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Herschel8354

From:
Robert Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1866-2-24 or earlie
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.157a
Summary:

Asks to visit JH today.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8516

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Jean Baptiste André Dumas]
Date:
[24 February 1866]
Source of text:
Académie des sciences (Paris)
Summary:

Thanks for having sent a copy of the works of Antoine Lavoisier [3 vols., 1862-65, ed. by JD].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11167

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Ernst F. W. Klinkerfues
Date:
[24 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.57
Summary:

Has now received his pamphlet. Does not agree with its findings, but will submit it to the R.S.L., though it cannot be printed in R.S.P.T. as it has already appeared elsewhere. Comments on some of EK's theories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1433

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[24 February 1866]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H709 (ACCS: RS:HS 19.157b)
Summary:

Forwarding copy of paper by Ernst F. W. Klinkerfues; EK purports to show that movement of a star toward or away from an observer will affect its refraction in an achromatic prism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2568

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.475
Summary:

Says William Whewell has fallen from his horse and has been injured. Thanks JH for a paper he signed for the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2569

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[26 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.143
Summary:

Has heard about William Whewell's accident. Hopes he will recover, but knows his advanced age may hinder this. Wishes WS to send news of progress.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1434

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.62
Summary:

Comments against the paper of Ernst Klinkerfüss about observations of dispersed star light [see JH's 1866-2-24].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel16

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[27 February 1866]
Source of text:
RGO 6.381.444
Summary:

About William Whewell's accident, and the ideas of E. F. W. Klinkerfüss on the behavior of light due to the motion of a star source.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2570

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.476
Summary:

William Whewell has gotten up to walk several times. The left side of his body and face is still 'not quite right.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1435

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[28 February 1866]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H710
Summary:

Agrees with GS's assessment of Ernst Klinkerfüss's paper [see GS's 1866-2-27].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel17

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1866]
Source of text:
RGO 6.381.446
Summary:

Comments on the state of William Whewell's health, and about the theories of E. F. W. Klinkerfüss [see JH's 1866-2-27].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4902

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.290
Summary:

Has sent the 1854 Greenwich Magnetical and Meteorological Observations. Illness of the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (William Whewell). Undulating theory of stars in motion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10796

From:
Helen E. A. Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.150
Summary:

Expressing the thanks of her mother for signing the memorial.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10359

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Harley
Date:
1866-3
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.149
Summary:

Comments on analytic symbolism in mathematics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2571

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.477
Summary:

William Whewell slightly improved. Dr. [George] Humphry has been elected professor of Anatomy. Is indebted to JH because of the paper he sent to the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1436

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.63
Summary:

Further comments on Ernst Klinkerfüss's paper, in response to JH's 1866-2-28.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1708

From:
George Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.195
Summary:

Asks JH to recommend a reviewer for a popular book on astronomy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2572

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.478
Summary:

William Whewell seems to have permanent damage to his brain. Whewell has an article in MacMillan's Magazine regarding Auguste Comte's philosophy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9631

From:
J. Fitzmaurice
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.370
Summary:

A relation of JF has a handsome portrait of a William Herschel dressed in Jewish costume, to dispose of and wonders if JH would be interested in it. [Note by Herschel that this is Rabbi Herschel and no relation to the family.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1539

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[George Smith]
Date:
[3 March 1866]
Source of text:
APS B.H435p.24
Summary:

Is trying to assist in finding someone to review a book [The Heavens] by [Amédée] Guillemin.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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