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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[15 August 1841]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #721 (Aug. 21, 1841), 643
Summary:

Discusses meteor showers of 9 August 1840, emanating from a point in the constellation Perseus. Calls attention to a report on these meteors as seen from near Vesuvius in 1779 by William Hamilton.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[10 August 1842]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #773 (Aug. 20, 1842), 748
Summary:

Seeks to clear up confusions about various photographic processes, e.g., the Chrysotype process, developed by JH, about which confusions arose from earlier reports on them in the Athenaeum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[31 January 1843]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #797 (Feb. 4, 1843), 111
Summary:

Reports his observations on the explosion at Dover of 19,000 pounds of gunpowder.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[7 May 1843]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #811 (May 11, 1843), 465
Summary:

Describes a particularly brilliant aurora, which JH observed from Collingwood on the night of 6 May.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[27 September 1843]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #831 (Sept. 30, 1843), 884
Summary:

[Replying to remarks by T. R. Robinson reported in Athenaeum, #830 (Sept. 23, 1843), 866-7,] JH argues that William Herschel's 40-foot reflector was not a failure, noting, for example, the discovery by it of the sixth and seventh Saturnian satellites.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[2 November 1843]
Source of text:
WT 69293.1
Summary:

Requests publication of what will hopefully be JH's last letter on the Slough telescope [see JH's "[Reply to Dr. Robinson [on the Reflecting Telescopes of the Late Sir William Herschel]," Athenaeum, #836 (Nov. 4, 1843), 983-4.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[2 November 1843]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #836 (Nov. 4, 1843), 983-4
Summary:

Continues the debate with T. R. Robinson [see Athenaeum, #830 (Sept. 23, 1843), 866-7; #831 (Sept. 30, 1843), 884; and #834 (Oct. 21, 1843), 945-6] on the quality of William Herschel's 40-foot reflecting telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[1 October 1846]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #988 (Oct. 3, 1846), 1091
Summary:

[The discovery of Neptune having been just announced], JH calls attention to JH's recent suggestion to the B.A.A.S. that such a discovery was imminent; states that in 1842 JH had discussed the idea of a trans-Uranian planet with F. W. Bessel, and that [J. C.] Adams of Cambridge had carried out an investigation comparable to that of U. J. J. Leverrier.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[11 November 1848]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1100 (Nov. 25, 1848), 1176
Summary:

Reports that JH will discuss the discovery of Neptune in his forthcoming Outlines Astr. Mentions Benjamin Peirce's calculations regarding Neptune.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[13 November 1848]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1099 (Nov. 18, 1848), 1149
Summary:

Reports witnessing a lunar rainbow, including a secondary rainbow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[20] November 1848
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1100 (Nov. 25, 1848), 1179
Summary:

Provides a rule for dividing vanishing lines in perspective drawing. [Written by 'Geometer', i.e., JH.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
25] January [1850
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1162 (Feb. 2, 1850), 132
Summary:

[Writing anonymously], offers a solution to a Latin problem discussed earlier in the Athenaeum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
25] January [1850
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1162 (Feb. 2, 1850), 132
Summary:

[Writing anonymously], asks a question about the public understanding of the Gregorian calendar.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[27 May 1850]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1179 (June 1, 1850), 589
Summary:

Announces the discovery by Annibal de Gasparis of the asteroid Parthenope; gives its location.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[7 December 1852]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1311 (Dec. 11, 1852), 1363
Summary:

Requests publication of a letter [see John Stewart's [1852]] that JH received from Stewart and in which Stewart explains an effective photographic process Stewart uses.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[6 July 1853]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1341 (July 9, 1853), 83 & Journal of the Photographic Society, 1:8
Summary:

Requests publication of a letter [see John Stewart's 1853-6-11] that JH received from Stewart and in which Stewart explains a method of 'taking from glass negatives positive impressions of different dimensions.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[23 April 1860]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1696 (April 28, 1860), 581-2 & John Taylor, The Great Pyramid, 2nd.
Summary:

Expresses his views on how the British should select their standard of length. Also discusses John Taylor's views of the Great Pyramid.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[1 May 1860]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1697 (May 5, 1860), 617 & John Taylor, The Great Pyramid, 2nd. ed. (
Summary:

[Following up on JH's 1860-4-23,] notes another numerical relationship between the dimensions of the Great Pyramid and those of the earth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[1 November] 1862
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1881 (Nov. 14, 1863), 652 inc
Summary:

Calls attention to a report of a lake in Central America that 'gives rise to two rivers.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[6 September 1864]
Source of text:
WT B.14
Summary:

Sends a circular and JH's response to it for possible publication.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project