Search: Herschel, John in correspondent 
1840-1849::1846::05 in date 
Sorted by:

Showing 114 of 14 items

From:
John Knightsee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1846]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 5/2.1.4; Reel 7
Summary:

Procedure to follow in case of missing bank notes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[1 May 1846]
Source of text:
EUL:Gen523/4/34
Summary:

Accepts dinner invitation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1846-5]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. R.18.142 (C: RS:HS 25.13.29a)
Summary:

Agrees to WW's request [that JH's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 'The Walk' be included in WW's planned volume?]. Regrets missing [C. K. J.] Bunsen's speech. Busy editing N. L. Lacaille's catalogue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[7?] May 1846
Source of text:
JHS 3.14b
Summary:

Mostly about JH's return from London. [Seems to have been written after JH's 1846-5-8.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[8 May 1846]
Source of text:
JHS 3.14a
Summary:

JH talks about visits he has made in London, and about plans to return to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Galloway
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.87
Summary:

JH's letter has been forwarded via Charles Wheatstone as his town address was unknown.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 May 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.237
Summary:

Thanks for his kind letter. Congratulations on another addition to his family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[17 May 1846]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20768 (C: RS:HS 22.272)
Summary:

Thanks for WW's Lectures on Systematic Morality. Announces the birth of another daughter [Francisca]. Working on Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[18 May 1846]
Source of text:
BL Aaa 32303.279
Summary:

Urges a visit to Collingwood by CB. Refers to the development of a cypher.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.330
Summary:

Sends his observations of y Cygni. Comments on the differences in the readings of various observers. Still unable to observe the double star JH requested, but the weather has been poor.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.238
Summary:

Hopes all his family are well. If JH proposes to attend the Trustees meeting of the British Museum on Saturday, will he breakfast with RI and Dr. T. R. Robinson of Armagh?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 May 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.135
Summary:

Suggests JH take trip to Continent to recover. Training a naval officer and the son of John Montague, Colonial Secretary, as observatory assistants. Describes outbreak of war with Caffres in detail.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 May 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.377
Summary:

Encloses a letter of Thomas Maclear. William Mann will be a great loss to the Observatory. Hopes Lady Herschel and new infant are doing well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Rowan Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 May 1846]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0934; Reel 1083
Summary:

Sends copies of three letters by G. B. Airy on proposed railway through Greenwich Park. Asks JH's opinion on possible effects on observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project