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Herschel9181

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

Herschel669

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

Herschel12751

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

Herschel13565

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

Herschel3487

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

Herschel13071

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

Herschel1552

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

Herschel13072

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

Herschel13566

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

Herschel9182

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

SOMERVILLE301

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
2 Mar 1851
Source of text:
HS 16.356, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2665

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[2 March 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.356 (C: RS:HS 23.99)
Summary:

JH's new position [Master of Mint] took him by surprise. People seem 'wild' over renewed agitation of Papal aggression issue. Describes the discovery of Saturn's new ring.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13570

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[7 March 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 23-4
Summary:

Forwards proposal from G. F. G. Mathison to retain refinery as part of Mint. JH still concurs with R. L. Sheil that refinery should be sold or leased. Mr. Haggard's report in 1848 shows that purified gold may be purchased more cheaply than it can be processed in Mint. Again requests permission to proceed with reforms to Mint Board and three offices.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel286

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[8 March 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.119.199
Summary:

Will be happy to proofread the material [see GA's 1851-3-7].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14315

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hermann Schlagintweit
Date:
[8 March 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0478.2; Reel 1093
Summary:

As stated before, JH does not want JH's name used in Alexander Humboldt's appeal to Duke of Northumberland on behalf of HS and brother Adolph. Feels hurt by HS's refusal to accept this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3157

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury
Date:
[10 March 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.101
Summary:

The death of [Charles] König having created a vacancy at the British Museum, JH recommends that not only Richard Owen but also George Waterhouse be given very serious consideration for the position.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2394

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 March 1851
Source of text:
RS MS HS 23.102
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel9444

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
[12 March 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.102
Summary:

Thanks MF for sending a 'healing liquid.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9183

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
14 March [1851]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20786
Summary:

Suggests a slight change in WW's paper in JH's Admiralty Manual (2nd ed.).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13073

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[15 March 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0481.4; Reel 1055
Summary:

JH offered position of chief coiner to Moneyer Edward Enfield, and position of assistant coiner to Moneyer Robert Rintoul. Both declined these offers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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