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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1851-2].
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20781 (C: RS:HS 23.97)
Summary:

Seeks to coordinate WW's and Frederick Beechey's contributions to JH's Admiralty Manual.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[2 February 1851]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20783 (C: RS:HS 23.95)
Summary:

Suggests how to reconcile WW's directions for tidal observation with those provided by Frederick Beechey for JH's Admiralty Manual. Thanks WW for and comments on his publication on political economy. Asks WW for views on decimal coinage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[John Tyndall?]
Date:
[4 February 1851]
Source of text:
RI 164
Summary:

Asks that Louisa Herschel be admitted to attend James Forbes's lectures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Bingley
Date:
[4 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0092; Reel 1054
Summary:

Assures HB that transitional state of Assay department will soon be replaced by more permanent conditions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[4 February 1851]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20784 (C: RS:HS 23.96)
Summary:

Suggests revisions WW should make in his paper in the 2nd ed. of JH's Admiralty Manual so as to make it more consistent with Frederick Beechey's.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[5 February 1851]
Source of text:
JHS 1.61
Summary:

About the family, and the need for wine from the cellar at Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James A. Gordon
Date:
[7 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0168; Reel 1054
Summary:

Expresses deep appreciation for JG's loan of £500 to JH in difficult period. Sorry to hear of JG's suffering.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Company of Moneyers
Date:
[10 February 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 20
Summary:

Official notice that Mint contract with Moneyers, begun on 8 Nov. 1820, will terminate three months from today.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Samuel Hunter Christie
Date:
[11 February 1851]
Source of text:
RS RR.2.213
Summary:

Believes Edward Sabine's paper [R.S.P.T., 141 (1851), 123-] on periodicity of irregular magnetic disturbances important and certainly fit for publication.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles [Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[14 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0481.2; Reel 1055
Summary:

Salaries for Chief and Assistant Coiners, if these appointments are accepted by Edward Enfield and Robert Rintoul, respectively.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[15 February 1851]
Source of text:
BL Aaa 37194.478
Summary:

CB has 'decyphered' JH's puzzle. JH will not try to puzzle CB again.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wood
Date:
[16 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0481.3; Reel 1055
Summary:

Potential problems with establishing refinery at Mint. Remodeling coining department. Approval by Treasury is required before proposed changes can be made. Asks for formal schedule of salaries for Mint employees.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[22 February 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 20-1
Summary:

Legal notice of contract termination was served to company of Moneyers by Treasury solicitor on 13 Feb. Requests that reform of Mint Board, Mint office, Assay office, and Melting department be implemented before Mint staff assume duties of Moneyers in May. Encloses JH's plan for reorganizing departments. Offered positions in new structure to four Moneyers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[27 February 1851]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20785 (C: RS:HS 23.98)
Summary:

Asks approval for proposed changes in WW's revised contribution to JH's Admiralty Manual.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project