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Herschel10024

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.359
Summary:

Looking for winter lodgings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10211

From:
Mary Ann Gilpin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.97
Summary:

Her mother has died and she would like him to use his influence at the R.S.L. to raise a subscription for the benefit of her and her brothers and sisters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12281

From:
Joseph Nicolas Nicollet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.137
Summary:

Has just returned from the Alps, where he worked on the glacier at Chamouny and in the St. Bernard. Comments on his work and on the work of the actinometer. Regrets to hear of the death of Mrs. Babbage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10025

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.360
Summary:

Has taken lodgings at 5 Kensington Square, and now needs introductions to friends of the Herschels in the area [letter completed 1827-10-8].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1208

From:
[Aimé] Guinand
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.29a
Summary:

Would like to establish himself in England for the purpose of making high quality glass using a process developed by his father [P. L. Guinand].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3853

From:
William Rowan Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 October 1827]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Sorry that he could not meet JH when JH was in Dublin; hopes to be introduced to JH soon. Answers JH's queries about WH's work; explains that he is studying 'the general properties of systems of rays, and of the surfaces with which they are connected.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5012

From:
Vincenzo Amici
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.393
Summary:

His father is ill. Wishes to thank everyone for their kindness to his father on his recent visit to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1210

From:
Thomas Colby
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.31
Summary:

Is still looking for suitable people to work in the glass experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9608

From:
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.349
Summary:

Expressing the thanks of the Académie for Observations made with a 20-foot telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3042

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.197
Summary:

Thanks JH for letter. Regrets having missed possibility of seeing JH while in England. Asks JH to convince [Charles] Babbage to pass through Brussels instead of Rotterdam.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4651

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.35
Summary:

Requesting a copy of JH's paper on 'Object planes.' Encloses with this letter his own paper on 'Eyepieces.' Requesting that Greenwich Observations be sent to the University Library, Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9480

From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.226
Summary:

Is having some of JH's friends to dinner and would be pleased if he would join them. Affairs of the Geological Society. Has notice from Capt. P. P. King with specimens from the Straits of Magellan.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1306

From:
Charles Tulley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.32
Summary:

Comments on [Pierrre] Guinand's glass making process. Believes the glass made Guinand's way will be too expensive [see JH's 1827-10-20].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12168

From:
Claude Louis Mathieu
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.26
Summary:

Thanks for the works. How can he send some for the R.S.L. and Astronomical Society?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9061

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.169
Summary:

Hopes to draw up 'a comparative view of the chemical and mineralogical classification of fossils....' Asks JH's view of J. J. Berzelius's system of chemical notation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8169

From:
Sarah Wrangham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.436
Summary:

Encloses parcel for JH's mother. Mr. Beckwith suffered paralytic attack. SW did not report this to Lady Mary Herschel, but JH may if he deems it wise.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1312

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.267
Summary:

Writes in favour of a London University professorship for Thomas Key. Refers to some optical experiments of Michael Faraday, and extends solution of conic section problem first raised in WT's letter of 1826-2-27.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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