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Herschel8886

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[31 January 1843]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #797 (Feb. 4, 1843), 111
Summary:

Reports his observations on the explosion at Dover of 19,000 pounds of gunpowder.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8887

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[7 May 1843]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #811 (May 11, 1843), 465
Summary:

Describes a particularly brilliant aurora, which JH observed from Collingwood on the night of 6 May.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8888

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[27 September 1843]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #831 (Sept. 30, 1843), 884
Summary:

[Replying to remarks by T. R. Robinson reported in Athenaeum, #830 (Sept. 23, 1843), 866-7,] JH argues that William Herschel's 40-foot reflector was not a failure, noting, for example, the discovery by it of the sixth and seventh Saturnian satellites.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1869

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[2 November 1843]
Source of text:
WT 69293.1
Summary:

Requests publication of what will hopefully be JH's last letter on the Slough telescope [see JH's "[Reply to Dr. Robinson [on the Reflecting Telescopes of the Late Sir William Herschel]," Athenaeum, #836 (Nov. 4, 1843), 983-4.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8889

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[2 November 1843]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #836 (Nov. 4, 1843), 983-4
Summary:

Continues the debate with T. R. Robinson [see Athenaeum, #830 (Sept. 23, 1843), 866-7; #831 (Sept. 30, 1843), 884; and #834 (Oct. 21, 1843), 945-6] on the quality of William Herschel's 40-foot reflecting telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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