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Herschel882

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[25 May 1860]
Source of text:
JHS 5.3
Summary:

Comments extensively on the calculation, and elimination, of error in geodesic measurements; JH concludes with a few family news items.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10591

From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 June 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.469
Summary:

Regrets to hear that he proposes to retire from the captaincy of the Hawkhurst Company of the Rifle Volunteers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel721

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Stewart Herschel
Date:
6 [June] 1860
Source of text:
JHS 1.114
Summary:

Mostly taken up with JH advising AH about changing his course of studies at Cambridge, together with some family news from home.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5652

From:
William Radcliffe Birt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 June 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.142
Summary:

Would like confirmation of his London address before returning the books. Has borrowed from the Society the barometric observations made at Cracow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13718

From:
Alexander Bridport Becher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 June 1860]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0073; Reel 1087
Summary:

Announces 18 June meeting of Board of Visitors of Royal Observatory at R.S.L. Subject will be proposed grant by [E. A. S. Seymour, 12th] Duke of Somerset to [Peter A.] Hansen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13778

From:
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie [the elder]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 June 1860]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0129; Reel 1087
Summary:

Hopes JH will attend [18 June] meeting of Visitors of [Royal] Observatory to discuss letter of [E. A. S. Seymour, 12th] Duke of Somerset, belittling value of [P. A.] Hansen's observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14750

From:
[Harriet?] Lubbock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 June 1860]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0938; Reel 1083
Summary:

Sends 'something about the Moon.' It is all the printer has produced so far.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1816

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 June 1860]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0639.1 (ACCS: RGO 6.83.136)
Summary:

Urges JH to attend the next meeting of the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory, especially as GA believes some of the members of the Board do not understand the scientific problem [?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11083

From:
Joseph Jopling
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 June 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.419
Summary:

Saw J. S. Perring for only a short time. Explained his own theories and models of the Great Pyramid at the Royal Institution. Enlarges on his theories. Has been invited to lecture to the Sino-Egyptian Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11433

From:
Edward Loyd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 June 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.345
Summary:

Is giving a dinner for the Hawkhurst Rifle Volunteers and would welcome JH's presence.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13719

From:
Alexander Bridport Becher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 June 1860]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0074; Reel 1087
Summary:

18 June meeting of Board of Visitors of Royal Observatory will begin one hour earlier. Encloses copy of letter of [E. A. S. Seymour, 12th] Duke of Somerset, and response from Astronomer Royal [G. B. Airy].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1399

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 June 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.42
Summary:

Enquires whether JH wants a paper published in R.S.P.T. or in R.S.L. Proceedings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8675

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Stevenson
Date:
[15 June 1860]
Source of text:
NatLibScot MS.785, f.23
Summary:

Thanks TS for TS's publication on lighthouse illumination; adds some of JH's own ideas on the subject.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10202

From:
Francis Galton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 June 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.88
Summary:

Intends going to Spain for the eclipse to make observations on solar radiation. Would like advice on the type of actinometer to use.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4540

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 June 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.80
Summary:

Asks JH's opinion on CP's eclipse observations plans, especially on which equipment to use. Intends to use a 'diagonal solar eyepiece' during the eclipse. Plans to observe carefully and to sketch solar flares.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel942

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1860-6-25 or later]
Source of text:
JHS 6.64
Summary:

Comments on the behavior of Sirius with its companion, and on the likelihood of the existence of the inter-Mercurial planet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3198

From:
Thomas Stevenson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 June 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.235
Summary:

Believing JH gives TS credit for a proposal not TS's own, clarifies TS's work in lighthouse illumination.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8931

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Photographic News
Date:
[30 June 1860]
Source of text:
Photographic News, 4 (1860), 118
Summary:

[Writing under the pseudonym 'Redde Suum Cuique'], JH notes that a recently published process for recovering silver from old plate was in fact anticipated by James Keir in a 1790 R.S.P.T. paper. Attacks a recent misuse of the word 'actinometer.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1865

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander J. B. Hope
Date:
[31 June 1860]
Source of text:
WT 63313.1
Summary:

Comments on the publication of several volumes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10818

From:
John Hawkins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 July 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.170
Summary:

Thanks for his letter about Thomas Maclear's boy. Thought he was in the care of his uncle. Will do whatever JH thinks is best.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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