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Herschel4187

From:
James Prinsep
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.71
Summary:

Sends Journal of the Asiatic Society. Calcutta Museum wants a hippopotamus skeleton; asks JH for leads.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7828

From:
Nathaniel Wallich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.31
Summary:

Completed tour of Upper Assam searching for [wild tea shrub]. Wife and seriously ill children leaving for England. Lord Auckland [governor-general of India] urges sending consignments of plants and seeds to JH and Baron C. F. H. Ludwig.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11386

From:
John Augustus Lloyd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.296
Summary:

Sends meteorological observations for September. Has ceased making a charge at the observatory for the checking of chronometers. Has lost income but gained work. Comments on the effects of gravity on the balance wheel of a chronometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4684

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.72 (C: RGO 6.368.608)
Summary:

Another son born. Has given lectures at Cambridge University. Remarks on routine at Royal Observatory. St. Helena Observatory closed. Printing of the Greenwich Observations. 'Northumberland' telescope not ready yet. Observations on the Greenwich zenith tube. Estimates for the Observatory. Suggests that the Observatory should be moved to a new site. Railway plan near Greenwich altered. James MacCullagh's new theory of optics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11735

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.97
Summary:

Cornerstone and tree answer admirably. Gives the points in the present triangulation. Lieut. John Williams of the Engineers has promised assistance. There is a French frigate in the harbor, which he intends to visit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7426

From:
Peter Stewart
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1836]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/1.5; Reel 9
Summary:

Stewart & Co., printers, and publishers Smith, Elder & Co. would be honored to print JH's proposed book. Estimates costs. Printing would require three years while JH is in Africa, but only four months after JH returns to England. Anticipates problems if [Hugh Percy] Duke of Northumberland purchases entire edition for free distribution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11884

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
10 November [1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.243
Summary:

Has succeeded in fixing an 18 pounder gun firmly in the ground to mark the western termination of the base-line query on how to measure the meridian of a mountain at sea level. Has requested permission from the Governor to inspect the military orders for 1751-2.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3342

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 November 1836]
Source of text:
St. Andrews LB II, 391-4 (C: RS:HS 7.291)
Summary:

Pleased to hear JH's work is progressing. Disappointed with Dr. [John] Davy's meteorological observations at Malta. Comments on other scientific news, including recent eclipse, [Andrew] Crosse's controversial artificial crystals at Bristol B.A.A.S. meeting, JF's 1832 observations in Switzerland, and William Whewell's and William Buckland's books.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3421

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
[15 November 1836]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 60 (C: RS:HS 21.213)
Summary:

Discusses methods of magnetic observation, JH's actinometric readings in the Cape, and the need for more physical observatories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1060

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[15 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.5.3
Summary:

Some geological samples have been lost on the way to England; JH comments on his ideas of the effect of the earth's hot core on the construction of the earth's crust.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10533

From:
Thomas Hodgkin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.410
Summary:

Is pleased JH takes an interest in the natives. Comments on the necessity of promoting the welfare of the native races. Hopes to found an International Society for providing assistance and advice to foreigners.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10302

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.185
Summary:

Outlines the election of J. D. Forbes and attributes his success to JH's letter. Regarding the work of Thomas Henderson. Pity JH has to waste time doing his own reductions. Paris observations. Saw the comet in Valparaiso. Magnitude of stars compared to the moon. Hopes he liked his own recent book. Pleased the sextant is of use.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3936

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
20] November [1836
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

JH is frustrated with his inaccurate barometric readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11868

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1836]-11-21 or 22
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.227
Summary:

Sends C. P. Smyth with the observing lists of JH's zero stars. Comments on these lists. Would like to see the Cedar Mountains, but cannot spare the time at present. Wished to visit Riebeck's Castle to verify one of N. L. Lacaille's remarks. Did not notice any air bubbles in JH's barometer. The Observatory barometer is similar to the one of Sir John Franklin. Goes to the Block House tomorrow to commence the triangulation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7424

From:
John Skirrow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1836]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 7/3.25 verso; Reel 8
Summary:

Asks to borrow chain for tomorrow's survey.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12485

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[25 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.351 & 21.214
Summary:

Comments on inaccuracies in earlier Southern Hemisphere star catalogues, along with an extended description of comet observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1061

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[30 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.5.4
Summary:

Comments about AD's work in mathematical functions, and then refers to JH's reductions and other astronomical matters, including the need for reform of stellar nomenclature.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10413

From:
Thomas Henderson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.294
Summary:

Pleased to hear that all is progressing well with JH. Regrets the discordance in the Parramatta Right Ascensions. Observed an occultation of Gamma Virginis in April. Has seen the method of determining the nadir point of a circle. Cape reductions suffered a setback last season as he had to lecture on mathematics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6010

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.136
Summary:

Has received the Royal medal from the R.S.L. on JH's behalf. Shooting star phenomenon seen in France and Scotland. The Americans are preparing an expedition to the South Pole. Has constructed two pendulums.

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