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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.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2544

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[3 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.453 (C: RS:HS 24.123)
Summary:

JH's daughter Maria is getting married. JH has been ill. The Iliad translation is almost finished.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1956

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Editor of the Intellectual Observer
Date:
[3 October 1865]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.35
Summary:

A French civil engineer having proposed in the previous issue of the IO the idea of supporting roofs on the principle of the suspension bridge, JH reports that JH came up with this idea in 1836 and provides a sketch of such that JH made in that year.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel355

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.478.479 (drafts RS:HS 1.284 & 24.12)
Summary:

Is working on a problem in polarized light, and finds his result disagreeing with F. J. D. Arago's third law; leads JH to think light cannot be undulatory in nature.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8951

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Date:
[18 October 1865]
Source of text:
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Proceedings, 5 (1866), 11-12
Summary:

Suggests a method employing compressed air for cooling the working area in a deep mine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9227

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[22 October 1865]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207118 (C: RS:HS 24.125)
Summary:

Asks WW to welcome Mr. Prescott, a minister taking a position in Cambridge. Comments on a new Iliad translation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12852

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Arthur James Melhuish
Date:
[27 October 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0258; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH's son William now lives in Bengal. JH cannot explain why William's membership to Amateur Photographic Association is unpaid. Will notify William in JH's next letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel356

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.478.487
Summary:

Comments on GA's explanations about polarized light, and discusses GA's idea of the nature of light [see GA's 1865-10-18].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel471

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.15.77
Summary:

Saddened by the poor treatment of W. H. Smyth [see GA's 1865-10-18].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel982

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[29 October 1865]
Source of text:
JHS 6.57
Summary:

A 'pep talk' from father to son on the occasion of son John's birthday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel178

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.256.299
Summary:

Passes along a report that someone took a 4-foot telescope to the top of Snowdon [mountain], from where he could see the eight satellites of Saturn and the rings of Neptune.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel357

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[31 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.478.493
Summary:

Realizes that GA is quite correct [see GA's 1865-10-30]; JH had neglected a basic principle about interference.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2027

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Bartholomew Price
Date:
[1 November 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.58 (C: RS:HS 24.126)
Summary:

Offers solutions to some of the problems in BP's Infinitesimal Calculus about which BP asked [see BP's 1865-10-28]. Raises a problem in probability theory regarding archery targets for BP.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9231

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1865-11]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207122 (C: RS:HS 24.130)
Summary:

Thanks WW for and comments on his suggestions on JH's translation of Book XXIV of Homer's Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9229

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[3 November 1865]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207119 (C: RS:HS 24.127)
Summary:

Sends Book XXIV of JH's Iliad translation. Pleased with his translation, but worries whether a publisher will take it. JH's daughter Maria enjoyed visiting WW; daughter Amelia arriving soon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2546

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[10 November 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.455 (C: RS:HS 24.128)
Summary:

Asks that AS show JH's son Alexander around Norwich when he arrives there. Reflects on changes in geology. Has finished hexameter Iliad translation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1432

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[15 November 1865]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H708
Summary:

A letter of introduction on behalf of the Prescott family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8792

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Stanley Jevons
Date:
[23 November 1865]
Source of text:
John Rylands University Library of Manchester (C: RS:HS 10.321 & 24.129)
Summary:

Is grateful for his valuable work on the Coal question. Such a work has been long wanted. Used to have a theory himself that the tides might be utilized, but working it out found it was not economic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12602

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 November 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0024; Reel 1054
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of Royal Observatory's astronomical, meteorological, and magnetic observations for 1863.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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