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Herschel3027

From:
Wilhelm Struve
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.137
Summary:

Has arrived from Paris and will continue to Hamburg. Regrets not being able to revisit Collingwood. Requests JH's work concerning the southern skies.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4553

From:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.229
Summary:

Thanks JH for Gamma Scorpii observations. Plans to have Edinburgh Observatory record observations of 2-3000 stars over 30 years. Edinburgh observations for 1841 published.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7500

From:
Thomas Galloway
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.17; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of 'splendid volume' [JH's Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7473

From:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/4.20; Reel 9
Summary:

Copy [of JH's Cape Results] sent to French king. Kings of Hanover and Holland have accepted. AP today paid £1000 to Drummonds [for JH's publishing costs].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1957

From:
John William Lubbock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 August 1847]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.36
Summary:

Thanks JH for the receipt of a report of JH's work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7501

From:
Robert Main
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.18; Reel 9
Summary:

Received JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7503

From:
Charles Manley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.20; Reel 9
Summary:

[Form letter] Institution of Civil Engineers acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7502

From:
Ralph Tatham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.19; Reel 9
Summary:

Received personal copy of JH's Cape Results, and three for College Library, J. C. Adams, and Cambridge Philosophical Society. Please advise on propriety of sending letter of thanks to Duke of Northumberland [Algernon Percy]. [9 Aug.postscript:] Visited [T. W.] Hornbuckle last week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11241

From:
William Lassell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.132
Summary:

Note to accompany details of WL's observations of the satellite of Neptune. [Details are found in WL's letter to H. C. Schumacher of 1847-8-6.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7504

From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.21; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for Cape Results. Placed it next to account of the Northumberland Equatorial and Dome.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7476

From:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/4.22; Reel 9
Summary:

Sent copies [of JH's Cape Results] to royal sovereigns in seven nations. Encloses letter from Russian ambassador, F. I. Brunnov. Agrees with JH about 'large Commission' on account for publishers Smith, Elder & Co. AP owes letter to former U.S. minister Edward Everett in Boston; will send [Cape Results] with it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9289

From:
William Empson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.43
Summary:

Is grateful to JH for undertaking to review Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos. Regarding copyright and printing of this book.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7505

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.22; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for [Cape Results]. Feels JH 'let off [James] Dunlop in a softer stile than he deserves.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7506

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.23; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for Cape Results. Special comments on JH's 'method of sequences' and cometary theory. Refers to article on Halley's Comet in Astronomische Nachrichten. Reports observations of Saturn's satellites and orbit of Gamma Virginis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7507

From:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.24; Reel 9
Summary:

Received JH's note of 8 [Aug 1847] and went immediately to Smith, Elder & Co., but no copies [of JH's Cape Results] were ready. Will gladly transmit them to recipients designated by JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7434

From:
James Hayday
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/3.4; Reel 9
Summary:

Sent eleven copies [of JH's Cape Results] to Northumberland House to be packed and sent to destinations chosen by [Algernon Percy] Duke of Northumberland. Encloses JH's account.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7509

From:
Spencer J. A. Compton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.26; Reel 9
Summary:

Thanks for [Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7508

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.25; Reel 9
Summary:

Assures JH that [Cape Results] will receive warm welcome in libraries of India. Suggests other recipients there. Send copies with dispatches from India House.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7510

From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.27; Reel 9
Summary:

Asked [William] Empson to write to JH about 'republication.' Thanks for [Cape Results]. Invites JH to visit. Glad that JH voted for [J. G. Shaw-]Lefevre [for M.P. from Cambridge].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5477

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.378
Summary:

Will be pleased to dispose of the copies of the Reports when they arrive. Thanks for his own copy. Maria Edgeworth will be pleased with hers.

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John Herschel Project
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