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Herschel872

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1845-12
Source of text:
JHS 4.24
Summary:

Writes to ask MH's advice about ordering flowers for planting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel873

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1845-12
Source of text:
JHS 4.25
Summary:

A little news, including some comments about JH's health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8315

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Radcliffe Birt]
Date:
[8 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.121
Summary:

JH suffering chest pains. Delighted that WB again observed 'great symmetrical wave.' Sun's effect on atmosphere is like the wake of 'Leviathan going round & round in a confined ... harbour.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4027

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[8 December 1845]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0590.13; Reel 1058
Summary:

George Airy, George Peacock, and [Adam] Sedgwick are visiting Collingwood for Christmas. Airy writes JH that an American astronomer named [Ormsby] 'Mitchell' has seen Antares double. JH reports that William Lassell and W. R. Dawes have observed the 7th Saturnian satellite and also another of the six satellites of the 'Georgium Sidus' [Uranus]. JH is confident that his Cape Results will go to the presses in January.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel402

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[9 December 1845]
Source of text:
RGO 6.193.234
Summary:

Is skeptical of the American observations [see GA's 1845-12-8], and reports other observations communicated to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2518

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[10 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.428 (C: RS:HS 22.260)
Summary:

Invites AS to Collingwood for Christmas. JH has been ill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9031

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Bellas Greenough
Date:
1845-12-19.
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London Greenough
Summary:

Sending statement [written by C. White on Turkish coal fields] relating to the Coal Committee on which JH has been a 'sleeping partner.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel875

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[19 December 1845]
Source of text:
JHS 4.27
Summary:

About travel arrangements for MH's return home, along with the health of the family, and JH's progress on his latest book [Cape Results?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1806

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
20 December 1845
Source of text:
Elizabeth M. Milton
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel5365

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[20 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.312
Summary:

Health has improved. Regarding an experiment carried out at the Royal Institution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9435

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
[20 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.185 & 22.261
Summary:

Sends details of an experiment he would like MF to carry out. Cannot do it himself as he has no suitable glass.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1085

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Stuart Mill
Date:
[22 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.6.30
Summary:

Sorry for the delay in response; JH has been ill for some time. JM has objected to P. S. Laplace's theory of probabilities; JH strongly supports Laplace.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12593

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Georg Merz & Son
Date:
[24 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.6.31
Summary:

Some modifications to the telescope ordered [see JH's 1845-11-7].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1201

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Bellas Greenough
Date:
1845-12-24 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.18
Summary:

AS JH understands the matter [see GG's 1845-12-23], GG is the only knowledgeable member of the committee, and so it will be up to GG to present information and propose some means of moving ahead. JH makes some critical remarks about the nature of B.A.A.S. committees.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel410

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[31 December 1845]
Source of text:
RGO 6.193.217
Summary:

Will consider GA's objections [see GA's 1845-12-27] when JH works further on double star orbits.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4334

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[31 December 1845]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Karl Hencke discovers the asteroid Astrea. Admiralty orders complete equatorial for Cape Observatory; JH explains delay. Complains of poor health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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