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From:
Elise Rufenacht
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1831 or later]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:

Thanks Herschel family for their 'kind interest' in her behalf.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Gilbert Blane
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1831 or 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.162
Summary:

Has had great satisfaction in reading JH's book on Natural Philosophy, but would like to correct his statement regarding the date of the introduction of lemon juice as a treatment for scurvy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[1831]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0784.2; Reel 1084
Summary:

Plans to arrive tomorrow for visit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Miles Bland
Date:
[1831-1]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.157 & 21.76
Summary:

Takes a lively interest in his application for a professorship at Durham. Remembers him gratefully as his coach for mathematics while at Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[1831]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.10
Summary:

Recommends WS pay attention to planetary nebulae, solid clusters, and double stars in his observations. JH lists some of each.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
1831
Source of text:
WT 91800.1
Summary:

Wants WS to make a choice between the several skeleton forms JH has devised for recording astronomical observations. Also comments on orbit of Gamma Virginis and 30 Scorpii, as well as Encke's Comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1831]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20721
Summary:

Expresses thanks for extract on cholera. Sends a copy of a paper on double stars. Hopes soon to be able to send supplement on double star orbits.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Vernon Harcourt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.222
Summary:

Would like JH's views on the proposed meeting at York of the Friends of Science (later the B.A.A.S.).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hudson Gurney
Date:
[2 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.16
Summary:

Surprised that HG misinterpreted JH's comments to suggest disrespect for Thomas Young. Will not defend them. If HG does not want to include these in Young's biography, then return manuscript to JH and destroy all copies of it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Miles Bland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.156
Summary:

Has had many melancholy afflictions since they last met. Would like JH's support for his intended application for Professorship of Mathematics at the forthcoming University of Durham.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.46
Summary:

Opinion on M. C. T. Damoiseau's theory and tables; worth a medal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Fearon Fallows
Date:
[9 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.17
Summary:

Brings FF up-to-date on astronomical news in England, and suggests that JH may come to the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
10] January [1831
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.350
Summary:

Wanted to read JH's book before writing. Thinks it a useful production and should prove popular. William Fitton has been preparing a statement on the late struggle for the chair, but William Whewell has advised him to withdraw it. Hopes he will receive RJ's book in a fortnight. Comments on this and his recollections.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart
Date:
[11 January 1831]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0412; Reel 1055 (ACCS: TxU:H/L-0522.2; Reel 1053)
Summary:

Sorrow of Mrs. Stewart [at death of Isabella]. JH has not seen much of Captain [John] Franklin, who arrived ill. JH's contest with Duke of Sussex for presidency of R.S.L. JS's invitation to visit India has rekindled JH's desire to study southern skies. Wanted once to move to Paramatta. Is considering Cape of Good Hope, and possibly visiting India to view Himalaya mountains. Will send copies of JH's Prelim. Discourse. Answers JS's questions about Babbage's Engine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
12] January [1831
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.351
Summary:

Is writing to request JH not to let William Fitton know that RJ informed JH about Fitton's statement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1831]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0576.1; Reel 1058
Summary:

Sends to CH his new book, Prelim. Discourse. Writes that he 'took little part in the proceedings about the Royal Society. Under any circumstances I would not have held the office of President more than a year and should have felt it a grievous evil to have held it at all.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Robison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.383
Summary:

Describes experiment of [Walter] Trevelyan with heated metals and lead, which produced a variety of sounds. New experiment will be described in [David] Brewster's journal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Roderick Impey Murchison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.384
Summary:

JH's request for one hundred copies of the abstract was discussed at the Geological Society yesterday and it was decided to print the whole paper in the Transactions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[23 January 1831]
Source of text:
Geological Society
Summary:

Gives permission for publication of JH's paper ['On the Astronomical Causes Which May Influence Geological Phenomena'] in Geological Society's Transactions. Mentions report of a giant fossil found in United States.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.47
Summary:

Remarks on Greenwich observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Document type
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