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Herschel2922

From:
[J. S. C.] Schweigger
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1822
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.413
Summary:

Sends pages from his publication. Wishes to know if JH has received previous two packages accompanied by detailed letters through Heinnemann [?] in London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5399

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.346
Summary:

Has had a letter from George Peacock. Regarding the Lucasian Professorship at Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4230

From:
Claude S. M. Pouillet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.183
Summary:

Tells JH to meet a Monsieur Debure [?] while in Brussels; arranges a time.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6493

From:
Edward Daniel Clarke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822 or earlier]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.259
Summary:

Forgot to mention it last time they were together that another mammoth has been found at Trumpington. This agrees with G. C. L. D. Cuvier's theories. Regarding the ore JH has just analyzed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6494

From:
Edward Daniel Clarke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822 or earlier]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.260
Summary:

Thanks for his kind note. Mr. Harrison wishes him to prepare a paper for the R.S.L. Will find his experiments continued in the next number of Thomson's Annals. As soon as his blow pipe is repaired he will let him know.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8496

From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.476
Summary:

Regrets having missed JH. Has observed the seven satellites of Saturn and the fifth star of the Trapezium. Wishes to observe some of the objects observed by Wilhelm Struve.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9807

From:
Joseph Goodall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1822
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.142
Summary:

Hopes his second paper will not falsify the opinion. Would like his objections or comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9808

From:
Joseph Goodall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1822
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.143
Summary:

Hopes he will be more pleased with the version of the epitaph he is enclosing. Would like to discuss it with him if he has the time to spare.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8860

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edinburgh Philosophical Journal
Date:
1822
Source of text:
Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, 6 (1822), 361-70
Summary:

Lays out various practical rules for the determination of the radii of a double acromatic object glass.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1140

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Kater
Date:
[1822 to 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.13.20
Summary:

Unable to be at Katers' home for dinner, but will arrive later. JH is pleased to find HK's and JH's measurements of Mars agree with those of JH's father, William, and compares these with some other measures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8587

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Samuel Lathan Mitchill
Date:
[1822]
Source of text:
Columbia Univ. Library
Summary:

Sends first volume of the 'Transactions' of the Astronomical Society to the Philosophical Society of New York.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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