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Herschel672

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Stewart Herschel
Date:
[6 June 1856]
Source of text:
JHS 1.64
Summary:

Lectures AH on the 'examination paper of life' after AH had complained that he was disgusted by a college examination.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel719

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Stewart Herschel
Date:
[15 July 1856]
Source of text:
JHS 1.112
Summary:

Is concerned about the receipt of AH's accounts; lectures AH about the danger of moving into someone else's room [more luxurious] for the vacation; finally asks AH to discover who among the 'university-men' is color-blind, and to what degree.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10432

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Stewart Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.286
Summary:

Reports on a meeting of the R.A.S., mostly talking about sun spots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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