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Herschel10259

From:
Stephen Groombridge
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.144
Summary:

Regarding the testimonial for W. S. Stratford, would like to be included among the subscribers. Hopes Stratford has found beneficial employment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8084

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
3 December [1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.350
Summary:

Problems calculating sun's mean longitude due to movement of perigee. Questions S. D. Poisson's value for sidereal year.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel744

From:
Emilia Stewart
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 December 1828]
Source of text:
JHS 2.27
Summary:

Responds to JH's letters of 1828-12-4, and invites JH to visit them on 6 Dec.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel745

From:
Margaret Brodie Stewart
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 December 1828]
Source of text:
JHS 2.27a
Summary:

A reply to JH's declaration of love [see JH's 1828-12-4 to MS; seems intended to encourage JH].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5791

From:
David Brewster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.261
Summary:

Thanks for paper on light, which he has only just read as it was mislaid. Grateful for the acknowledgement of his scientific labors. Comments and queries regarding the paper in the light of his own experiments. Wishes to reprint parts of it so would be grateful for several plates.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14672

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1828]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0624; Reel 1086
Summary:

Wishes JH well on his visit to Stewart family and to Cambridge. Personal finances. Arrangements for JH's new servant.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8006

From:
George Hyde Wollaston
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.273
Summary:

Seeking JH's address. Encloses dispatch. W. H. Wollaston getting weaker.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7827

From:
Nathaniel Wallich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.30
Summary:

Encloses letter from Edward Ryan to Charles Babbage that JH agreed to forward.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3638

From:
William Samuel Stratford
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.82
Summary:

Thanks JH for award and dinner invitation given to him by Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8007

From:
George Hyde Wollaston
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.274
Summary:

Asks JH to insert full name of Peter Dollond into P & J Dollond firm, who constructed W. H. Wollaston's telescope in 1771. W. Wollaston is feeling better.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10045

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.380
Summary:

Of mutual friends in England and life in Nantes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10260

From:
Stephen Groombridge
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.145
Summary:

Regrets his health prevents him from attending the dinner in honor of W. S. Stratford. Will discharge his debt when called upon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8008

From:
George Hyde Wollaston
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.275
Summary:

Will convey JH's note to W. H. Wollaston, who is sinking gradually.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2233

From:
Peter Mark Roget
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.500
Summary:

Discovered a mistake in Mr. Perkins's paper published in the Annals of Philosophy. Perkins has not yet corrected the error, although he was requested to do so.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11220

From:
Dionysius Lardner
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
30 December [1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.110
Summary:

Encloses a new prospectus of the Cabinet Cyclopaedia. Intends to write physical astronomy himself. William Whewell cannot write Sound. Has a stock in hand for three years.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10047

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.382
Summary:

Seasons greetings and thoughts on JH's upcoming marriage [letter completed 1829-1-4].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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