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Herschel7779

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[19 January 1863]
Source of text:
RAS MSS Add.26.9
Summary:

Austrian consul, Mr. Schaeffer, sent JH one copy of Voyage of the Navara and map, care of R.A.S. If parcel arrives, send it to Smith, Elder & Co.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7138

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[26 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.363
Summary:

Comments on family health; asks AD if he has read James Challis on the topics of the ether and of zodiacal light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7151

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 March 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.360
Summary:

Is sorry to hear that the JHs have fever in the house. Hopes it will soon move away. Fever has been prevalent in Kent this year. Believes London is more healthy. Sends a problem.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7152

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 March 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.361
Summary:

Hopes all is well. Has not seen the point about James Challis to which JH refers, but Challis has produced strange theorems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7153

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.362
Summary:

Sends an extract from J. J. Lalande's article on planets from the Encyclopédie méthodique. Sends two of his own theorems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7154

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.363
Summary:

Like Professor Olearius Schneiderhausen, AD has had only one coat in two years. JH will go on for many more years. Sends one of his theorems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7155

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 July 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.364
Summary:

Regarding translations of Walter Mapes regarding the origin of the word theodolite.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7156

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[17 July 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.365 & 24.18
Summary:

Agrees that the weather is hot. The word theodolite. Where did he obtain his verses by Walter Mapes? Why not come and visit them?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7157

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 August 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.366
Summary:

Wife and family are on holiday at Portmadoc. Obtains his rhymes from Thomas Wright's Political Songs of England. Relates a tale of how a priest tricked a farmer in medieval times.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7158

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[27 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.22
Summary:

Comments on Greek fire lead JH into a variety of recollections.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7159

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 November 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.367
Summary:

Regarding a suitable length for the proposed metric system. Hopes the metrical people will continue to agitate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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