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Herschel9867

From:
James A. Gordon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1853
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.201
Summary:

Saw Mrs. A. Gordon yesterday. Finds that JH dines alone; would be pleased if he would join him anytime when convenient. Had a long letter from Mr. Pellew today.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8849

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Augustus De Morgan]
Date:
[1853]
Source of text:
Univ. of London Library
Summary:

Has been reading AD's article on Mrs. Benton; agrees that AD has made it probable that she was involved in a private marriage. Comments on changing place of women in society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3475

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Edward Sabine?]
Date:
[1853]
Source of text:
RS Sa.685
Summary:

Postscript regarding the brothers [Adolphe, Hermann, and Robert] Schlagintweit and funding for their proposed expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7023

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
1853
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.131
Summary:

JH looking for some writings by Isaac Newton while at the Mint, but most of that seems to have vanished.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13112

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles [Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[1853?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0483.2; Reel 1055
Summary:

Reports gold coin production.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5430

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1853 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.377
Summary:

Number of half-crowns minted in the years 1832-53.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5446

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1853?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.393
Summary:

Send the names and addresses of any friends who may wish to see the Mint. Thanks for pamphlet on income tax.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13290

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1853-1]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.12; Reel 1053
Summary:

Family finances. Plans to let Charlotte go on Friday, to keep peace with regular cook. Will go to Naish on Saturday and bring daughters back on Monday. Will dine on Tuesday with new Chancellor of Exchequer [W. E. Gladstone]. Concern for daughter Amelia; with good nursing, she will grow new skin. Leonhard Schmitz's new Roman History is probably reproduction of B. G. Niebuhr's lectures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12750

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
Date:
[2 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0167; Reel 1054
Summary:

AH's father, Lord Aberdeen [G. Hamilton-Gordon] misunderstood JH, who never meant to suggest that office of deputy master of Mint was unnecessary. JH intended to stress that some responsibilities could be borne by only the Master.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13294

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
2?] January [1853
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.16; Reel 1053
Summary:

Thanks for MH's New Year's blessings. Divine help is sustaining JH in adversity. Family finances. Summary of 1852 accounts. Grandma [Mrs. Stewart] is ill. Mint business includes opening two Australian branches, large order for copper coinage, and decision about Mint's relationship to Bank of England. H. D. Harness is doing well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1380

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.30
Summary:

Surprised by length of spectrum produced by the combustion of metals, using electricity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel698

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1853]
Source of text:
JHS 1.90
Summary:

Talks about things being sent out to Collingwood, about bills and the shortness of money, and the pressure of work at the Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13029

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[James Calder] Stewart
Date:
[4 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0442; Reel 1055
Summary:

Asks for advice on JH's investments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1107

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[4 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.3
Summary:

Thanks GS for his paper on fluorescent spectra; JH is interested in having these rays used on quartz, hoping to find his 'thermic' rays acting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2925

From:
J. F. Julius Schmidt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.177
Summary:

Sends work on shooting stars. Requests all information on telescopic meteors. Realizes that the frequency (nombre horaire) and the variation (variation horaire) of the shooting stars remains unknown. Hopes for global cooperation in this matter. Sends work on total solar eclipse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14541

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.1; Reel 1093
Summary:

What quantity of copper coins for Ireland and colonies should be called for in bids? Estimate at least 300 tons for Ireland. What quantity in sterling is equivalent to one ton of copper pence, halfpence, and farthings? What colony ordered half- and quarter-farthings? [JH annotation: Ton of copper = £224. Ionian Isles and Ceylon use small copper coins.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13331

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[8 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0544.1; Reel 1053
Summary:

Frightened by MH's account of daughter Amelia's serious burns. Encloses revised account sheet that shows £196 missing. Son William will come to Collingwood soon. Saw daughter Caroline yesterday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1103

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[9 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.9.76
Summary:

Asks for William Lassell's address in Malta, as JH's son, William, may be able to stop in to visit Lassell.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6382

From:
Charles Hay Cameron
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.147
Summary:

Sending letters of introduction for JH's son [William] when he visits India and wishing him success in his appointment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13293

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
10?] January [1853
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.15; Reel 1053
Summary:

Thank daughter Isabella for account of Amelia Herschel's condition. Bank [of England] is in trouble again. Lists [Christmas] cards received. Attended Michael Faraday's wonderful lecture last night.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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