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Herschel7287

From:
John Dalton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 February 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.466
Summary:

Thanks for sending him his paper on sound. Comments on this and gives some of his own findings on this subject.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6210

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.331
Summary:

Unable to help him as Richardson's Brisbane Observations have not yet come to hand. Feels the same as JH does regarding the presentation of the true colors of his parents.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1318

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.268
Summary:

Asks about rumor regarding JH going to Cape. Describes some electrical experiments WT saw at Royal Institution and refers to some WT carried out years earlier.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5331

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.278
Summary:

Has glanced over the papers and made a few corrections. Suggests one point for alteration.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11948

From:
Charles May
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.310
Summary:

Has received the glasses from Dr. John Dalton with very minute answers. Dalton gave a paper on this subject in 1794 to the Manchester Society. Will bring them to London tomorrow. Dr. Simms is in a critical condition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1319

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.269
Summary:

Asks for seeds and roots of native plants of the Cape. Refers to JH's writings on beating of the heart and comments on some optical experiments of Charles Wheatstone and David Brewster.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE265

From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
11 Mar 1833
Source of text:
HS 16.401, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2708

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[11 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.401 (C: RS:HS 21.131)
Summary:

Will write [J.-B.] Biot, but does not know to which enquiries Biot wishes JH to respond. Also wants to thank Biot for his kindness. S.-D. Poisson in a statement before the Académie des sciences has misdescribed JH's planned voyage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1045

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[12 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.3.11
Summary:

The observational data from FS regarding Gamma Virginis are so significant that JH begs FS to continue to observe and send JH the results. Comments on a number of other astronomical observational matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3050

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.205
Summary:

Concerned about payment for instruments. Has read in newspaper that JH is preparing to study the southern hemisphere. Asks to keep in touch. Will soon go to Paris for transit instrument and another publisher for the translation of JH's work. Problems on account of Revolution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3757

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
1833-3-[16] to [24]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0578.3; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH preparing for his journey to Cape Town. Compiling a catalog of nebulae and clusters. Sending to CH a comparison of a new set of elements of Gamma Virginis and a set of observations of it from 1720-1833; JH asks CH to send a copy to Carl Gauss.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1046

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
M. Perrey
Date:
[16 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.3.12
Summary:

Gently rejects MP's offer to accompany JH to the Cape to act as JH's assistant. JH claims the voyage to be a 'pure family party of pleasure,' and if astronomy can not be well practiced at the Cape, the family may go on to India to visit the relatives of JH's wife, Margaret.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3340

From:
William Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.217
Summary:

Praises JH's Prelim. Discourse and work in general. Wishes well at the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7353

From:
Edward Joshua Cooper
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
21 March [1833]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 3/2.18; Reel 7
Summary:

Thanks JH for clues to interesting star 'near Eta Coronae.' Sends sketches of April [1832?] observations of nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1317

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.270
Summary:

Comments on JH's paper on potash in Annales de chimie. Has observed reaction products in microscope. Concerned over delay in publication by David Brewster of his experimental results in optics and light, especially as WT not convinced of legitimacy of rumored results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3831

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 March 1833]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Feeling simply 'dismal.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE266

From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
2 Apr 1833
Source of text:
HS 16.402, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2709

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[2 April 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.402 (C: RS:HS 19.71 & 21.132)
Summary:

Has received payment from [John] Murray [for review of Mary Somerville's Mechanism of the Heavens ?]. Cannot answer Mrs. Somerville's question about poles of maximum cold.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6521

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Joshua Cooper
Date:
[4 April 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.134
Summary:

Thanks EC's for EC's observations made with EC's excellent telescope. Discusses Eta Coronae, Gamma Virginis, EC's drawing of M51, and whether Orion changes, stating that JH is 'no believer in rapid changes in Nebulae yet there may be changes....'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10406

From:
Thomas Henderson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 April 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.286
Summary:

Has taken some time to consider the climate at the Cape in response to JH's request. Gives details of the climate, suitability of site for observatory, and general conditions at the Cape. There is a reasonable library at Cape Town.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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