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Herschel9735

From:
Alfred Gautier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.82
Summary:

Is about to leave for England with Alphonse de Candolle. Gives news of his latest astronomical observations. Lists people he has met or hopes to meet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8091

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1828-5 or earlier]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.357
Summary:

Board of Longitude would approve providing Lieutenant Forbes with apparatus JH suggested. Inappropriate for any member to address Admiralty separately. Payment of expenses to committee members.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12555

From:
Giovanni Antonio Plana
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.425
Summary:

Is sending copies of a memoir on the triangulation of Savoy, prepared by GP and [Mr. ?] Carlini. Is including copies for other scientists and organizations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2109

From:
William Ritchie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.356
Summary:

Has not heard from [University of Virginia]. Position of lecturer in mathematics and natural philosophy has opened at Dollar Institution in Edinburgh. WR asks for recommendation for the position from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8077

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.343
Summary:

Abandons TY's argument on Mr. Roberts's object glass. Asks JH's help in understanding A. J. Fresnel's calculations of diffraction and Josef Fraunhofer's discontinuous functions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3964

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[5 May 1828]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0573.2; Reel 1058
Summary:

Sending the Gold Medal awarded to CH by the Astronomical Society and also a pair of bracelets from his mother; will send the indexes later. Just erected James South's large equatorial.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3004

From:
Wilhelm Struve
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.115
Summary:

Accepts JH's extension of Class I double stars. Comments on comparison of these and suggests comparison of respective scales might be mutually useful. Includes continuation of work on micrometer measurements of Saturn. Notices strange eccentricity of Saturn's rings. Is considering comparing his degree-measurements with Finland and Lapland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5281

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.226
Summary:

Regarding Joseph Clement and the work on his machine. Account of his recent excursions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12363

From:
William Edward Parry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.220
Summary:

Believes it was not our Captain Foster to whom the advertisement alluded. Singular way in which Mr. Barrowcliff discharges his trust.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5955

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.78
Summary:

Regarding the meeting, and the papers read last Friday. Invitation to dine with him and Sir Thomas Brisbane. Regarding Brisbane's observations. Various Astronomical Society affairs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2110

From:
William Ritchie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.357
Summary:

Has not heard from America. Discusses paper on electric conduction. Wishes to move further south. Thanks JH for securing WR's election to R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5956

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[12 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.79 & 21.9
Summary:

Is glad Thomas Brisbane was in the chair at the meeting. Will be pleased to join the party on Friday. The Parramatta observations. Someone to supervise their publication. His own recent observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8073

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.339
Summary:

T. M. Brisbane is in town. Can JH meet him? JH's computations of definite integrals are simpler, more direct than P. S. Laplace's and more conclusive than Leonhard Euler's. Comments on W. H. F. Talbot's letters demonstrating Josef Fraunhofer's theorem.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8246

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fitton
Date:
14 May [1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.53
Summary:

Accepts invitation to WF's party on 19th, but will miss reading of Adam Sedgwick's and R. I. Murchison's paper. Chemical composition of 'Fish limestone.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10034

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.369
Summary:

Of JG's travels and the people he meets [letter completed 1828-5-17 in Nantes].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1593

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Maria Edgeworth
Date:
[17 May 1828]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/TR59
Summary:

Response to a positive letter from ME, which was sent in response to JH's sending her portions of his essay on light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9269

From:
Maria Edgeworth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.25
Summary:

Is grateful for JH's invitation to her brother to visit him. Would like advice on a suitable mathematics tutor for her brother.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5790

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
David Brewster
Date:
[21 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.11
Summary:

Sending DB a draft of a paper; comments on quality of a chromatic lens (that of [Charles] Tulley's telescope using Pierre Guinand's glass).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3583

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[25 May 1828]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:20
Summary:

Thanks for remainder of WH's essay on 'Systems of Rays.' Recalls error-ridden copy of JH's Light given to WH; sends correction. Wishes to propose WH for membership in Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3965

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[28 May 1828]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0573.3; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH played no role in the awarding of an Astronomical Society medal to CH. Sent to CH a few copies of JH's Light. His catalogs of double stars and nebulae are progressing well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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