From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
8 Aug 1847
Source of text:
HS 16.354, RS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[8 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.354 (C: RS:HS 22.324)
Summary:
Has noticed a resemblance between [Alexander von Humboldt's] Kosmos and MS's chapter, 'On Man,' in her manuscript. Advises her to revise. Sends results of observations at the Cape.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Empson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.43
Summary:
Is grateful to JH for undertaking to review Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos. Regarding copyright and printing of this book.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.22; Reel 9
Summary:
Gratitude for [Cape Results]. Feels JH 'let off [James] Dunlop in a softer stile than he deserves.'
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.23; Reel 9
Summary:
Gratitude for Cape Results. Special comments on JH's 'method of sequences' and cometary theory. Refers to article on Halley's Comet in Astronomische Nachrichten. Reports observations of Saturn's satellites and orbit of Gamma Virginis.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[9 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/6.6; Reel 9
Summary:
[JH's abstract] Destinations for copies of JH's Cape Results addressed to FB.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.24; Reel 9
Summary:
Received JH's note of 8 [Aug 1847] and went immediately to Smith, Elder & Co., but no copies [of JH's Cape Results] were ready. Will gladly transmit them to recipients designated by JH.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James Hayday
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/3.4; Reel 9
Summary:
Sent eleven copies [of JH's Cape Results] to Northumberland House to be packed and sent to destinations chosen by [Algernon Percy] Duke of Northumberland. Encloses JH's account.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Spencer J. A. Compton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.26; Reel 9
Summary:
Thanks for [Cape Results].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.25; Reel 9
Summary:
Assures JH that [Cape Results] will receive warm welcome in libraries of India. Suggests other recipients there. Send copies with dispatches from India House.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.27; Reel 9
Summary:
Asked [William] Empson to write to JH about 'republication.' Thanks for [Cape Results]. Invites JH to visit. Glad that JH voted for [J. G. Shaw-]Lefevre [for M.P. from Cambridge].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[11 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/4.23; Reel 9
Summary:
Will send Edward Everett's copy [of JH's Cape Results] to Northumberland House. Everett was elected principal of Harvard College but resigned. Returns letter from Russian ambassador, F. I. Brunnov. Now that AP has sent copies to foreign sovereigns, JH will send to their ministers those copies destined for [observatories and institutions in] their nations.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[12 Aug 1847]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 104
Summary:
Planning a visit to Kew. Wishes to meet H. C. Watson.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas
Date:
12 August 1847
Source of text:
AS MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Barlow
Date:
12 August 1847
Source of text:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MS Dickens DA 533 A8 1886a v.4, tipped in at p.208
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.378
Summary:
Will be pleased to dispose of the copies of the Reports when they arrive. Thanks for his own copy. Maria Edgeworth will be pleased with hers.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.336
Summary:
Has discovered another member of the group of planets between Mars and Jupiter. Gives readings. May be the lost planet of Niccolo Cacciatore.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1847-8-13 or earlier
Source of text:
JHS 6.37
Summary:
Elizabeth Baily is not in good health; JH had his pocket picked that day, but nothing of consequence was taken.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Bernhard Studer
Date:
13 Aug [1847]
Source of text:
Burgerbibliothek Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Summary:
Invites BS to visit Down. Advises him to call on Daniel Sharpe. Suggests he see the work of the Ordnance Survey in Wales.
Offers to lend him Murchison’s The Silurian system [3 vols. (1839)].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Couch Adams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.28; Reel 9
Summary:
Thanks for [Cape Results] and copy of JH's portrait. Attributes JA's passion for astronomy to JH's influence. Recalls happy visit to Collingwood.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project