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Herschel3603

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[R.S.L. Council?]
Date:
[1 June 1842]
Source of text:
RS MC.3.218
Summary:

Discusses JH's spectrometer and possibility of using surplus from R.S.L. Donation Fund for its construction and enquiry with it into nature of light and heat.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8537

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[1842-6]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 22.119)
Summary:

Offers to meet FB at Manchester B.A.A.S. meeting and to bring FB to Collingwood for a quiet visit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel928

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1842-[6]
Source of text:
JHS 6.3
Summary:

Has stayed in Manchester an extra day, and has managed to avoid becoming involved in the organization of next year's B.A.A.S. meeting at Cork; talks about plans for F. W. Bessel to visit Collingwood, and about JH's plans to return home.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9126

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1842-6]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20752 (C: RS:HS 22.120)
Summary:

Alerts WW that F. W. Bessel, in very poor health, will attend the Manchester B.A.A.S. meeting. JH plans to bring Bessel to Collingwood after the meeting.

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John Herschel Project
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