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Herschel6516

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Spencer J. A. Compton
Date:
[1 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.46
Summary:

Comments unfavorably on Admiralty's attitude to matters concerning magnetic observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6983

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[7 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.47
Summary:

About a number of new associate members of the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4222

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[7 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.48
Summary:

Will miss R.A.S. meeting; asks WS to take chair. William Lassell announces discovery of Hyperion; believes he may have also observed an eighth satellite of Saturn.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1856

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt]
Date:
[8 November 1848]
Source of text:
WT 68037.9
Summary:

Thanks RH for a copy of RH's Poetry of Science, and comments on an experiment in growing seeds under glass and in darkness.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6985

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[11 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.50
Summary:

Asks for reference to date of discovery of the moon's variation by Aboul Wefa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8908

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[11 November 1848]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1100 (Nov. 25, 1848), 1176
Summary:

Reports that JH will discuss the discovery of Neptune in his forthcoming Outlines Astr. Mentions Benjamin Peirce's calculations regarding Neptune.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1127

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[12 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.11.9
Summary:

Strongly supports W. E. Weber as the best candidate for the receipt of the Rumford Medal [see CW's 1849-11-10].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8909

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[13 November 1848]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1099 (Nov. 18, 1848), 1149
Summary:

Reports witnessing a lunar rainbow, including a secondary rainbow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8571

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Charles] Wentworth Dilke
Date:
[15 November 1848]
Source of text:
BostonPubLib Ms.KF, v.3, No. 296
Summary:

Regarding the letter on the planet Neptune, which JH submitted to the Athenaeum [see Athenaeum, #1100 (Nov. 25, 1848), 1176], JH requests suppression of the final paragraph 'referring to certain peculiar ideas of Professor [Benjamin] Peirce.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3166

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[15 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS Sa.658
Summary:

Supports proposed course of action to procure for [Francis] Ronalds half of the grant and recognition given to [Charles] Brooke alone for similar photographic invention.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8910

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[20] November 1848
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1100 (Nov. 25, 1848), 1179
Summary:

Provides a rule for dividing vanishing lines in perspective drawing. [Written by 'Geometer', i.e., JH.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3423

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
[21 November 1848]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 87
Summary:

Thanks for medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4494

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[26 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.52
Summary:

Gives suggestions for Edinburgh Board of Visitors. Gives no specific names, but says it should include theoretical and practical astronomers, geographers, and meteorologists.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6986

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[28 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.53
Summary:

Arrangements about meetings and signing of the R.A.S. testimonials.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel43

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[28 November 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.370.84
Summary:

Thanks GA for his letter [see GA's 1848-11-27] and brings the whole episode to a close.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9170

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[28 November 1848]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20774 (C: RS:HS 23.49)
Summary:

Comments on a philosophical paper by [Robert Leslie] Ellis, sent him by WW. Discusses his own and Ellis's views on physical causality.

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John Herschel Project
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