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Herschel4891

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.278
Summary:

Sending him the draft of the Report of the Standards Committee for his signature.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel904

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[6 August 1864]
Source of text:
JHS 5.24
Summary:

About family finances, JH's health, and activities around the house.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6851

From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.159
Summary:

Sending a photograph of the moon 38" in diameter. Begs him to accept it as a mark of appreciation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8946

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the R.A.S.
Date:
[8 August 1864]
Source of text:
R.A.S.M.N., 24 (1864), 220-1
Summary:

Describes a revolving eyepiece that could protect the eye from excess light in solar observation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4324

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[9 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.56
Summary:

Believes he will complete Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel905

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1864]
Source of text:
JHS 5.25
Summary:

Some friction has arisen between JH and MH over finances, and JH apologizes; JH is describing the newly-acquired horse, and reports on mail received and the activities of the children.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7169

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.372
Summary:

Did JH know when he was Master of the Mint that Isaac Newton had introduced a golden quarter-guinea? Most of his family are at Aldeburgh. Does he know Tristram Shandy's sense of proportion? Charles Babbage has become a public benefactor by the passing of the act against barrel organs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6347

From:
John C. Broun
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.111
Summary:

Regrets the expense incurred by the enclosed letter. Sends the report from the Colonial Office.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13044

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart from Isabella Herschel
Date:
[18] August 1864
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0457; Reel 1055
Summary:

News of Herschel family. JH asks for information about 'India Stock' [investments].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7742

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Christopher Carrington
Date:
[18 August 1864]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 13/2.4; Reel 10
Summary:

If RC's formulas for sunspots are correct, then 'trade-wind theory' is challenged and sun's photosphere may behave as envelope circulating around sun according to laws of planetary motion. Questions formula relating to sunspot velocity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7170

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[19 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.57
Summary:

Comments on minting of coins [see AD's 1864-8-18], the state of JH's health, and the need for an elocution teacher for one of JH's sons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7171

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.373
Summary:

Has a quarter sovereign given him by Thomas Graham. Will mention the coin in Notes and Queries. Gives a pun on his own name. Anecdote of rain in India when his father and mother were travelling.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11811

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.171
Summary:

Congratulations on marriage of JH's son William. Hopes Willy and his bride will call at the Cape on their way to India. Attorney General has just returned from Grahamstown with the [Samuel] Parlby papers. Has finished work on measurement of arc of meridian.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12469

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Cranmer Penrose
Date:
[23 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.335 & 24.58
Summary:

Finds FP's paper [see FP's 1864-7] interesting, but does not believe his proposal has any hope of acceptance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4417

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.372
Summary:

Asks for JH's advice on astronomy as a profession.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4606

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Thomson
Date:
[25 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.349b (C: RS:HS 24.59)
Summary:

Thanks WT for paper on rigidity of the earth; agrees tidal action affects not only fluid motion of earth, but the solid as well. Mentions JH's paper of the previous year suggesting that tidal waves cause earthquakes. Raises questions about the idea of the earth as a magnet and about WT's dynamical theory of heat.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13495

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Trant, Jr.]
Date:
[30 August 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0728; Reel 1089
Summary:

Responds to [?]'s 'passionate desire to become an astronomer.' Distinguishes between doing astronomy and enjoying its discoveries. Explains training procedures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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