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Herschel12422

From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.280
Summary:

About the university politics of filling vacant posts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5221

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[2 December 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.168 & 20.130
Summary:

Regarding their chances of obtaining a professorship at Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6455

From:
Thomas Catton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.223
Summary:

The Plumian professorship is vacant. News of who is likely to be appointed. Congratulations on the award of the Copley medal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5679

From:
Johann Elert Bode
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 December 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.167
Summary:

Acknowledges JH's receipt of Astronomical Yearbook, also payment for same. Thanks for information of Southern comets.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8195

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Johann Littrow
Date:
[11 December 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.8
Summary:

JL was elected associate of Astronomical Society. Received JL's books and papers. Will send Society's Transactions. John Pond gave permission to test Robert Molyneux's clock at Royal Observatory. Questions F. G. W. Struve's transit determinations of double stars. Pond discovered errors in Greenwich transit instrument and places little dependence on its observations since late 1819. Sends John Brinkley's analysis [of April 1821 comet observed by Basil Hall in southern hemisphere]. Asks about Halley's Comet and parallax. Wants information on object glasses of 6-inch diameter or greater. Requests copy of JL's annual published observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14645

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 December 1821]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0620.13; Reel 1086
Summary:

Tell Mr. Blagrave to decline Mr. Ramsbottom's offer to purchase Crown Inn at Slough from William Herschel and to proceed with repairs on house and offices. Problems finding another footman.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5222

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 December 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.169
Summary:

Would like to see him and discuss plans regarding his calculating machine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8433

From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.414
Summary:

Discusses a paper JS is preparing for the Astronomical Society. Mentions his recent observations. Suspects the report of a comet is a hoax.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8053

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.320
Summary:

Board of Longitude will meet on 3 Jan. to examine instruments and proposals, and to consider Fearon Fallows's report from Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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