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Herschel8511

From:
Herbert Spencer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.492
Summary:

Thanks JH for sending HS a copy of JH's dialogue ['On Atoms']. Comments on it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11999

From:
D. C. E. van Monckhoven
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.361
Summary:

Further inquiries on photographic processes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8131

From:
John Henry Whitaker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.397
Summary:

Eighteen months ago, JH sent to JW autographs of William and Caroline Herschel and Baron von Humboldt. Now seeks another of each.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11917

From:
Robert Main
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.279
Summary:

Is pleased that the Government have put Sir Thomas Maclear on the Civil list. Has read JH's paper on atoms with much interest and amusement. Hopes that JH will call at the Observatory when in Oxford. Finds the R. C. Carrington transit circle a valuable instrument. Comments on his observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6792

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.109
Summary:

Pleased to hear that the memorial on behalf of Thomas Maclear has been successful. Comments on the mild weather. Hopes the health of his daughter is improving.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10180

From:
Amédée Victor Guillemin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.67
Summary:

Is preparing a popular work on astronomical phenomena and would welcome copies of JH's Outlines Astr. and Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11280

From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.183
Summary:

Is pleased H. J. Temple (3rd Viscount Palmerston) has replied so promptly to JH's memorial regarding Thomas Maclear. Would like JH's sanction for JL's support of George Rümker as the new Observer at Hamburg.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1411

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[30 January 1863]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/RS332
Summary:

Further to dealing with report on William Hopkins's paper [see GS's 1862-12-24].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1723

From:
Smith, Elder & Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.210
Summary:

Note accompanying payment for 'Notes on Science' for Cornhill Magazine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7701

From:
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1863]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.8.13; Reel 10
Summary:

Is sending JH a list of 38 nebulae, their positions reduced to 1830, and described using the terms that JH uses. Comments on some of the difficulties in identifying the nebulae, and includes reference to other astronomer's work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2416

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.267
Summary:

Wrote to [A.] Sawitsch regarding Russian pendulum experiments. Encloses Sawitsch's reply. Discusses experimental possibilities.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12018

From:
G. Mühry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.380
Summary:

Thanks JH for the efforts made on behalf of his brother, Adalbart Adolf Mühry. [The London Medical Relief Fund was only intended for residents of England, and so could not help.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12295

From:
Thomas Newbon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.151
Summary:

Informing JH that TN's father died this morning.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5653

From:
William Radcliffe Birt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.143
Summary:

Warren de La Rue has suggested that WB apply for a government grant to further his researches on the lunar surface. Would be grateful for his support.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2417

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[5 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.8
Summary:

Agrees that the pendulum should be observed at major Indian stations because Russians did not avail themselves of offered vacuum apparatus and pendulums.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel452

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.73
Summary:

Is sending JH the completed sheets of nebula reductions for printing [see JH's 1863-2-6].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel451

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[6 February 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.71 (C: TxU:H/L-0022)
Summary:

Once again anxious about completion of nebula catalogue, and about cost over run [see Edward Stone's 1863-1-14].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10601

From:
William Hopkins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.480
Summary:

Has received the report on his paper on glaciers. Comments on one or two points. Hopes it will create interest in the subject.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7712

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 February 1863]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.10.14; Reel 10 (ACCS: RGO 6.200.76)
Summary:

Sends a final accounting for the calculating work done at the Royal Observatory on JH's nebula catalogue [see JH's 1863-2-7].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel453

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[7 February 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.74
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of nebula catalogue sheets from GA [see GA's 1863-2-6]; apologizes for JH's anxious letter [see JH's 1863-2-6].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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