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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
François N. M. Moigno
Date:
[27 August 1857]
Source of text:
Dunedin Public Lib.
Summary:

Invites FM to visit him at Collingwood on his return trip to Paris from the B.A.A.S. meeting in Dublin.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
François N. M. Moigno
Date:
[18 July 1863]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.37
Summary:

Writes to FM to show several ways in which a series of prisms may be used in a spectroscope to have the light exiting in the same line as it entered the spectroscope. [Appends 4 pages of diagrams.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
François N. M. Moigno
Date:
[30 January 1864]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.29 (Cdraft: RS:HS 25.15.20 & ACCS: TxU:H/L-0244; Reel 1054)
Summary:

FM has published, in translation, JH's article ['Weather and Weather Prophets' (1864)], already published in Good Words. JH was not aware that this was FM's intent, and JH warns him that some editors may be sensitive about such matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
François N. M. Moigno
Date:
[26 March 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0245; Reel 1054 (Cdraft: RS:HS 25.15.22)
Summary:

Corrections to reports in 12 Mar. 1866 issue of Les Mondes regarding ecclesiastical titles in England, William Whewell's career, and W. T. Brande's role at Royal Mint. Also, English do not eat cats; 'catsup' is made of vegetables. Nor was JH's daughter [Maria Sophia] ever acquainted with late [Ludovico] Calandrelli.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project