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Herschel8930

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[1 May 1860]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1697 (May 5, 1860), 617 & John Taylor, The Great Pyramid, 2nd. ed. (
Summary:

[Following up on JH's 1860-4-23,] notes another numerical relationship between the dimensions of the Great Pyramid and those of the earth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2396

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[3 May 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.301
Summary:

Too ill to work on anything besides nebula catalogue. Discusses recent meteorological phenomena, period of solar spots, and great pyramid.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8927

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Photographic News
Date:
[7 May 1860]
Source of text:
Photographic News, 4 (May 11, 1860), 13
Summary:

Discusses the possibility of stereoscopic photography of action scenes. Also speculates about color photography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12745

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Milner Gibson
Date:
[16 May 1860]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0161.2; Reel 1054
Summary:

Declines nomination to commission to prepare for International Statistical Conference meeting in London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel882

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[25 May 1860]
Source of text:
JHS 5.3
Summary:

Comments extensively on the calculation, and elimination, of error in geodesic measurements; JH concludes with a few family news items.

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John Herschel Project
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