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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[13 November 1849]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.1
Summary:

Thanks GS for a number of his papers on railway bridge fractures, gravitation, and the spectrum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.27
Summary:

Asks JH questions about a paper on the dispersion of light from beyond the visible violet end of spectrum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[17 April 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.2
Summary:

Replies to several queries about papers of JH. JH describes the accidental production of some interesting copper salt crystals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 November 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.28
Summary:

Has been studying the spectral lines of 'invisible' rays.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[7 November 1852]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H693A
Summary:

Thanks GS for 'canary' glass. Pleased with GS's 'photological' research, extending the spectrum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 November 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.29
Summary:

Asks about problems in GS's paper that JH is reviewing. Remarks on spectral lines paper presented by Antoine Becquerel to Academie des sciences.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.30
Summary:

Surprised by length of spectrum produced by the combustion of metals, using electricity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[4 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.3
Summary:

Thanks GS for his paper on fluorescent spectra; JH is interested in having these rays used on quartz, hoping to find his 'thermic' rays acting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[10 June 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.4
Summary:

Writes to acknowledge receipt of a testimonial on behalf of [George] Wilson.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0504; Reel 1093
Summary:

Just received JH's report on GS's paper on refrangibility of light. Elaborates on lavender and brown rays.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[27 August 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.5
Summary:

Comments on color as a sensation, and on GS's thoughts on 'lavender rays.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[30 January 1855]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.6
Summary:

Advises GS against spending £800 to verify the available drawings of Saturn; instead JH suggests alternative methods.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[25 February 1855]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H694
Summary:

Declines to serve on experimental committee for R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[28 February 1855]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H695
Summary:

Agrees to help in other ways than as committee member [see JH's 1855-2-25].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[7 March 1855]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.7
Summary:

Asks GS about ordering instruments from [George] Wilson.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[10 March 1855]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.8
Summary:

Inquiring about the cost of instruments being shipped.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 June 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.31
Summary:

Writes to clarify his understanding of the word 'fluorescence.' Asks JH to review a paper on color-blindness.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[1 July 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.32 (C: RS:HS 23.173 & 25.10.9)
Summary:

Comments on GS's ideas [see GS's 1856-6-27] about the nature of fluorescence. Asks for strong horseshoe magnets from R.S.L. to try to solve the problem of 'Mahomet's coffin.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 July 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.33
Summary:

Further thoughts [see GS's 1856-6-27] on the nature of fluorescence, including that it is a transient phosphorescence.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 July 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.34
Summary:

Continues comments on fluorescence from letter of 1856-7-8; then shows mathematically that JH's solution for the problem of Mahomet's coffin [see GS's 1856-7-1] will not work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project