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Faraday2693

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 July 1853
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.11
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1183

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Hamilton-Gordon
Date:
[4 July 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0005; Reel 1054
Summary:

Withdraws resignation [see JH's 1853-5-30] as Master of Mint. [JH annotation of 24 Feb. 1855: Letter not sent. Now regrets letting friends convince him to remain. JH has lived the past two years in 'the Shadow of death.']

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8916

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[6 July 1853]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1341 (July 9, 1853), 83 & Journal of the Photographic Society, 1:8
Summary:

Requests publication of a letter [see John Stewart's 1853-6-11] that JH received from Stewart and in which Stewart explains a method of 'taking from glass negatives positive impressions of different dimensions.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13179

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
E. [Wallenstein?]
Date:
[20 July 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0488; Reel 1055
Summary:

It is against Mint policy for JH to recommend any employee to act privately, as in EW's request for someone to inspect minting machinery.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12702

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Buckle
Date:
[20 July 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0116; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH cannot recommend anyone of the sort requested in letter from Mr. Wallenstein.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10485

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John R. Hind
Date:
[21 July 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.363 & 23.137
Summary:

Outlines the changes he would like to see in the column for Equinoctial Time in the Nautical Almanac.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3300

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[21 July 1853]
Source of text:
TCD 7762-72:257
Summary:

Eloquently, metaphorically congratulates WH on finally publishing Lectures on Quaternions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12746

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Ewart Gladstone
Date:
[23 July 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0162; Reel 1054
Summary:

Advises against abolishing office of deputy master of Mint after H. D. Harness leaves at end of this week. Gives reasons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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