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Herschel8685

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date:
[11 February 1821]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Gauss 99 (draft: RS:HS 8.72 & C: 20.111)
Summary:

CG has been elected associate of the Astronomical Society. Hopes the benefits will be mutual. Details of the prize subject for the present year. Has read CG's communications on the Reichenbach circle to the Society, where it evoked great interest. Comments on this. CG's certificate has been signed by Fearon Fallows, newly appointed Cape astronomer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8686

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date:
[9 May 1821]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Gauss 99 (C: RS:HS 20.117)
Summary:

Sends first annual report of the Astronomical Society and will be sending one of JH's papers ['On the Aberrations of Compound Lenses and Object-glasses,' RSPT (1821), 222-67], which JH summarizes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7802

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date:
[31 May 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.10i & 19.6
Summary:

Sends first report of Astronomical Society council and James South's corrections for June to Dec. 1821.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9725

From:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.73
Summary:

Has been absent the whole summer and fears that his letter acknowledging his election to the Astronomical Society may have gone astray. Is grateful for the honor. Sends a paper of his own on a new method of making observations with the heliotrope. Comments on the usefulness of this instrument.

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John Herschel Project
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