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Herschel3611

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[R.S.L. Council]
Date:
[6 July 1850]
Source of text:
RS RR.2.237
Summary:

Reports on paper by William Thomson on mathematical theory of magnetism. Approves paper, but believes JH lacks expertise to report properly on it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3486

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[R.S.L. Council]
Date:
[1851-12-1 or later]
Source of text:
RS RR.2.92
Summary:

Reports on a paper by Baden Powell read at the R.S. L. and relating to the wave theory of light and to a paper by Henry Brougham.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3533

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[R.S.L. Council]
Date:
[21 June 1852]
Source of text:
RS RR.2.230
Summary:

Reports on G. G. Stokes's 'most remarkable and important' paper on refrangibility of light, recommending highly its publication in full. Notes in postscript that JH's experimental results had come close to those of Stokes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3612

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[R.S.L. Council]
Date:
[7 September 1857]
Source of text:
RS RR.3.251
Summary:

Is returning C. P. Smyth's paper ['Report on the Teneriffe Astronomical Experiment of 1856,' [R.S.P.T., 148, 165-], believing it now 'unobjectionable for publication.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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