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From:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.230
Summary:

W. S. Jacob sends Alpha Centauri observations to R.A.S.; uses JH's Cape Results as a guide to double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 July 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.228
Summary:

Asks if JH observed Gamma Scorpii as a double star; sends observations of it from W. S. Jacob in India. W. S. Jacob observes Neptune.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
Date:
1847-7-15 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.30
Summary:

Responds to CS's [see CS's 1847-7-14] request for observations of Gamma Scorpii as a double star. JH comments on CS having omitted J. C. Adams from the list of Neptune discoverers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.229
Summary:

Thanks JH for Gamma Scorpii observations. Plans to have Edinburgh Observatory record observations of 2-3000 stars over 30 years. Edinburgh observations for 1841 published.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.24; Reel 9
Summary:

Received JH's note of 8 [Aug 1847] and went immediately to Smith, Elder & Co., but no copies [of JH's Cape Results] were ready. Will gladly transmit them to recipients designated by JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project