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Herschel94

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 April 1850]
Source of text:
RGO 6.143.9
Summary:

Comments on a number of possibilities for the post at Trivandrum [see JH's 1850-3-20].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11788

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.148
Summary:

Giving his views on the proposed supply of a large reflector for the Cape Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5899

From:
Agnes Baillie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.23
Summary:

Letter of thanks and good wishes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10266

From:
C. Gubbins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.150
Summary:

Has just received the Admiralty Manual. Thinks it would be helpful if some tables for determining the heights of mountains by means of the barometer could be included in the next edition. Points out an error in the Nautical Almanac.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5900

From:
Joanna Baillie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.23a
Summary:

Letter of thanks and good wishes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10896

From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.245
Summary:

Found his letter and petition waiting for him on his return from East Kent, and had already presented it to the House of Commons. Outlines the events.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5574

From:
Friedrich Eduard Beneke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.64
Summary:

Letter to accompany a gift of the first part of FB's popular psychology work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5650

From:
William Radcliffe Birt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.140
Summary:

Is sending for his perusal his own observations on the zodiacal light for the first quarter of the year. Comments on this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2175

From:
Samuel Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.420
Summary:

Thanks JH for the volume of verse. Hopes the Herschels will visit if they come to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2917

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.407
Summary:

Asks JH to accept sunspot observations made over 14 years by the late [J. W.] Pastorff of Altona Observatory. Accompanying micrometrical measurements are worthless due to mounting of telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9317

From:
William Empson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
17 April [1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.71
Summary:

Would be pleased to receive JH's paper. His own house is still sad and silent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3217

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.146
Summary:

Clarifies results of pressure oscillations on two coasts of India as similar despite different weather conditions, and deems results thus unsatisfactory; explores reasons and suggests solutions for lack of success.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11552

From:
John Henry Lefroy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.469
Summary:

Believes that Edward Sabine has brought J. H. Lefroy's paper on the Aurora Borealis to JH's notice. Now presents another report on this subject, with comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4111

From:
Thomas Lewin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1850]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (91)
Summary:

Thanks JH for some historical information on events of the first century A.D. [for TL's study on the life of St. Paul].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12193

From:
William Morison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.51
Summary:

Sends a copy of the notice in the Times of a fall of ice in Rossshire, also an account of a similar fall in India in 1826. Comments on these occurrences. [James] Dalmahay has constructed a slide rule for computing the dew-point.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6380

From:
Charles Hay Cameron
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.145
Summary:

Has addressed a letter to the East India Company, which has raised a storm.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13714

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 April 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0069; Reel 1087 (ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book)
Summary:

Encloses note from accountant general of Navy about payment of Cape telescope. Send receipt to FB to complete transaction.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2918

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.408
Summary:

Sends [J. W.] Pastorff's solar observations [see HS's 1850-4-16] as JH's own property.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE300

From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
John Herschel
Date:
27 Apr 1850
Source of text:
HS 10.246, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel10897

From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.246
Summary:

Hopes to present the petition on Monday. Had a letter from Mary Somerville at Turin introducing Count and Countess Grizzo.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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