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Herschel13497

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[10 September 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0731; Reel 1089
Summary:

Confirms receipt of journals sent to JH by LQ. Calculations of probabilities for shots to hit targets.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1882

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[12 September 1865]
Source of text:
WT 67430.2
Summary:

Explains, according to the laws of probability, how the arrows should have been distributed on the archery target at St. Leonard's, and compares that with the actual distribution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2978

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[14 September 1865]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #43
Summary:

Has received packet mentioned in 1865-8-14. Lists works received. Gives lengthy explanation of the error made in the target example. Asks AQ to append a note, stating that JH is aware of the fallacious answer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7181

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[14 September 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.119
Summary:

About old friends, alive or dead; comments on a puzzle in probability; returns to JH's old haunts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3551

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Lady Helen Bayley Hamilton
Date:
[14?] September 1865
Source of text:
TCD 7762-72:1684
Summary:

Expresses condolences on death of William Hamilton, mentioning his work and character.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7182

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[25 September 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.120
Summary:

Comments further on probability [see JH's 1865-9-14]; JH's daughter Maria is to be married; fills letter with much nonsense.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9226

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[27 September 1865]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207117 (C: RS:HS 24.121)
Summary:

Marriage of daughter Maria set for 12 October. Daughter Amelia will visit Whewells in November. JH's Iliad translation nearly complete.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10930

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry James
Date:
[30 September 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.276 & 24.122
Summary:

Regrets delay in acknowledging his Notes on the Great Pyramid; it was due to a temporary loss of the work. Finds HJ's theory on the inclination of the passages very practical. Comments on the accuracy of the pyramid builders.

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John Herschel Project
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