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From:
Unidentified
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1841]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0914; Reel 1083
Summary:

Requests JH's opinion on five specific points in 'Report on Standards.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Unidentified
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1844?]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 3/1.1.15; Reel 7
Summary:

Refers to 17 July 1827 communication from W. J. Burchell in Brazil to J. S. Duncan, brother of Phillip Duncan, noting increased brightness of Eta Navis, and that Alpha Centauri and Alpha Crucis are double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Unidentified
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
21] September [1846
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0913; Reel 1083
Summary:

Challenges JH's letter in the Times today justifying JH's remarks at B.A.A.S. that Charles Wheatstone invented electric telegraph. Believes Wheatstone 'pilfered' invention from Mr. Baines.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Unidentified
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 September 1847]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton
Summary:

Asks JH about calculations of arcs of meridian.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Unidentified
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 February 1848]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0916; Reel 1083
Summary:

[P.S. on verso of cover. Rest of letter is missing.] Notified Mrs. Knipping of kind wishes sent by JH and wife. Will notify JH when personal effects of Caroline Lucretia Herschel have been inventoried and distributed according to JH's directions. Questions fate of [telescope] given to [J. F. L.] Hausmann by Caroline Herschel now that Hausmann is dead. Suggests donating it to observatory at Göttingen or to 'Archiv' in Hanover.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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