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Herschel12482

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[12 June 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.348bis & 13.348 inc & 21.178
Summary:

Responds to HP's generous offer [see HP's 1835-1-21] by saying JH does not need the money, and then suggests that HP might want to use it to support the publication of JH's results from his stay at the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11703

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 June 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.67
Summary:

Captain John Stevens was at the Observatory yesterday and wishes to superintend the tidal observations himself. TM intends to make the observations personally, or with the assistance of T. W. Bowler. The lunar eclipse was uninteresting. Has had copies of G. B. Airy's papers; they are excellent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3585

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[13 June 1835]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:109
Summary:

Gives incomplete report on observations of nebulae and double stars and theories on the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds based thereupon. Thanks WH for his explanation of WH's new dynamical method, but JH admits that he understands only its 'general scope.'

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John Herschel Project

Herschel11704

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 June 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.68
Summary:

Has received the box from H.M.S. Rattlesnake and lists the parcels for JH. T. W. Bowler commenced the tidal observations yesterday. Outlines the method used. Was beset by dogs on the way home. Expects to hear from the first ship of an Assistant.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel10619

From:
James Horsburgh
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 June 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.500
Summary:

Hudson has printed JH's observations on the temperature of the oceans in the Athenaeum. Sends a chart of the east coast of China. Edward Troughton died last Friday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9753

From:
Mario Gemmellaro
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 June 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.100
Summary:

Thanks for JH's observations and notes on nebulae. Hopes JH will come to Etna to see the changes in the crater.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5568

From:
Sir John Bell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
21 June [1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.58
Summary:

Has been appointed to Government House. Family news.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel11313

From:
Bernard A. von Lindenau
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 June 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.218
Summary:

Sends a few lines via Capt. Basil Hall. Remembers with pleasure JH's visit to Gotha. His visit to the Cape inspires interest. C. F. Gauss is occupied with magnetic observations. Lists some problems he would like resolved if JH has time while at the Cape. Capt. J. C. Ross has found the magnetic pole.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11705

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 June 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.69
Summary:

Encloses a copy of the hourly observations. Comments on the tides of Table Bay.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3789

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
25] June [1835
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Made a 'mess' of the tidal observation and meteorological observations that he took earlier in the week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3909

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
25] June [1835
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Attempting to correct the faulty tidal and meteorological observations that JH made earlier in the week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11862

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
25] June [1835
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.221
Summary:

Sent the barometric readings with Mr. Curnan's paper. Comments on the tidal observations. Send the tide book. William Lamb (2nd Viscount Melbourne) is reinstated.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8770

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 June 1835]
Source of text:
Sydney Ross Collection
Summary:

Urges JH to observe Ceres. Describes TM's observations of it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11706

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[1835-7]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.192
Summary:

Has interpolated the hourly tidal observations for Simon's Bay.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9089

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[4 July 1835]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20727 (C: RS:HS 21.179)
Summary:

Describes in detail efforts, only partially successful, made by Thomas Maclear and JH to record tidal data at Simon's Bay and Table Bay. Gives some interpretation of the data.

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Herschel3910

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[5 July 1835]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Busy interpolating the Simon's Bay tidal series; JH then intends to study Table Bay and to compare the results. Asked William Whewell to back an application to the British Admiralty for a tide clock to be erected at Simon's Bay as a permanent tide station.

Contributor:
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Herschel11707

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 July 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.70
Summary:

Will be obliged for the Tide Observations book of Table Bay. Intends to enter into an agreement with the Tide Master.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11506

From:
Sir Charles Lyell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.418
Summary:

Hears that JH expressed to William Whewell great pleasure in parts of CL's book. Has been altered and improved since the 1st edition. When in Copenhagen last year [H. C.] Oersted was reading JH's paper on double stars. Murray has sold 1750 copies of CL's book.

Contributor:
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Herschel10297

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 July 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.180
Summary:

Is in Berlin together with the astronomers J. F. Encke and F. W. Bessel. Relates their researches. The new Berlin Observatory is a magnificent affair. May have to travel home sooner than expected owing to the illness of his mother-in-law.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12102

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[8 July 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.180
Summary:

Sends TM some tide observations, and some calculations done on them.

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