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Herschel2606

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[1 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.222
Summary:

Thanks WS for 'Genevieve' translation. Will not continue the Dante because a Terza Rima translation has been done previously. The sun is behaving oddly.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10674

From:
Sir William Huggins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.45
Summary:

Much obliged for his suggestions regarding the comet; comments on these suggestions. His own observations were made on the comet, not its tail. Would be pleased for him to visit his observatory when in London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10675

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William Huggins
Date:
[5 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.223
Summary:

Comments on WH's finding the carbon line in WH's spectroscopic examinations of cometary tails.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4184

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Thomson
Date:
[11 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.351a (C: RS:HS 24.224)
Summary:

Comments on WT's paper on geological time. Unsatisfied with the efficiency of tidal friction in retarding the rotation of the earth. Considers effect of external attraction on a rotating body to relate to momentum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11096

From:
Frederic J. Jackson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.431
Summary:

Thanks for his article on musical scales. Misses a description of the elements of the simple scale. Comments on various theories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7215

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.403
Summary:

Reasons why the sun has been so hot recently. Thanks for the paper on the scale. Comments on this. Sends a mathematical problem.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2222

From:
Sir Edward Ryan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.466
Summary:

Wants information for Sir Edward Colebrooke on the involvement of his father [H. T. Colebrooke] in the formation of the Royal Astronomical Society. Cannot ask Charles Babbage because his memory is poor.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10207

From:
Rider Garrett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.93
Summary:

JH's notes and version of the first canto of Dante's Inferno has made him attempt a version in the original rhyming meter. Would like his comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3103

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.268
Summary:

Sends first pages of JH's work on theory of probability. Asks for modifications.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9371

From:
Lady M[ary] Egerton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
28 August [1868?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.123
Summary:

Many thanks for his article on the musical scale. Will try to understand it when she has more leisure.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14050

From:
Charles Sterry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 August 1868]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0272; Reel 1087
Summary:

Death of William H. Barton.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10208

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Rider Garrett
Date:
[29 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.94 & 24.225
Summary:

Has received her version of the first canto of Dante's Inferno. Did she know it has already been done in an almost perfect way by Mr. Ford, prebend of Exeter? Comments on various points of her translation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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