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Herschel7146

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 July 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.356
Summary:

Should not imagine that he is declining when a hot day comes along. Regarding Thomas Harriot and his theological views.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7147

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 August 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.357
Summary:

His family are now by the sea in Wales. Comments on translations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7148

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 August 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.358
Summary:

Returns JH's manuscript on algebra. Wishes parts of it had been published. Wrote a treatise on mechanics, which he submitted to the University when applying for his present position. Regarding J. L. F. Bertrand and their papers on series.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7150

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 August 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.359
Summary:

Does not use tables for rough and ready work, but backs his tables against the slide rule. Thanks for the dialogue ['On Atoms']. Regarding blind atoms.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7151

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 March 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.360
Summary:

Is sorry to hear that the JHs have fever in the house. Hopes it will soon move away. Fever has been prevalent in Kent this year. Believes London is more healthy. Sends a problem.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7152

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 March 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.361
Summary:

Hopes all is well. Has not seen the point about James Challis to which JH refers, but Challis has produced strange theorems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7153

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.362
Summary:

Sends an extract from J. J. Lalande's article on planets from the Encyclopédie méthodique. Sends two of his own theorems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7154

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.363
Summary:

Like Professor Olearius Schneiderhausen, AD has had only one coat in two years. JH will go on for many more years. Sends one of his theorems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7155

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 July 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.364
Summary:

Regarding translations of Walter Mapes regarding the origin of the word theodolite.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7157

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 August 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.366
Summary:

Wife and family are on holiday at Portmadoc. Obtains his rhymes from Thomas Wright's Political Songs of England. Relates a tale of how a priest tricked a farmer in medieval times.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7159

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 November 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.367
Summary:

Regarding a suitable length for the proposed metric system. Hopes the metrical people will continue to agitate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7160

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 February 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.368
Summary:

Hopes all are well. Comments on Charles Babbage's latest book. Intends telling the truth about James Ivory's delusions. Sends proof that ten is an even number.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7162

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 May 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.369
Summary:

Returns a book of poetry. His family is at Hastings. Sends a theorem.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7166

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 July 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.370
Summary:

Does not like the sound of the bronchitis. Gives a remedy that he found effective. Gives one of his own ciphers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7168

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 July 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.371
Summary:

Has been in a state of collapse all day, but a dose of '02H' has worked wonders. Gives anecdotes of Diogenes and Plato.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7169

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.372
Summary:

Did JH know when he was Master of the Mint that Isaac Newton had introduced a golden quarter-guinea? Most of his family are at Aldeburgh. Does he know Tristram Shandy's sense of proportion? Charles Babbage has become a public benefactor by the passing of the act against barrel organs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7171

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 August 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.373
Summary:

Has a quarter sovereign given him by Thomas Graham. Will mention the coin in Notes and Queries. Gives a pun on his own name. Anecdote of rain in India when his father and mother were travelling.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7172

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 September 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.374
Summary:

Regarding the antiquity of the + and - signs. Origin of quid vides.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7174

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 September 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.375
Summary:

Hears that JH sits in his study with a stove. This is unhealthy for anyone with bronchial tendencies.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7175

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 September 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.376
Summary:

JH expressed himself with great precision in the old Discourses. Concerning one of the publications of the B.A.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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