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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Isabella Herschel
Date:
[1850 or later ?]
Source of text:
WT 91327
Summary:

Talks about the concepts of thinking and consciousness.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Isabella Herschel
Date:
[13 November 1853]
Source of text:
JHS 1.68
Summary:

Asking for a photograph of himself [see JH's 1853-11-[10]]; complains about the binders putting too much material in one book; talks about daughter Caroline spending much time at Windsor.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Isabella Herschel
Date:
1854
Source of text:
JHS 1.62
Summary:

Talks about crystal rocks in JH's collection, which may be used, with great care.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Isabella Herschel
Date:
[30 January 1854]
Source of text:
JHS 1.70
Summary:

Family news and comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Isabella Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1854]
Source of text:
JHS 1.40
Summary:

Tells a silly story, and then complains about Charles Babbage stopping by and talking about CB's lighthouse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Isabella Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0527; Reel 1053
Summary:

Strong desire for letters. Misses family. Emptiness of 'civilized' life. Encourages IH's expression of feminine feelings. Concern about Napoleon III, England's national debt, and America's 'vain school-boy-ism.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Isabella Herschel
Date:
1855-2
Source of text:
JHS 1.43
Summary:

Writes to answer a question about the expansion of water on freezing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Isabella Herschel
Date:
[16 June 1855]
Source of text:
JHS 1.44
Summary:

Writes to JH with family news, because JH's wife, Margaret, is ill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Isabella Herschel
Date:
[1859?]
Source of text:
JHS 5.18
Summary:

Tells about missing a meeting with HRH Prince Albert, about a paper read at a R.S.L. meeting, and describes how to figure out how strong a reading glass JH needs to buy for his wife, Margaret. JH saw Charles Wheatstone, who has devised an alphabetic telegraph.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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