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Herschel11895

From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.257
Summary:

Sends proof sheet on the mathematics of representation. Intends to print in full JH's letter to Mrs. Drummond. Has not yet received information regarding the measuring bars as T. A. Larcom is busy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1601

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.282 (C: Cambridge University Library 7656/RS552)
Summary:

Informs JH that his comments against sending a major telescope to India were decisive [see JH's 1866-8-11 & 1866-9-4]; biggest cost impediment was salary of observer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14184

From:
Bartholomew Price
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0410; Reel 1087
Summary:

Supports G. W. Kitchin's request that JH write treatise on inductive logic for benefit of Oxford students.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1514

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Charles Lyell
Date:
[4 December 1866]
Source of text:
APS B.D25.L.18 (C: RS:HS 24.178)
Summary:

Appreciates the receipt of volume one of the tenth edition of CL's Principles of Geology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3473

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[5 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS Sa.675 (C RS:HS 15.283 & RS:HS 24.179)
Summary:

Maintains that a first class refractor is not needed at Masouri in India [see ES's 1866-9-4]. No special characteristics there justify the great expense of such a project.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2431

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.284
Summary:

Discusses current debate over placement of telescope in India. Discusses various possibilities for telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14099

From:
George William Kitchin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0318; Reel 1087
Summary:

Clarendon Press plans to publish series on logic. Invites JH to write treatise on inductive logic. Expect letters on this from John Phillips and Bartholomew Price.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8142

From:
John Williams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.410
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt by R.A.S. of papers relating to William Herschel's observations of double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14227

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0428.25; Reel 1093
Summary:

Requests JH's views on inductive logic for a publication by Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1602

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[8 December 1866]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/RS554 (ACCS: TxU:H/L-0378; Reel 1054
Summary:

In response to ES's 1866-12-6, JH sees no benefit in a great equatorial telescope in India being an itinerant instrument.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12808

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George William Kitchin
Date:
[9 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0213; Reel 1054
Summary:

Needs time to consider GK's request. What connection is expected between [Clarendon] Press and each author, or among all authors in GK's proposed series?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6635

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[10 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.180
Summary:

On the 'Great Phenomenon' of 13 and 14 Nov. [meteor shower]; JH appears to believe that there is an annular ring of very minute planets circling the sun.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11429

From:
Edward Joseph Lowe
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.340
Summary:

Sends some queries regarding meteor showers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11896

From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.258
Summary:

Sends the last sheet of the Memoir that will be necessary for JH to see. Sheets on the measuring bars are held in abeyance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11430

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Joseph Lowe
Date:
[13 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.341
Summary:

Did not mean to say that meteors describe an exact circle round the sun. Comments on the phenomena of meteors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2588

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.488
Summary:

Thanks JH for his sympathy regarding WS's fall. Describes the meteors he saw from his window on December 4.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14100

From:
George William Kitchin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 December 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0319; Reel 1087
Summary:

Grateful that JH is considering [writing treatise on inductive logic]. Each book in series is independent of other authors. Conveyed JH's request to Bartholomew Price.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2589

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[14 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.181
Summary:

Congratulates WS on his recovery. Thanks him for the meteor observations. The evidence points to an 11 rather than a 10 year period [in sunspots?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10921

From:
Clement M. Ingleby
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.267
Summary:

Was interested to read in JH's Familiar Lectures the chapter on sensorial vision; has been subject himself to the phenomenon described by JH. Queries one of the statements and would like verification from JH on this point.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11399

From:
Elias Loomis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.310
Summary:

Is indebted to JH for a number of scientific memoirs, including the General Catalogue of Nebulae and the tract on Physical Geography, both of which he highly esteems. Sends via the Smithsonian his own pamphlet on the Aurora Borealis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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