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Herschel7400

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1838-5 or later]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 5/4.7 verso; Reel 8
Summary:

[Form Letter] Government committee appointed to replace standards of length and measure destroyed in Parliament fire. List of questions seeking recipients' opinion on subject.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3632

From:
Mary Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.216
Summary:

Waxes poetic in reply to JH's note of sympathy for MS's husband's death. Hopes for JH's safe return from the Cape and that JH will visit when in town. Updates on family news.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5718

From:
Sarah Bowdich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1838-5-15 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.209
Summary:

An eleventh number of her series on fishes is to be published. Hopes he will subscribe to it. Congratulations on his return.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10839

From:
Rowland Hill
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 May 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.190
Summary:

Sending a copy of his pamphlet on the Post Office. Hopes he will give his opinion to the Parliamentary Committee now sitting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1323

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 May 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.274
Summary:

Writing to welcome JH home from the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14149

From:
Thomas Spring-Rice
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 May 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0375; Reel 1087
Summary:

Invites JH to join committee to replace standards of weight and measure destroyed in 1834 Parliament fire. Happy that JH returned safely to England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3858

From:
William Rowan Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 May 1838]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Congratulates JH on his successful Cape Town enterprise.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10707

From:
Alexander von Humboldt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 May 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.64
Summary:

Calling his attention to the works of J. C. Poggendorf and Guillaume Weber. Does he know of the ingenious work carried out at the Cape by C. F. Gauss and Weber?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11909

From:
Johann Heinrich Mädler and Wilhelm Beer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 May 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.271
Summary:

Are looking forward to JH's trip to the Continent. Comment on recent observations of the moon's surface.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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