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Herschel3247

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Hugh?] Falconer
Date:
1846
Source of text:
EUL:Gen523/4/30
Summary:

Needs information on [H?]F's government aid, publication plans, costs, to be presented at upcoming B.A.A.S. committee meeting for obtaining further funds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13177

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Venn
Date:
[1846 to 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0486; Reel 1055
Summary:

Hopes Sir R. H. Inglis explained JH's delay in answering. Missionaries have obligation to preserve unwritten languages. Suggests 'Phonotypic' system of [Isaac] Pitman, with some alterations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel666

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1846
Source of text:
JHS 1.58
Summary:

MH and Isabella are away; JH reports on how things are at home.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel811

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1846?]
Source of text:
JHS LMJF.45.1g
Summary:

Resolution to a problem of Peter Stewart seems to be occurring, so JH will not interfere; JH has seen a shower bath in which he is interested.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel813

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1846
Source of text:
JHS 3.14c
Summary:

JH is in poor health and asks MH to obtain more pills for him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel818

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1846]
Source of text:
JHS 3.14d
Summary:

Arrangements for JH's son William James and for travel to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel912

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1846 to 1850]
Source of text:
JHS 5.31
Summary:

About the health of several family members, and a desire to see MH return home.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12861

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[1846 to 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0268; Reel 1054
Summary:

W. S. Stratford, G. B. Airy, and JH agree that B.A.A.S. should publish star catalogs of N. L. Lacaille and J. J. L. Lalande without using government money. Proposes distribution to observatories. [JH annotation: Committee added two more observatories to list.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3287

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
1846
Source of text:
EUL:Gen523/4/29
Summary:

Finally encloses note to [Christian?] Schönbein. Says S will come to Southampton. Wonders whether can recommend purchase of S's secret or military adoption of it without overstepping limits. Comments on [H. C.] Oersted's discovery.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8907

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the R.A.S.
Date:
[1846]
Source of text:
R.A.S.M.N., 7 (1847), 95-6 inc
Summary:

Reports dimming of Beta Ursae Minoris since ca. 1840. States that it is a slowly variable star.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4320

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
1846-1
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.266
Summary:

Discusses the purchase price of Mme. Witte's lunar model.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1172

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1846 to 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.35
Summary:

Comments on proofs of WW's German translations. JH recommends that the magnetic observations already made should be reduced to show some results, rather than adding more observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8320

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
1846
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.123
Summary:

Box that [Thomas] Maclear indicated would contain Cape bulbs from Klapmuts, arrived yesterday containing common European roots. Perhaps wrong box was sent from London warehouse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10768

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[5 January 1846]
Source of text:
WT 68037.6 (C: RS:HS 10.121 & 22.264)
Summary:

RH's experiments are extremely interesting and deserve to be pursued. Comments on experiments made by Michael Faraday and others relating to the formation of crystals in a magnetic field and the effect such crystals have on polarized light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3700

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[7 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.43 (C: RS:HS 25.9.24)
Summary:

Thanks RS for his brochure [on the affairs of the Liverpool Observatory?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3701

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[12 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.44 (C: RS:HS 25.9.19)
Summary:

Is too busy to accept the office of Foreign Secretary of the R.A.S. Says he cannot even keep up with his correspondence at home. Has been forced to give up foreign correspondence altogether.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8781

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William J. Hooker
Date:
[14 January 1846]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens
Summary:

[James C.] Stewart has written to suggest the establishment of botanical gardens at the Cape. JH supports this idea. Would WH also?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel947

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[17 January 1846]
Source of text:
JHS 6.43
Summary:

The goods from Collingwood arrived safely; JH has seen and called on various people; Emma Stewart is 'poorly.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3702

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[19 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.45 (C: RS:HS 25.9.19)
Summary:

Clarifies his position with regard to becoming R.A.S. Foreign Secretary. Sets conditions under which he would allow his name to stand. Has been 'harassed' for the last two months by 'stomach derangements.' 'It is old Paracelsus's "Archaeus" in a fit of the Sulks.' On the disposal of some of Francis Baily's remaining manuscripts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1826

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
22 January 1846
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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