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Herschel9545

From:
Isaac Fletcher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.274
Summary:

Is grateful for his copy of the catalogue of nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7327

From:
Francis R. Drew
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.503
Summary:

Outlining the state of his own perception in regard to colors and harmony. Where can he find JH's published views on heat?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5746

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward William Brayley
Date:
[4 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.131
Summary:

Questions EB's use of terms 'ponderable' and 'imponderable' matter in EB's almanac.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14289

From:
Patrick Francis Robertson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0451; Reel 1093
Summary:

Found article with good description of Bank act. PR's ideas regarding issuance of currency notes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5006

From:
Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.384
Summary:

Is sending a copy of HA's Harveian Oration for JH's perusal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1511

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Charles Lyell
Date:
[7 December 1865]
Source of text:
APS B.D25.L.15 (C: RS:HS 24.132)
Summary:

Describes exactly the route JH took to get to the point where he made his drawings of the earth pyramids at Botzen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9232

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[7 December 1865]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207120 (C: RS:HS 24.133)
Summary:

Describes JH's search for a publisher of JH's Iliad translation. Sending a sample to [Matthew] Arnold. Hopes WW is better; feels very old.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12927

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Patrick Francis Robertson
Date:
[8 December 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0339.3; Reel 1054
Summary:

Insists that artificial representations of capital-currency, checks, bills, titles, etc.-are not capital. Examines arguments on both sides of issue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6315

From:
Wilhelm H. I. Bleek
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.76
Summary:

Forwarding a chapter of his comparative grammar of the South African language for JH's comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9233

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[11 December 1865]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207121 (C: RS:HS 24.134 & draft: RS:HS 18.221)
Summary:

Asks WW to recommend JH's Iliad translation to Macmillan. Discusses possibility of publication of selections.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13500

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[11 December 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0734; Reel 1089
Summary:

Just read [?]'s article on [John?] Blackwood. JH's views on effectiveness of [Robert] Peel's act and on relative roles of government and Bank of England in nation's economy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4901

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.289
Summary:

Regarding I. K. Brunel's bridges and JH's letter on suspension roofs. Effects of a thunderstorm on a water barometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10544

From:
George C. Hodgkinson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.421
Summary:

Has been voted a grant of £30 from the R.S.L. Committee. Results of his recent observations in the Alps. Comments on these and gives indexes for instruments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7185

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[14 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.135
Summary:

Comments on a mathematics paper AD sent. Inquires about W. S. Jevons. Is still working on translation of the Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10977

From:
William Stanley Jevons
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.322
Summary:

JH's letter has taken a long time to reach him, which accounts for his delay in replying. Is pleased that JH likes his pamphlet on the coal question. Has been puzzled by the character of Francis Bacon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7186

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.382
Summary:

Regarding the identity of J. P. [W. S.] Jevons. Hopes JH will now set to work on the Odyssey. Sends four riddles.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3506

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin
Date:
[19 December 1865]
Source of text:
TCD 7762-72:1696
Summary:

Thanks for sending [Charles] Graves's elegy on W. R. Hamilton, reflecting on Hamilton's great, 'high-souled,' 'enthusiastic' character.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8949

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Photographic News
Date:
[28 December 1865]
Source of text:
Photographic News, 10 (Jan. 5, 1866), 5-6 & American Journal of Photography, n.s
Summary:

Discusses recent progress in color photography. Stresses that what is most needed is a way of making negatives from which colored positives can be produced. Recounts JH's recent experiments relating to the action of light on solutions of platinum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10978

From:
William Stanley Jevons
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.323
Summary:

Encloses a note he has received from Macmillan (publishers). Would be grateful if JH could spare the time to write a short notice of the work as he feels an obligation towards Macmillan for publishing his work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13492

From:
[J. Gomez Banley?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 December 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0725.1; Reel 1089
Summary:

Thanks for gift of JH's Catalog to library of [?] observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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