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Herschel2855

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.135
Summary:

Discusses recent magnetic disturbances and their publication, as well as sending reports on them to G. B. Airy, Humphrey Lloyd, C. F. Gauss, and others.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12342

From:
R[obert] A[nnesley] Ogilvie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1841?-12]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.199
Summary:

Due to the death of George Birkbeck, the Committee of Management of the London Mechanics Institute would like JH to become President. [Note by JH: declined.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6594

From:
Francis R[awdon] Chesney
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.335
Summary:

Encountered storm and lost the Tigris and 20 men. Would like a preface on this subject from JH for his own forthcoming book.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13793

From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1841]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0145.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

Agrees to meet JH and Edward Sabine on Saturday. Kew Observatory was given to R.S.L., but R.S.L. has not yet taken possession of it. [JH annotation: election of General Morrison to R.S.L.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11032

From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 December 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.374
Summary:

Sends some extracts from the Acts. Regarding the enforcement of the rates. To Lady Herschel: Should have let him know when they were in town. Believes Mrs. Jones is going on well at Brighton. Sets out for Cambridge to see William Whewell tomorrow. Hears rooms of Henry VIII have been opened for parties.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2898

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 December 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.389
Summary:

Asks about the claim that JH professes that the moon affects the atmosphere and about possibly related research. Received paper on constellations for Astronomische Nachrichten.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel102

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 December 1841]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.265 (C: RGO 6.675.267 inc)
Summary:

Asks the Physical Committee (Chair, JH) of the R.S.L. to note the concurrent disturbances of magnetometers and the appearance of aurora borealis, and to make a long term study of this relationship.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel103

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 December 1841]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.268
Summary:

Points out an error in the instructions for magnetic observers provided for the Antarctic expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1746

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 December 1841]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0627.15 (C: RGO 6.340.340)
Summary:

A letter accompanying a 'fair copy' of the Report of the Standards Commission; GA indicates he has incorporated the views of all members of the Commission.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14815

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1841]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

Sends JH a copy of Thomas Maclear's base measurements, and will transmit JH's letter to Maclear.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6340

From:
Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.103
Summary:

Has heard that J. D. Forbes will be leaving Edinburgh to work in Glasgow, where the salary is higher. Would like JH's support for a movement to increase the salary so that Forbes may be retained at Edinburgh.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3314

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 December 1841]
Source of text:
St. Andrews LB III, 292- (C: RS:HS 7.298)
Summary:

About various testimonials, from JH and others, for JF's application for a government pension.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3075

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.240
Summary:

As 'perpetual Secretary' of the Academy, AQ expresses thanks for JH's work 'On the Advantages to be Obtained by a Revision and Re-arrangement of the Constellations.'

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John Herschel Project
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