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Herschel1899

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[2 August 1866]
Source of text:
WT 67694
Summary:

Declines to be involved in another [scientific ?] undertaking, as JH's health is too precarious.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2266

From:
Frederick Rixon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.492
Summary:

Asks JH to give 2 or 3 lectures on astronomy in the upcoming course at his school. JH declines the offer in an attached draft of a response.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12586

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Samuel Newington
Date:
[4 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.160
Summary:

Comments that the sound of the waves on the seashore seems louder as the rhythm matches the pulse of the heart.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1599

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[11 August 1866]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/RS534 (draft: RS:HS 15.277 & C: RS:HS 24.161
Summary:

Opposes sending expensive scientific equipment for J. B. N. Hennessey to use in India; suggests instead a variety of useful observations needing to be made, using inexpensive equipment. Discusses son's [Alexander] spectroscope observations of meteors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7190

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[12 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.162
Summary:

Comments on JH's health, and on items that are to go into JH's Familiar Lectures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3035

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Croll
Date:
[14 August 1866]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Thanks JC for his paper on the 'Influence of the Tidal Wave on the Moon's Motion.' Expresses disagreement with a number of aspects of JC's argument.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel863

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[15 August 1866]
Source of text:
JHS 4.15
Summary:

Pleased to hear of the birth of a daughter to their daughter Maria [Hardcastle]; JH has been breathing carbolic acid fumes for the treatment of bronchitis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7191

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.385
Summary:

Thanks for letter. Has just turned 60 himself. Does not like the sound of the bronchitis. Wife thanks him for the pamphlet on Force. It is a dreadful puzzle. Philosophers must deny the existence of things they do not understand. Family members are at Walmer. Gives examples of mistakes being copied. Encloses two riddles.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2586

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.487
Summary:

Has devised a method of exhibiting the photographs of the configuration of the planets. WS's sister, Mrs. George Peacock, will marry the new Master of Trinity [William H. Thompson].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2428

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.278
Summary:

Discusses [John] Hennessey's proposal [see ES's 1866-8-11]. Suggests sending achromatic along with a qualified observer. Thinks Alexander Herschel might be suitable for such a post. Melbourne telescope progressing rapidly.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6560

From:
James Croll
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.304
Summary:

Thanks for letter and criticism of his own paper. Seems to have misunderstood most of his points. Explains some of his theories on the movement of the earth and tides.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8176

From:
Edward Livingston Youmans
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.443
Summary:

Plans to compile and republish articles on claims of scientific education by famous scientists. Names nine who have consented. Wishes to include JH's letter to [J. C.] Adamson.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel860

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1866]
Source of text:
JHS 4.12
Summary:

News of the family servants, correspondence both JH and MH need to deal with, and prospects for son John.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2587

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[20 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.164
Summary:

Says the plan for the exhibition is ingenious. Discusses the 11 year cycle of sunspots and says the sun was spotless the previous day.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4240

From:
Thomas Harris
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1866]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (60)
Summary:

Settles a matter of debt.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3555

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[26 August 1866]
Source of text:
EUL:Gen523/4/36
Summary:

RM has inadvertently sent letter intended for 'S,' a chemist, to JH. Having read letter, JH comments that he esteems 'S,' but thinks it advisable to tell 'S' that B.A.A.S. as a body will not recommend 'S's invention to government.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2267

From:
George Rümker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.510
Summary:

Sends observations of additional circumpolar nebulae. Notes differences between his observations and those of JH. Hopes to determine positions of very faint nebulae in the future.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2429

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[30 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.279 (C: RS:HS 24.163)
Summary:

Did not realize [John] Hennessey was considering constructing an achromatic telescope. Thanks ES for considering his son, Alexander, for the Melbourne post.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7192

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.386
Summary:

Thought that JH and Charles Babbage were of the same year, but Cambridge Calendar shows differently; can JH solve the puzzle? Visited H. Crabb Robinson yesterday who gave him some sonnets that had been addressed to Wordsworth. Regarding the 1st edition of the Eikon basilike. Reason for Sir James South's knighthood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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