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Herschel4143

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[16 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.337b
Summary:

Suggests John Lubbock's improvements in calculating planetary perturbations be discussed at a R.A.S. meeting. Plans to bring subject before the Council.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11474

From:
John William Lubbock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.387
Summary:

Is obliged by his note and will accordingly write to Richard Sheepshanks. Spot on the sun was very visible to the naked eye recently. Looks forward to seeing JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7845

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.49
Summary:

Verified Leonhard Euler's values for Bernoulli's numbers up to B=25 by method previously outlined and to be stated fully in this letter. Mr. Hensley [of Trinity College] proposes to revise incorrect values given in Penny Cyclopaedia. Computing a Bernoulli number by P. S. Laplace's formula takes three days. HW's method of continued subtraction requires only 24 hours.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13821

From:
Drummond's Bank
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0170; Reel 1087
Summary:

Received three bills for £316 from Georg Merz and Sons, but JH's balance is only £19.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4352

From:
John T. Towson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.360
Summary:

Thanks JH for suggestion on his method of Great Circle sailing. Further enquires over some cartographic matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7593

From:
Samuel Heinrich Schwabe
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 December 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.110; Reel 9
Summary:

Thanks JH for the gift of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12666

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[22 December 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0087; Reel 1054
Summary:

Requests reimbursement for £316 JH paid to [Georg] Merz for two bills owed by astronomer royal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13809

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 December 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0159; Reel 1087
Summary:

Should Mr. Morris, carpenter at Cranbrook, include canvas for covering dome, or will that be available at Cape Town? Improvements in WD's dome should be incorporated into Cape dome. Apologizes for WD's carelessness in managing telescope when JH visited.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13711

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0066; Reel 1087 (ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book)
Summary:

Admiralty lords paid £316 to JH's account at Drummond's [Bank] for dome to house Cape of Good Hope telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7846

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.50
Summary:

Proved accuracy of Leonhard Euler's values for Bernoulli's 27th number. Plans to test number 29. Will investigate Thomas Clausen's theorem, the generality of which JH appears to have disproved.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7575

From:
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.92; Reel 9
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results by Royal Society of Sciences of Göttingen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2522

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[23 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.432
Summary:

Will edit a manual [Admiralty Manual] of Scientific Desiderata and Queries as requested by [George Eden,] Lord Auckland. Is AS preparing any material for this work? What is its content and when will it be ready?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel312

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[23 December 1847]
Source of text:
RGO 6.2.135
Summary:

Has been requested to prepare a manual of scientific instructions for the use of ship's officers, and is asking GA to prepare a section on astronomy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8784

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William J. Hooker
Date:
[23 December 1847]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens
Summary:

Lord Auckland [George Eden] has asked JH to edit Admiralty Manual and proposed that WH write section on botany. Would WH do this and when could WH complete it?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8324

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Radcliffe Birt
Date:
[23 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.127
Summary:

Lord Auckland [George Eden] asked JH to edit [Admiralty Manual] for officers on surveying and exploring expeditions. Charles Wheatstone will prepare instructions for meteorological observations. Asks WB to write instructions on detecting 'atmospheric waves and barometric fluctuations.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9165

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[23 December 1847]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20771 (C: RS:HS 22.340)
Summary:

Is editing a manual for surveying and exploring expeditions. Asks WW to do section on tides.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2523

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1847-12-25 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.461 inc
Summary:

Thanks JH for letter of 7 December, inviting him to Collingwood for Christmas. Apologizes for not coming. Received bad domestic news and was robbed. Will testify at Old Bailey.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1578

From:
Anne Elise Knipping
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
25 December [1847?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0322
Summary:

Caroline Herschel, JH's aunt, is very ill, and not expected to live much longer. AK expresses some concern about some financial matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2339

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.210
Summary:

Preparing instruments and instructions for various expeditions. Discusses ES's wife's translation of [Alexander von] Humboldt's Cosmos and the [R.S.L.] Council.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1643

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
25 December [1847?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.129
Summary:

Informs JH that RS will present a case for more than one medal to be awarded.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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