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Herschel4858

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.245 (C: RGO 6.195.250)
Summary:

Passes on information on stars received from a Bengal pilot.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3550

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[1 March 1860]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:1144 (C: TCD 1493:1145)
Summary:

Apologizes for not returning sheets of Elements of Quaternions sooner, but was ill. Again cautions WH that method might be too advanced for elementary readers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel415

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[2 March 1860]
Source of text:
RGO 6.195.251
Summary:

Offers some possible explanation for what the unnamed observer saw [see GA's 1860-3-1].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel558

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[2 March 1860]
Source of text:
RGO 6.457.147
Summary:

Is arguing for the development of a British metrical system based on the length of the polar axis of the earth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8508

From:
Herbert Spencer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.488
Summary:

Asks JH to become a subscriber to a work that HS is bringing out. Lists prominent persons who have already done so.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12267

From:
Samuel Newington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.124
Summary:

The writer of the enclosed production has given lectures at SN's establishment. Introduces him to JH. Hopes to give a lecture at Hawkhurst. Would be pleased for any of the Herschel family to view the orchid house, now in full bloom.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12268

From:
Samuel Newington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.125
Summary:

Miss Newington will have pleasure in seeing Lady Herschel and Miss Power on Monday or Tuesday next. Will send over a copy of the Orchid House tomorrow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4300

From:
William Williams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:

Offers his services as a coachman.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1972

From:
Norman Pogson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.1
Summary:

Dissatisfied with [F. W. A.] Angelander's nomenclature of variable stars; seeks JH's approval of NP's nomenclature for the new 'Hartwell Atlas of Variable Stars.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11110

From:
Cuthbert W. Johnson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[186?]-3-19
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.447
Summary:

Pointing out an error by JH in assigning the authorship of a weather table to Sir William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1973

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Norman Pogson
Date:
[19 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.2 (C: RS:HS 23.299)
Summary:

Agrees with NP's proposed method of designating variable stars. Offers some suggestions from JH's own experience.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10216

From:
Thomas Goodchild
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.102
Summary:

Sending a descriptive pamphlet of an optical invention of his own for simple experiments with color.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6390

From:
Julia Margaret Cameron
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.155
Summary:

News of the birth of her grandchild. Husband and two sons are gone back to Ceylon. Hazards and illness while travelling there.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11081

From:
Joseph Jopling
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.417
Summary:

Outlining his geometrical laws for the Great Pyramid.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6660

From:
Josiah Parsons Cooke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.363
Summary:

Sending letter of Prof. Asa Gray. American Academy would like to acquire some of the back numbers of the publications of the R.A.S. Is grateful for JH's mention of his work on the chemical elements. Will be in London for a week or two.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2553

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.463
Summary:

Mentions a passage of Aristotle regarding comets. Proposes that Origen's theory of the Magi may be correct. Perhaps the Magi saw a comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4488

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.313
Summary:

May include JH's position on Neptune discovery in a new edition of Cycle of Celestial Objects. Will review objects catalogued in the volume with refractor.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2395

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[29 March 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.300
Summary:

Against changing location of Royal Observatory [from Greenwich], but will defer to opinion of [G. B. Airy] Astronomer Royal. Airy is most competent to judge situation. Still ill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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