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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Peter Mark Roget
Date:
[22 December 1830]
Source of text:
RS DM.4.106 (ACCS: RS:HS B26.43)
Summary:

Will not be coming to either meeting [see James Hudson's 1830-12-18], because JH has fully expressed himself previously on the matter of Southern Hemisphere observations, and had already asked to be excused from further association with Glass Committee and any other connection with 'that subject.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Peter Mark Roget
Date:
[23 February 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.24
Summary:

JH writes to excuse himself from a meeting the following day at which Charles Babbage's calculating engine will be discussed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Peter Mark Roget
Date:
[5 March 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.30
Summary:

Declines to serve on a committee to assist the Council of the R.S.L. to revise its charter and statutes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Peter Mark Roget
Date:
[23 February 1841]
Source of text:
Lion Heart Autographs
Summary:

Notes interest expressed by Macedonio Melloni in meteorological observations. Urges that R.S.L. Council give its attention to the mass of meteorological observations that have accumulated.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Peter Mark Roget
Date:
3 June 1842
Source of text:
MM/16/151, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Peter Mark Roget
Date:
[14 October 1843]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0340; Reel 1054
Summary:

Construction of JH's new instrument for photographing spectral lines is still incomplete, and A. E. Becquerel has already announced discovery. JH will return £100 granted to JH by R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project