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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Frederick William Herschel
Date:
Between 1825 and 1835
Source of text:
UTA Herschel Papers M187
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
C. Goring
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1825-1
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.225
Summary:

Query regarding the diagrams in one of JH's articles in R.S.P.T. Has purchased one of the compound lenses on JH's recommendation, and relates some experiments with it. Would be pleased for JH to call at his house.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1825?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.366
Summary:

Is sorry he will be unable to see him. Is sending copies of their paper for distribution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James South
Date:
[1825?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.479 (C: RS:HS 25.13.27)
Summary:

Has examined Edward Sabine's transit measurements; finds them unproblematic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James South
Date:
[1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.481 (C: RS:HS 25.13.26)
Summary:

Has represented JS's interests as best JH can regarding JS's proposal. Describes himself as unskillful in such representations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James South
Date:
[1825?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.482 (C: RS:HS 25.13.28)
Summary:

Defends Edward Sabine's transit observations, noting that JH supports them on practical rather than theoretical grounds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Hyde Wollaston
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1825 to 1827]-[?]-2
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.288
Summary:

Encloses paper sent by Mr. Perkins for R.S.L, and impression just received from printer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Lunn
Date:
5 January [1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.412verso
Summary:

Concludes original letter lost. Impossible to do any further work for the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. Hopes FL will write the article.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1825]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Completing the catalogue of 2500 nebulae. Impressed with a French biography of William Herschel, although CH notes a few occasions where 'too great a stress is laid on the assistance of others.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Francis Lunn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
14 January [1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.413
Summary:

Their letters have missed more than once, and JH's last letter is now at the Return Office. Would like to see this letter to learn JH's views on the article on Heat. Gives own ideas how article should be written, too busy himself, so hopes JH can write it, or does he know any other person?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Giovanni Antonio Plana
Date:
[14 January 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.413 (C (inc): RS:HS 20.195)
Summary:

Apologizes for delay in writing. Describes JH's travels across Europe back to England. Is sending GP copies of JH's papers in physics, mathematics, and astronomy, especially double stars. Describes a new instrument, a floating collimator, described by Henry Kater at the R.S.L. [Rough notes for a later letter on the back of part of this one.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Giovanni B. Amici
Date:
[14 January 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.334 & 20.194
Summary:

Thanking him for his friendly reception when in Italy. Is sending GA journals and pamphlets likely to be of interest to him. Regarding various papers on the electrization of mercury. Please send details of Giuseppe Bianchi's barometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James Hudson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1825 -1-16
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.26
Summary:

Sends JH a sketch of an experiment already made.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
C. Goring
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 January 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.226
Summary:

Is grateful for his letter and also for the brochure. Sees the folly of his own impatience. Regarding object glasses of telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[24 January 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.106a (C: RS:HS 20.196)
Summary:

Asks WS for account of the performance of his new [Josef] Fraunhofer telescope. Corroborates WS's double star motion data, except for 70 Ophiuchi, where JH and [James] South find no motion. Asks for observational targets and urges care in WS's observational technique. Mentions WS's intention to undertake celestial zone with [F. W.] Bessel. Describes [Henry] Kater's 'floating collimator.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Josef von Fraunhofer
Date:
[27 January 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.5
Summary:

JF was elected associate of Astronomical Society. Will send Society's Transactions and JH's 'Absorption of Light.' W. H. F. Talbot delivered JF's 'Crown glass Prism.' JH presented J. G. Soldner's observations to Society and proposed Soldner as associate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Ritchie
Date:
[27 January 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.347 (C: RS:HS 20.197)
Summary:

Presented WR's paper on a new photometer to R.S.L. Discusses how objections may be avoided. Believes [John] Leslie's photometer should be thrown aside.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Johann Elert Bode
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 January 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.169
Summary:

Will receive 1827 Astronomical Yearbook through Mr. Hunnemann. Would be glad if he could hurry up the Parramatta Observations from K. L. C. Rümker. Various queries regarding publications.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Brinkley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 January 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.279
Summary:

Notes and comparisons for their recent observations of stars. Was interested in the account of Henry Kater's collimator and hopes it will be adapted for Greenwich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Ritchie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 January 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.348
Summary:

Still anxious to become a fellow of the R.S.L. Thanks JH for offer. Would like to be elected before end of present session.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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