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Herschel4221

From:
James Prinsep
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.68
Summary:

Formally thanks JH on behalf of the Asiatic Society for astronomical memoirs and observations of the satellites of Uranus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4146

From:
James Prinsep
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 January 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.69
Summary:

Requests meteorological observations from JH for compilation of data for 1835. Trouble getting refracting telescope for Asiatic Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4147

From:
James Prinsep
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 June 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.70
Summary:

Thanks JH for meteorological observations and tells how he will apply them to predictions for Calcutta. Describes need to correct barometer observations. Compiles and compares barometer reading from points of India and Central Asia. Thanks JH for double star observations, which he sends to Madras Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4187

From:
James Prinsep
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.71
Summary:

Sends Journal of the Asiatic Society. Calcutta Museum wants a hippopotamus skeleton; asks JH for leads.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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