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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[John William Lubbock]
Date:
[15 March 1840]
Source of text:
RS LUB.H.355 (ACCS: RS:HS 25.6.3)
Summary:

JH has apparently insulted JL by crediting JL's colleagues but not JL with improvements in lunar and planetary theory. JH explains how this happened, that JH's good intentions went awry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[John William Lubbock]
Date:
[31 May 1840]
Source of text:
RS LUB.H.356a
Summary:

Will be unable to attend Council meeting, but comments on issue to be discussed of whether R.S.L. should do anything respecting observatory at Hammerfest (North Cape).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[John William Lubbock]
Date:
[6 April 1845]
Source of text:
RS MM 14.131
Summary:

Discusses procedures that should be followed when the Committee on Physics is summoned to deal with a 'momentous' matter, i.e., the discontinuation of the magnetic observatories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project