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SOMERVILLE266

From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
2 Apr 1833
Source of text:
HS 16.402, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2709

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[2 April 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.402 (C: RS:HS 19.71 & 21.132)
Summary:

Has received payment from [John] Murray [for review of Mary Somerville's Mechanism of the Heavens ?]. Cannot answer Mrs. Somerville's question about poles of maximum cold.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE268

From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
3 Nov 1833
Source of text:
HS 16.403, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2710

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[3 November 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.403
Summary:

Regrets he will not get to visit Chelsea before departing for the Cape of Good Hope. Sends regards to family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE270

From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
17 Jul 1835
Source of text:
HS 16.404, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE271

From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
17 Jul 1835
Source of text:
HS 19.71, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2711

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[17 July 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.404 (C: RS:HS 21.181)
Summary:

Glad the government has recognized Mrs. Somerville's work. Discusses the hostility toward natives at the Cape and criticizes actions of colonists. Astronomical observing conditions at Cape are very good.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8266

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[17 July 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.71
Summary:

Kaffirs dispossessed by colonists. Condemns 'Colonial insolence.' Editor John Fairbairn, detested by colonists, exposed this in South African Commercial Advertiser.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE274

From:
William Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
28 Jul 1837
Source of text:
HS 16.405, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2712

From:
William Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 July 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.405
Summary:

Introduces Frederic Smith and asks the Herschels to be kind to him when he arrives at the Cape. Is anxious to see JH again.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE294

From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
6 Mar 1848
Source of text:
HS 16.406, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2713

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[6 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.406 (C: RS:HS 23.16)
Summary:

Thanks WS for W. H. Wollaston's crystal models and other gifts. Comments on the 'strange and exciting events' that are in progress in political affairs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE295

From:
William Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
23 Mar 1848
Source of text:
HS 16.407, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2714

From:
William Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.407
Summary:

Sending a large specimen of rock salt. Wants JH to make a lens for Mrs. Somerville, if possible. Discusses the political transitions that are occurring.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE296

From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
26 Mar 1848
Source of text:
HS 16.408, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2715

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[26 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.408 (C: RS:HS 23.19)
Summary:

Will use rock salt to study heat spots. Discusses views of [Macedonio] Melloni regarding solar heat. If England can avoid the mistakes of her neighbors, she will enjoy a great triumph.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE297

From:
William Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
10 Apr 1848
Source of text:
HS 16.409, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2716

From:
William Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 April 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.409
Summary:

Informs JH that before JH's [Cape] expedition, WS recommended it to [H. R. V. Fox,] Lord Holland, who recommended it to James Graham, then First Lord of the Admiralty. Sends JH a letter from Lord Holland to WS praising JH's efforts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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