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RS-MM-000940

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Royal Society
Date:
1 March 1869
Source of text:
MM/14/216, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel10996

From:
J[ohn] Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.342
Summary:

Sending some tables to show the relation between the mean distances of the primary and secondary planets.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6266

From:
William Henry Bateson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.27
Summary:

Would be pleased if JH would come to the consecration of the new chapel in May.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2268

From:
S. Alexander Renshaw
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.477
Summary:

Desires advice on construction of glass prisms for Newtonian reflecting telescopes. Also asks how to test the parabolic figure of a glass speculum before silvering.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4515

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.104
Summary:

Has discovered William Herschel's memoirs in R.A.S. library; arranged and read them. Asks JH whether any copies exist so the originals can be checked for completion before binding. Questions JH on William Herschel's opinion of the nature of nebulae and boundaries of the galaxy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE337

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Mar 1869
Source of text:
HS 16.378, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE338

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Mar 1869
Source of text:
MSH 3 / 309, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel13532

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[14 March 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0760.4; Reel 1089 (C: RS:HS 16.378 & 24.251)
Summary:

Commentary on manuscript [Personal Recollections?] that [MS] sent to JH one month ago. Career of scientific learning and domestic happiness will inspire future generations. Suggests publishing it posthumously for greater impact. Corrects passages about Charles Babbage. Gives purpose, history, and membership of each of two Standards committees, one of 1819 and one of 1838. Suggests avoiding topic of bitter controversy over invention of electric telegraph.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11985

From:
William Allen Miller
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.347
Summary:

The Meteorological Committee of the R.S.L. is about to commence publishing the summary of the observation collected from the seven observatories. Would like JH's advice on method of publishing the barometric observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4269

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.105
Summary:

Suggests remedy for bronchitis problem in JH family. Young John Herschel's work on nebulae pleases CP. Comments on William Huggins's work on solar spectra.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3174

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Balfour Stewart
Date:
[18 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.253
Summary:

Agrees with BS's objection against performing daily analyses of individual barometric pressure records. Believes monthly analyses of importance for observing laws of annual pressure.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11986

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Allen Miller
Date:
[18 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.348 & 24.252
Summary:

Is fully satisfied with the objections in WM's letter regarding the individual records of barometric pressure. Gives advice on how the records should be shown.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1996

From:
Sir William Pole
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.29
Summary:

Notices in letter of last May JH's postscript about the rate of color blindness occurring to overworked or ill artists, and doubts it becomes di-chromic, but merely a 'weakness' of vision.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12504

From:
Christian August Friedrich Peters
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.370
Summary:

Thanks JH for the memoirs he sent to CP, who will reciprocate with some of his own.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE339

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
23 Mar 1869
Source of text:
HS 16.379, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2688

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.379
Summary:

Has made the changes JH suggested. Autobiography will be published posthumously. Met [Henry W.] Longfellow. Wishes the Herschels would visit because it might improve JH's health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7900

From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.104
Summary:

Consulted A. C. L. G. Günther, museum ichthyologist. Answers JH's question about poisonous herring Clupea thryssa. [A. K.] Johnston's Physical Atlas attributes Ruminants article to GW, but GW wrote only Rodentia article.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12341

From:
Mathilde Oersted
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.198
Summary:

It was a great pleasure to receive JH's letter. Sees that he still remembers the day at Portsmouth. Hopes to collect and publish her father's letters and now returns those written to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10684

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William Huggins
Date:
[27 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.254
Summary:

Comments on the radiant heat of heavenly bodies and the motion of Sirius.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7901

From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.105
Summary:

Extensive discussion of comparative anatomy, taxonomy, and distribution of rodents. Encourages JH to use term Hystricidae for porcupines in JH's [Physical Geography (1861)].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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