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Herschel8546

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt]
Date:
[7 April 1847]
Source of text:
BostonPubLib Ms.Eng.406
Summary:

Attached letter from Edward Sabine [see Sabine's 1847-4-7] will allow RH to communicate directly with Sabine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3294

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[20 April 1847]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:387
Summary:

On WH's 'Hodograph' and theorems of parabolic motion and the relation between velocities, initial velocities, and time. Praises WH's son. Cape Results nearly finished. Revising book on astronomy. Plans to 'attack' quaternions. Mentions parabolic functions and Benjamin Peirce's claim that the discovery of Neptune was accidental.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel4524

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[21] April 1847
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.313
Summary:

Skeptical over plan for galvanic illumination of wires. Has not yet seen J. B. Biot article; states he has always held Biot in high regard. Discusses naming of new planet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9708

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John P. Gassiot
Date:
[22 April 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.56 verso
Summary:

Asks JG to allow JH to join the Philosophical Club [see JG's 1847-4-17] on a trial basis for a year or two.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3281

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Robert Grove
Date:
[22 April 1847]
Source of text:
RI (C: RS:HS 22.314)
Summary:

Asks to be allowed to join the new Philosophical Club on a trial basis [see letter of same date to John P. Gassiot].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3435

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Robert Grove
Date:
[1847-4-26 or later]
Source of text:
RI
Summary:

Asks time and place of next meeting of Philosophical Club, having received invitation lacking that information.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9581

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John S. Forbes
Date:
1847-[5]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.322 (C: RS:HS 22.315)
Summary:

Comments on the paper he has sent him. Finds it difficult to give an opinion as so much verification is required.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3230

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Samuel Stratford
Date:
[4 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.101 (C: RS:HS 22.316)
Summary:

Approves naming the new planet Neptune and continued designation of JH's father's planet as Uranus. Suggests reasons and alternatives.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3273

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Clark Ross
Date:
[5 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS Sa.654
Summary:

Speculates on name for JR's 'hot and cold basins' and on causes of equatorial heat and polar cold.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3720

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[1847-5-6 or earlier
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.63 (C: RS:HS 25.9.38)
Summary:

Has the papers by [Thomas] Henderson but they do not contain much information.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3721

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[6 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.64 (C: RS:HS 25.9.39)
Summary:

On a puzzling aspect of [Thomas] Henderson's papers. One column in his tables seems to have been altered in someone else's handwriting. Wants to know the origin of these corrections, and how Henderson's tables ought to be printed. Offers several options.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel328

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[8 May 1847]
Source of text:
RGO 6.203.349
Summary:

Believes he has worked out the German notation of star positions [see GA's 1847-2-1].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3722

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[8?] May 1847
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.65 (C: RS:HS 25.9.40)
Summary:

Has figured out why [Thomas] Henderson's tables [see JH's 1847-5-6] appear as they do.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5367

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[9 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.314
Summary:

Asks CB's advice on how correctly to avoid attending a Queen's ball JH has been commanded to attend.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel329

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[10 May 1847]
Source of text:
RGO 6.203.352
Summary:

Uses GA's comments [see GA's 1847-5-10] finally to achieve clarification of Thomas Henderson's calculations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7454

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
17] May [1847
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/4.1; Reel 9
Summary:

JH's Cape Results is ready for publication. Gratitude for support of late Hugh Percy. Regrets HP did not live to see completion of Cape Results. Trusts that AP will continue support. Asks for interview. Encloses correspondence between HP and JH to show how arrangement originated.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel394

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[19 May 1847]
Source of text:
RGO 6.9.578
Summary:

Further to resolving the time conflict [see GA's 1847-5-15] and sending out invitations for Visitation Day.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3723

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[22 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.66 (C: RS:HS 25.9.41)
Summary:

Sends RS his address so that RS or G. B. Airy can send proofs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel405

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[23 May 1847]
Source of text:
RGO 6.193.243
Summary:

Will send measurements of the requested stars [see GA's 1847-5-15] as soon as JH can consult the appropriate papers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel395

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
1847-5-24 or earlier
Source of text:
RGO 6.9.594
Summary:

Gives GA an address for the next while, and tells GA what JH has done about invitations for Visitation Day [see JH's 1847-5-19].

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