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From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
6 February [1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.217
Summary:

Thanks JH for reporting on C. P. Smyth's progress. Has read JH's translations of Schiller's The Walk. Sends copy of C. P. Smyth's work at Baseline Camp Zwartland on the remeasurement of N. L. Lacaille's meridian of arc.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 October 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.296
Summary:

History of husband's [W. H. Smyth] exchange of 1836 letters with T. R. Robinson regarding Gamma Virginis and JH's confirmation of W. H. Smyth's discovery. Sends copy of Augustus De Morgan's letter on renaming constellations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.218
Summary:

Warington Smyth returns from mineral gathering expedition on the Continent for Cambridge and will present JH with a specimen of Herschelite. C. P. Smyth has sent sketches he made at the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 December 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.215
Summary:

Requests that JH write a recommendation for C. P. Smyth's nomination to the position of Astronomer Royal for Scotland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
10 June [1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.219
Summary:

Mentions how helpful JH's name would be on a memorial for C. P. Smyth. C. P. Smyth working on zodiacal light observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Ann Smyth
Date:
[26 November 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.258
Summary:

Details attempts to purchase Mme. Witte's lunar model for the 'Museum of Oconomic Geology.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project