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Herschel8152

From:
Mary Anne Wilson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.420
Summary:

Recalls happy days JH spent with MW's relatives. MW is now 76 and in good health, but experiencing financial difficulties. Will JH help her? Reports news of her brothers, Alexander and Patrick.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel895

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
5 November [1866]
Source of text:
JHS 5.15
Summary:

Worried by not having heard from son John, especially as there is cholera in India; JH sends news of the family, especially of how bright the younger girls are; also comments on world events and about books sent to John.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11891

From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.253
Summary:

Sends four sheets of his Memoir of Thomas Drummond and would be pleased if JH would look over them and correct any errors. Miss Elizabeth Drummond continues an invalid. Is also sending the proof sheets to Sir T. A. Larcom.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4998

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
F. W. A. Argelander
Date:
[6 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.376 & 24.174
Summary:

Regarding his observations. Sending a copy of his original observations. Regarding the new variable star [T Coronae].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10917

From:
India Office
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.263
Summary:

R. A. T. Gascoyne-Cecil (Viscount Cranborne) would like JH's opinion on the value of the investigations carried out by Messrs. Schlagintweit in 1854; four volumes have already been published.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8956

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the British Meteorological Society
Date:
[14 November 1866]
Source of text:
Proceedings of the British Meteorological Society, 3 (1867), 273-5
Summary:

Presents in some detail and with an illustration his observations of the meteor shower 13-14 Nov. 1866.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13806

From:
Charles G. B. Daubeny
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
15 November [1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0156; Reel 1087
Summary:

[Printed letter] Collecting poems related to natural history and physical science. Lists 16, including JH's 'On the Herschelean Telescope.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12587

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D[aniel] Mackintosh
Date:
[15 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.175
Summary:

Has been asked to comment on the writings of Hermann von Schlagintweit, but JH has not yet had time to read them carefully and so cannot comment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11892

From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.254
Summary:

Many thanks for his prompt attention to the proof sheets; sends some more. Miss Elizabeth Drummond is gratified by JH's interest.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8574

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[India Office]
Date:
[16 November 1866]
Source of text:
BostonPubLib Ms.Eng.231(1)
Summary:

Corrects earlier statement that JH has not received vol. 4 of the study of India written by [Robert and Hermann] Schlagentweit

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4371

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.100
Summary:

Compares observations of meteor shower in Orion with JH. Describes methods and observations in detail.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11893

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John F. McLennan
Date:
[18 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.255 & 24.176
Summary:

Regarding the inventor of the compensation bars. Would not attribute their invention to Thomas Drummond in the light of J. E. Portlock's evidence. Thanks for the paper on ancient Greek kinship.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6706

From:
Charles G. B. Daubeny
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.23
Summary:

If his own collection of poems is printed he hopes JH will allow him to include the one on the telescope. His own health has improved. Outlines a proposition for JH to work on if he has time.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1118

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[19 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.15
Summary:

Carefully describes how to pack actinometers being shipped to India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11894

From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.256
Summary:

Was not prepared for the facts regarding the invention of the compensation bars as expressed in JH's letter. Will investigate the various claimants further.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6805

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.122
Summary:

Hears that JH is preparing his father's measurements of double stars for the R.A.S.; would like to publish his own work on double stars in the same volume. Would like to know when the work will be ready for publication.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3099

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.264
Summary:

Apologizes if AQ has missed answering one of JH's letters. Talks about meteorology of Belgium worked on over 30 years. Wants JH's photo for his work on statistics. Congratulates JH on his son's good work. Has received work from Collingwood and would love to know author.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7197

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.389
Summary:

Many thanks for his book [Familiar Lectures], which he is reading from the beginning. Comments on JH's views. Is Sidees a star or a constellation? Congratulations on his completion of Homer. Everyone is translating Homer now, and gives one of his own examples.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8153

From:
Mary Anne Wilson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.421
Summary:

Deep appreciation for JH's donation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6806

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 November 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.123
Summary:

Is grateful for his prompt reply about the catalogue of double stars. His own paper will run to some 250 pages. Otto Struve has offered to send him the observations of some of the stars he is interested in.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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