:
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.347
Summary:

Sending to the R.S.L. Memoires of the Académie for 1823.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4280

From:
Teodoro Monticelli
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 June 1827]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-1028; Reel 1083
Summary:

Invites JH to Royal Academy of Science's museum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10254

From:
W. Herschel Griesbach
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.140
Summary:

Is in financial difficulties and would appreciate £80.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10214

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Goldingham
Date:
[12 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.100 & 20.255
Summary:

Comments on the observations in two of JG's papers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9607

From:
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.348
Summary:

Expressing the thanks of the Académie for the Discourse pronounced on the award of the medals at the Astronomical Society Apr. 1827.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4955

From:
Giovanni B. Amici
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.342
Summary:

Has sent Mr. Talbot's Microscopy. Has received a letter from Leopoldo Nobili. Observations on Nobili's experiments on the electrification of mercury.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13248

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[23 June 1827]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0519; Reel 1053
Summary:

Invitation from Duchess of Clarence [Adelaide] calls JH to London. Appointments with [Davies] Gilbert and R. H. Inglis on Monday. Will reschedule Board of Longitude meeting. Sent containers for Mr. Atherton. Paid MPH's bills. [Agnes] Kater is recovering. News of Beckwiths and James Grahame.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10215

From:
John Goldingham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.101
Summary:

Is grateful for his letter and also the address to the Astronomical Society. Comments on his own paper on satellites.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5266

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[27 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.211
Summary:

Announcing his decision of resigning from the Secretaryship of the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1248

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Davies Gilbert
Date:
[27 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.12 (C: RS:HS 20.257)
Summary:

Informs DG that JH is resigning as secretary of R.S.L. [at the anniversary date?] and expresses great regret that some regard the position of secretary not as an elected position, but in the patronage of the President.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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