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Herschel1102

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
1850-4-[24 or earlie
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.9.68
Summary:

[John Russell] Hind is being considered for the post of astronomer at Trivandrum in India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1618

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[25 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.103 (C: RS:HS 25.9.67)
Summary:

[Andrew] Graham is not interested in the post [see JH's 1850-4-23].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3504

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[26 April 1850]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:478
Summary:

A Mr. Patton has applied for a position as astronomer. Is he 'conversant with practical observing'?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13528

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[29 April 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0759; Reel 1089
Summary:

Reimbursement from Navy for bills paid by JH to Georg Merz for 'Cape Equatorial.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8632

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Hay Cameron
Date:
[1 May 1850]
Source of text:
Getty Center
Summary:

Thanks for sharing ideas of CC and Sir Edward Ryan regarding taking a step toward making India self-governing. Discusses these ideas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9030

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Bellas Greenough
Date:
[2 May 1850]
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London Greenough
Summary:

Thanks GG for a publication on mensuration. Praises it, but having never favored the French metrical system, JH doubts the usefulness of a system that departs from it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9174

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[5 May 1850]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20778 (C: RS:HS 23.86)
Summary:

Thanks for WW's paper on Aristotle. Discusses the philosophical meaning of the term conception. Mentions a visitation to the universities involving the Royal Commission on the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge [on which JH eventually served].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1941

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Julia Margaret] Cameron
Date:
[9 May 1850]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.20
Summary:

Thanks JC for the gift of her work The Virgin [Widow?], which both JH and his wife, Margaret, are anxious to read. JH also comments that he would like to discuss the Indian situation with JC's husband.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2132

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
[11 May 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.378
Summary:

Discusses the possibility of a large reflecting telescope being constructed for observation of the southern heavens.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3367

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[22 May 1850]
Source of text:
RS Sa.663
Summary:

Mentions cirrus cloud formations foreshadowing aurora. Is unable to attend R.S.L. committee meetings and concerned that 'outlying' members be able to relay opinions through letters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8911

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[27 May 1850]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1179 (June 1, 1850), 589
Summary:

Announces the discovery by Annibal de Gasparis of the asteroid Parthenope; gives its location.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel132

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[28 May 1850]
Source of text:
RGO 6.97.135
Summary:

Sends on announcement of 'new planet Parthenope' from Annibal de Gasparis at Naples.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8529

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Karl von Martius
Date:
[30 May 1850]
Source of text:
Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften 68, S. 116
Summary:

Thanks to the Royal Bavarian Academy of Science for electing JH a 'Foreign Member.' Trusts that the Academy received a copy of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12936

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Lord John Russell
Date:
[30 May 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0347.2; Reel 1054
Summary:

Received JR's letter as JH was preparing to leave home. Will consult with George Peacock and reply to JR soon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1594

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
[31 May 1850]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/TR62 (C: RS:HS 23.87)
Summary:

Continues opposed to application to government to support the 'Great Southern Reflector' [see JH's 1849-10-27]; responds to a number of specific queries about the construction of such a telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel835

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[2 June 1850]
Source of text:
JHS 3.21c
Summary:

George Peacock is seriously ill; Charles Lyell urged JH to see a hippopotamus that had been brought to London; news of family and friends.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13275

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Louisa Herschel
Date:
[1850 or later]-6-3
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0532; Reel 1053
Summary:

Gratitude that Louisa sustained her resolution and resisted temptation. Trust mother [MBH] if in doubt.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12937

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Lord John Russell
Date:
[4 June 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0348; Reel 1054
Summary:

Agrees to serve on proposed commission of enquiry into state of Cambridge University, provided that JH may resign if enquiry lasts more than one year.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel557

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[4 June 1850]
Source of text:
RGO 6.356.161
Summary:

Describes JH's decimal coinage system as he would like to see it introduced.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12495

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
1850-6-9 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.361
Summary:

Margaret Herschel will avail herself of the offer [see AP's 1850-6-9]; inquires what is happening to the letters from AP's father that JH had given to AP.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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