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From:
Mrs. Mary Frances Kater
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.23
Summary:

Would like JH to come and have tea to discuss the idea of a fluid object glass, with which her husband is at present engrossed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Mrs. Mary Frances Kater
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.19
Summary:

Many thanks for his beautiful ballad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Mrs. Mary Frances Kater
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
18 March [1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.20
Summary:

Has just had a visit from James Graham[e], who came to apologize for a misunderstanding. Sends a Hindoo myth, which she is sure he can utilize for a poem. Her husband was pleased with JH's paper on light. Has himself written a paper on the collimator.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Mrs. Mary Frances Kater
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 January 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.21
Summary:

Capt. Kater is too unwell to write, but he would like to know whether JH is likely to claim the Navy Bills for his term as Commissioner of Longitude, as Kater will do whatever JH does in this matter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Mrs. Mary Frances Kater
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 February 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.22
Summary:

She understands Davies Gilbert's report was from James South. JH's description of the telescope meets Kater's ideas. Kater has been much struck by William Parsons' (3rd Earl of Rosse) experiments on the formation of large mirrors. Wishes JH had called him when he was in town.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project