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Herschel13531

From:
James Samuelson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 September 1867]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0760.3; Reel 1089
Summary:

Asks JH to sign enclosed certificate over [Charles] Darwin's signature. JS will take it to B.A.A.S. meeting in Dundee next week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10807

From:
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.160
Summary:

A note to thank JH for sending some Latin verses of his own.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7207

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.397
Summary:

In one of JH's letters he mentions a name of a forger; was it G. B. Libri? It would not be easy to detect a forgery.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7208

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.398
Summary:

Further points on the Michel Chasles forgeries.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2038

From:
Eliza Susan Quincy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.281
Summary:

Wants to send JH and [John] Stewart memoirs of her father, [Josiah] Quincy. Praises JH's Iliad translation) and his Cape Results. Introduces her nephew, General [?] Quincy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6402

From:
Julia Margaret Cameron
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.167
Summary:

Her husband is well again and her own health is much improved. Would be interested to know which photographs he likes best and why.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel158

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[12 September 1867]
Source of text:
RGO 6.695.491
Summary:

Comments on GA's theory of the thermo-electric origin of terrestrial magnetism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel234

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[12 September 1867]
Source of text:
RGO 6.412.244
Summary:

Is very pleased with resolution about the observations of Charles Rümker [see Edward Sabine's 1867-8-30].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel575

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[12 September 1867]
Source of text:
RGO 6.359.534
Summary:

It appears that the Indian government has now approved the introduction of the metric system; JH is very upset.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel986

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[12 September 1867]
Source of text:
JHS 6.52
Summary:

Has been observing sunspots and talks about sunspot cycles; JH is glad to see that son John has been practicing observing with the spectroscope in preparation for the Indian solar eclipse [see JH's 1867-6-12].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4918

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.306
Summary:

Thanking him for his paper on Indian Standards and systems of measurement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4919

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.307 (C: RGO 6.695.493)
Summary:

Regarding the theory of magnetic currents.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel576

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 September 1867]
Source of text:
RGO 6.359.535
Summary:

Expresses GA's contempt for those who legislate for others without knowing what they are doing; GA is talking about the Indian legislation [see JH's 1867-9-12].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7209

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.399
Summary:

T. A. Hirst is trying to get Michel Chasles to give up his authority.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2135

From:
Thomas Romney Robinson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.380
Summary:

Asks JH to sign memorial for [John?] Stevelly. Discusses excited reaction to [Michel] Chasles claims regarding Blaise Pascal and Isaac Newton.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5800

From:
David Brewster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.270
Summary:

Has heard that he has been suffering from the cramp and suggests a few remedies that he himself has found beneficial.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4182

From:
James Parker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.137
Summary:

Sends JH poems for possible publication in a selection edited by Charles Daubeny; asks JH to identify the one which he wants in the volume.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel983

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[29 September 1867]
Source of text:
JHS 6.51
Summary:

Provides sources of information about polarization, spectroscopy and solar physics for son John, who is continuing his preparation for observing the solar eclipse [see JH's 1867-9-12].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2039

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Eliza Susan Quincy
Date:
[30 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.282 (C: RS:HS 24.206)
Summary:

EQ may forward packages for JH to [John] Stewart in London. Discusses [James] Grahame. Pleased EQ liked his translation of the Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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