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Herschel2928

From:
G. Schwinck
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.181
Summary:

Humbly requests that JH accept his 'celestial map' and his infinite esteem.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8301

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Radcliffe Birt]
Date:
[2 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.107
Summary:

Has check for WB's expenses.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6129

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.255
Summary:

Has received official communication from the Treasury that the government will provide financial assistance to print the catalogues of stars. Both these catalogues and the one to be printed by the B.A.A.S. await their decision on star nomenclature.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2283

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.154
Summary:

Discusses state of science in France. Magnetic instruments were ordered for Algiers, but ES is uncertain whether they left Paris. Will send portion of magnetic report and letter from [A. D.] Bache among other things.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8302

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Radcliffe Birt]
Date:
[6 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.108
Summary:

Sends check. Asks for latitude and longitude of four American observation stations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10168

From:
John Henry Griesbach
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.55
Summary:

Amuses himself in his spare time with astronomy. Would like advice on the composition of the metal for the speculum. Hears that Miss Caroline Herschel is in good health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4737

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.127
Summary:

Regarding a telescope for Thomas Maclear.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6130

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[14 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.256 (C: RS:HS 25.8.58)
Summary:

Regarding the forthcoming publication of the star catalogues and matters arising. Has written a report on meteorological observations. Sends paper by J. H. Kay on the comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1074

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.6.17
Summary:

Has received a request from the Admiralty to order a new telescope for the Cape observatory; at the same time, JH has received an unsolicited offer of a lens. JH seeks advice and information from GA.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12834

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Eneas Mackintosh
Date:
[19 August 1843]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0238; Reel 1054
Summary:

Peter Stewart informed JH of EM's offer to assist JH's son William in obtaining writership appointment in India. JH and wife are deeply grateful. JH's desires for William's future.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11656

From:
E[neas] MacKintosh
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.21
Summary:

Is happy to hear that JH approves of the suggestion to send his eldest son to seek his fortune in the East. Will request that the appointment be conferred on William Herschel [JH's son]. Is spending some days with the Bryants.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6131

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.257
Summary:

Has received the parcel. Papers regarding the comet have been sent to the R.A.S. John Hartnup is to copy out the catalogue of stars. Will have to wait awhile for the maps of F. W. A. Argelander and Mr. Schwinck. Is preparing for the printing of the catalogues.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7347

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1843]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 3/1.1.1; Reel 7
Summary:

Believes 'Mr. Maclean,' who reported from Africa observing increasing brightness of Eta Argus is not [Thomas] Maclear, but [George Maclean], the 'Governor of Cape Coast Castle [Ghana] & the husband of the unfortunate [Letitia Elizabeth Landon], whose singular death caused such a sensation some time ago.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1283

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Howley]
Date:
[24 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.55
Summary:

[Writing in response to Archbishop [of Canterbury, William Howley]], accepts the honor of being named a Trustee of the British Museum with much gratitude.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4216

From:
George Booth Tyndale
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.453
Summary:

Congratulates JH on his election as Trustee of the British Museum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4323

From:
Jonathan Pereira
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 August 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.156
Summary:

Sends diagrams of woodcuts representing planes of polarization. Chooses not to publish chemistry lectures. Asks JH's opinion of a failed polarized light experiment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1752

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 August 1843]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0629.5
Summary:

Provides JH with information and advice about large lenses, which JH is considering for a Cape of Good Hope Observatory equatorial telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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