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Herschel8081

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 September 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.347
Summary:

Feels responsible for JH refusing to accept Navy's £25 reimbursement. Used JH's [equinoctial] time [in Nautical Almanac supplement], but with different notation. Disagrees that England's scientific reputation depends upon its government. William Richardson is justified in continuing work of late Board of Longitude. Reports meeting in Paris with Jacques Babinet and François Arago.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11347

From:
Joseph Johann Littrow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 September 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.255
Summary:

Thanks for comments on JL's papers [see JH's 1828-7-24]; Charles Babbage had visited JL.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4185

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 September 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.241
Summary:

Sends information on occultation of Alpha Tauri. Describes meteors sighted during the night of 12 Aug.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7826

From:
Nathaniel Wallich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 September 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.29
Summary:

Found house in Turnham Green Terrace. Specimen collection still in baggage warehouse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11505

From:
Sir Charles Lyell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 September 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.417
Summary:

Arrived here yesterday with the Murchisons and starts tomorrow for the Vicentini. Would welcome JH's advice on what to see and read when in Sicily.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5288

From:
Elizabeth [Betty] Plumleigh Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 September 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.233
Summary:

Is taking her grandchild to Southend. Charles Babbage is at Berlin.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5963

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 September 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.86
Summary:

Instructions on how to reach Tytherley. Has not seen Encke's Comet yet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8479

From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 September 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.459
Summary:

Thanks JH for information on JH's detection of Encke's Comet. JS's contacts with various astronomers, including Peter Barlow, John Pond, and François Arago.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9066

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 September 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.174
Summary:

Will sponsor JH for the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Discusses WW's published report of WW's Dolcoath mine experiments. Comments on mineralogical classification. Promises to send books to JH on sound and music.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7775

From:
[George Augustus Friederick] Fitzclarence
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 September 1828]
Source of text:
RAS:WH Archive 1/13.F.6; Reel 13
Summary:

GF and family plan to visit JH at Slough on 29 Sept. for 'observation.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7939

From:
Charles Wesley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1828-9-[26 or earlie
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.142a
Summary:

Describes sister's ill health. Mentions meeting mutual friends. Inquires about welfare of JH's acquaintances.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14695

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 September 1828]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0678 (p. 11); Reel 1084
Summary:

Sends packet of CH's personal papers to JH. Explains why CH destroyed her diary, which reminded her of painful last years in England before William Herschel's death.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7941

From:
Charles Wesley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 September 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.143
Summary:

Thanks for invitation to Slough, but CW will remain home with relatives and friends.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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