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Herschel7521

From:
James Clark Ross
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.38; Reel 9
Summary:

Congratulations on completion of 'Herculean labors' represented in Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2014

From:
Jane Davy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
23 August 1847
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2013

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Frederick William Herschel
Date:
23 August 1847
Source of text:
Royal Astronomical Society MS HS J10/5, number 37
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel7520

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.37; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Congratulates Margaret Brodie Herschel for her part in it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7522

From:
Temple Chevallier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.39; Reel 9
Summary:

Apologizes for not noticing JH's offer 'written upon the second leaf' [of JH's Cape Results] to send engraving of JH's portrait. Assures JH that TC would treasure it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7523

From:
Henry Lawson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.40; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Recalls JH's parents. Delighted to own portrait of JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3502

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[24 August 1847]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:406
Summary:

Seeks London bookselling agent through whom to direct copies of JH's Cape Results for Dublin scientific groups. Discusses pretty names for new planets. Thanks for WH's memoir on quaternions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8577

From:
John Hartnup
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 August 1847]
Source of text:
British Astronomical Association
Summary:

Thanks JH for having sent JH's Cape Results to Hartnup's Liverpool Observatory. Would appreciate receiving a picture of its author.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0334

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Aug 25th 1847
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/2; MS JT/1/T511, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel7491

From:
Mr. Van De Meyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.8; Reel 9
Summary:

Sent Cape Results to Belgian king. Will forward other copies to recipients in Brussels. Names universities that would appreciate receiving copies.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1269

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
25 August 1847
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.34, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Herschel7525

From:
John Webb Woollgar
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.42; Reel 9
Summary:

Believes no representation of northern portion of Milky Way exists to match JH's plate XIII [in Cape Results] showing southern portion. Would JH construct one?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7436

From:
Smith, Elder & Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/3.6; Reel 9
Summary:

Received JH's instructions. Six copies [of JH's Cape Results] and 125 epigraphs were sent by rail to JH. If JH will inscribe and return epigraphs, binder can substitute these for those already bound in books.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2015

From:
William Alexander Baillie Hamilton
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
26 August 1847
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4468

From:
[Benjamin Lewis] Vulliamy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.465
Summary:

Sends papers to JH as president of the RAS.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1270

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
27 August 1847
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.35-36, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Herschel7526

From:
W. E. Maxwell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.43; Reel 9
Summary:

On behalf of uncle William Pearson, who is ill, WM thanks JH for Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14363

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
28 August [1847?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0517.7; Reel 1093
Summary:

Forwarded letters to William Whewell, as JH requested. Will show copies of them to G. B. Airy. Completing volume of J. C. Ross's second crossing. Willing to take charge of W. R. Birt's models.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7524

From:
John Hartnup
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.41; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude on behalf of Observatory committee for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Has ordered JH's portrait. Hopes to see 'our Equatorial mounted in a few weeks.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7452

From:
William Smith Williams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
28] August [1847
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/3.22; Reel 9
Summary:

J. P. Nichol of Glasgow purchased copy [of JH's Cape Results] before JH's presentation copy reached Nichol. WW found eleven more epigraphs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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