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Herschel11609

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
[7 June 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.30
Summary:

Asks questions about how to proceed for the continuance of magnetic observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1927

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[7 June 1848]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.4
Summary:

Writes to tell of arrangements whereby the recipient of the letter may pick up a copy of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4478

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[12 June 1848]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

William Mann applies for Madras Observatory post; JH believes TM should be consulted for recommendation. [Andrew] Graham, observer for E. J. Cooper, discovered the asteroid Metis. Describes children's education.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8787

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William J. Hooker
Date:
[14 June 1848]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens
Summary:

WH's manuscript on botany for JH's Admiralty Manual has arrived and deserves praise. JH awaits three final manuscripts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3503

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[14 June 1848]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:426
Summary:

Asks WH to forward Dr. [Mortimer] O'Sullivan thanks for two sermons on preparation of the world for the reception of Christianity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5528

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick W. Beechey
Date:
[18 June 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.18 & 23.31
Summary:

Answers to FB's queries concerning the sympiesometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5529

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick W. Beechey
Date:
[20 June 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.19 & 23.32
Summary:

Further points regarding the sympiesometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel320

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
1848-7-15 or later
Source of text:
RGO 6.2.160
Summary:

Agrees that no requests for additional observations should be made of Thomas Maclear; Admiralty Manual is about to be printed [see GA's 1848-7-15].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3199

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Empson]
Date:
[16 July 1848]
Source of text:
St. John's College, Cambridge
Summary:

Declines to review C. R. Weld's book on Royal Society [A History of the Royal Society, 2 vols., London, 1848]. Fears will be unable to review Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos to own satisfaction.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel960

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[29 July 1848]
Source of text:
JHS 6.30
Summary:

MH is having dental trouble; JH talks about changing some of his plans saying 'The fact is I am a prisoner for life and know it.' But JH goes on to say that companionship means that he is not in solitary confinement. [It seems JH is giving up reading and research plans because of the needs of his family, but he does not regret it.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13414

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[B.A.A.S. Committee]
Date:
[31 July 1848]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0647; Reel 1089
Summary:

Unwilling to support request for government grant to Kew observatory. Wants to see improvements in report by B.A.A.S. committee first.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8643

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Charles Wheatstone]
Date:
[31 July 1848]
Source of text:
King's College London Wheatstone 5/36
Summary:

Declines to attend a meeting to prepare a proposal for government support for Kew Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3220

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[31 July 1848]
Source of text:
RS Sa.657
Summary:

Believes Kew Observatory will be ineffective if not private observatory of B.A.A.S., so wishes not to attend meeting to draw up application for government support. Approves, however, of committee revising report.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4398

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Venn
Date:
[2 August 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.461c
Summary:

Lists difficulties with the [Isaac] Pitman phonetic system for writing Oriental languages in the Roman alphabet. Problems include inaccurate vowel usage. Suggests a revised system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2937

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Venn[?]
Date:
[2 August 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.461b (C: RS:HS 23.33)
Summary:

Responds to a letter received long ago concerning sounds. Is convinced that a 'new printed and written character' is needed. Suggests consulting Pitman's phonotype system. Believes joint use of Roman, italic, and Greek characters would create a more complete system. Stresses that he is willing to correspond, but is unable to meet in person.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel556

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Richard Sheepshanks]
Date:
[18 August 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.356.159
Summary:

Comments on the quality of comparisons made on bars for standard lengths, and on the possible metals of which such standard bars might be made.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1855

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt]
Date:
[26 August 1848]
Source of text:
WT 68037.8
Summary:

Wants to be supplied with a copy of RH's work on the 'poetry of science' [RH's Poetry of Science, 1848].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14064

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Patrick Francis Robertson
Date:
[1848-9 or later]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0285.2 & Adraft inc: TxU:H/M-0295.2; Reel 1087
Summary:

Questions about PR's proposals regarding gold currency. Proposal 6, if unlimited, means that government will always buy [Consale?] at 90.5 and sell at 91.5, regardless of commercial market price.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2035

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Eliza Susan Quincy
Date:
[17 September 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.278 (C: RS:HS 23.34)
Summary:

Discusses state of affairs in France. Hopes celestial objects in Southern Hemisphere will continue to be studied. Praises astronomical work done in U.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2875

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[20 September 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.36
Summary:

Uneasy at no confirmation of arrival of sent Cape Results. Lists observatories to have received copies. Is preparing new edition of Treatise Astr., now titled Outlines Astr.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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