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Herschel2235

From:
Rummohun [?] Roy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.505
Summary:

Aware that letter of 3 April did not reach the Herschels' home until after the engagement. Wishes to explain the apparent neglect.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2169

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.414
Summary:

Discusses the ale he sent. Hopes his hypothesis of the origin of the solar system did not offend JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6732

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.50
Summary:

Regrets belated reply to JH's pamphlet on double stars. Comments on the readings and compares them with some of his own.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5709

From:
Nathaniel Bowditch [Sr.]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.200
Summary:

Has received copies of his papers that he communicated to the R.S.L. for which he thanks him. JH's study on Natural Philosophy has been reprinted in the States. Has forwarded the second volume of Mécanique céleste, one for him and one for the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5795

From:
David Brewster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.266
Summary:

His son is shortly traveling to Calcutta and will be able to take any letter or parcel for Mr. Calder.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8030

From:
James Wood
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.298a
Summary:

Commissioned to ask JH to select painter and to sit for half-length portrait to be placed in Old House at St. John's. Received JH's paper on the measures of double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5796

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
David Brewster
Date:
[8 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.111
Summary:

Excusing JH for returning to Slough suddenly before leaving for Hanover.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel781

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[11 June 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.522a
Summary:

Recounts JH's travels to date, together with stories about some of the people he has met; also comments on cholera in various cities [letter completed 1832-6-13].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3971

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[12 June 1832]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0577.3; Reel 1058
Summary:

On his German travels, JH left Margaret Herschel and the children at Slough because he feared their exposure to the cholera epidemic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7274

From:
Thomas Drummond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.454
Summary:

Capt. Beaufort has just put two of JH's letters into his hands. Is conscious of the kindly way in which JH entered into the problem. Would like the chance of a conversation with him on the subject.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2883

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.374
Summary:

Sends news of a cholera epidemic to help JH make his summer plans. Mentions a number of new cases from Altona, Hamburg, and Berlin. Asks JH not to spread information.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10076

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.413
Summary:

Wants to hear more specifics of JH's travel plans.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8689

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date:
[19 June 1832]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Gauss 99 (C: RS:HS 21.112)
Summary:

Unable to visit, but has sent two papers on the orbits of double stars. Discusses double stars, noting that four double stars are now known to orbit with periods less than a century long. Wilhelm Olbers is seriously ill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel782

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[19 June 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.522b
Summary:

Reports of further travels, and JH's visit to his aunt Caroline Herschel; interesting stories about his stay in Hanover, including a report on JH's attendance at the Waterloo banquet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2884

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.375
Summary:

Sends two bottles of Claret and a box to be forwarded for [Francis] Baily.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7352

From:
John Murray [Sr.?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1832 to 1841]-6-23
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 3/1.5.7; Reel 7
Summary:

Compliments to 'Sir John Hershall.' Sends four copies of next issue of Quarterly Review. Will send twelve copies of JH's article tomorrow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel783

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.522c
Summary:

Warns MH about delays in crossing the North Sea, due to storms; will search out the earliest alternative that will carry JH with some comfort.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2950

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[27 June 1832]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #5
Summary:

Requests that AQ forward letter to London explaining JH's delay in returning home. Promises to send latest paper on orbits of double stars. Mentions [Wilhelm] Struve's confirmation of data. States that [Wilhelm] Olbers is dying. [H. C.] Schumacher is recovering.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3534

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mario Gemmellaro
Date:
28?] June [1832
Source of text:
St. Andrews 113
Summary:

Recalls with delight experiments in solar radiation at MG home and puts MG in communication with James Forbes of Edinburgh.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10354

From:
Charles L. Harding
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 June 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.237
Summary:

Thanks JH for his recent writings on double stars, and comments on a number of observational issues related to the same topic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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