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Herschel1107

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[4 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.3
Summary:

Thanks GS for his paper on fluorescent spectra; JH is interested in having these rays used on quartz, hoping to find his 'thermic' rays acting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2925

From:
J. F. Julius Schmidt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.177
Summary:

Sends work on shooting stars. Requests all information on telescopic meteors. Realizes that the frequency (nombre horaire) and the variation (variation horaire) of the shooting stars remains unknown. Hopes for global cooperation in this matter. Sends work on total solar eclipse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14541

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.1; Reel 1093
Summary:

What quantity of copper coins for Ireland and colonies should be called for in bids? Estimate at least 300 tons for Ireland. What quantity in sterling is equivalent to one ton of copper pence, halfpence, and farthings? What colony ordered half- and quarter-farthings? [JH annotation: Ton of copper = £224. Ionian Isles and Ceylon use small copper coins.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0697

From:
Richard Carter
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
7 Jany, 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/C/61, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel13331

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[8 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0544.1; Reel 1053
Summary:

Frightened by MH's account of daughter Amelia's serious burns. Encloses revised account sheet that shows £196 missing. Son William will come to Collingwood soon. Saw daughter Caroline yesterday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0698

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
9th January. 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/558; MS JT/1/HHTYP/224-6, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel1103

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[9 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.9.76
Summary:

Asks for William Lassell's address in Malta, as JH's son, William, may be able to stop in to visit Lassell.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1471

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Spence Bate
Date:
10 Jan [1853]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:

Asks if CSB can help him obtain specimen of Verruca.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6382

From:
Charles Hay Cameron
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.147
Summary:

Sending letters of introduction for JH's son [William] when he visits India and wishing him success in his appointment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1497

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Albany Hancock
Date:
10 Jan [1853]
Source of text:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Summary:

Grateful for AH’s long letter and suggestions. Delighted at what he says about "complemental males". CD feared no one would believe in them but now that Owen, Dana, and AH accept them, he is content.

Agrees with AH on cross-impregnation; has collected facts on this head but has done nothing with them.

AH’s paper on Alcippe [Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. 4 (1849): 305–14] caused him to lose sleep over its anomalous structure.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13293

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
10?] January [1853
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.15; Reel 1053
Summary:

Thank daughter Isabella for account of Amelia Herschel's condition. Bank [of England] is in trouble again. Lists [Christmas] cards received. Attended Michael Faraday's wonderful lecture last night.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0699

From:
Margaret Allen
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Jan 11th / 53
Source of text:
MS JT/1/A/69, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0700

From:
Margaret Allen
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Tuesday Evening | Jan 11th/53
Source of text:
MS JT/1/A/70, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel14454

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0541; Reel 1093
Summary:

Address of William Lassell in Malta. Congratulations on appointment of JH's son William to H.E.I.C. and on marriage of JH's daughter Caroline. Testing of standard measure bars at Greenwich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14038

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0268.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

Forwards coinage return, assay book, and one letter to JH during JH's illness.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001096

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Thomas Bell
Date:
13 January 1853
Source of text:
MM/16/133, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel3123

From:
Thomas Bell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS MM.16.133
Summary:

Is having letters regarding 'Southern Telescope' sent to JH. Requests JH's remarks, to be read at committee meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14542

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.2; Reel 1093
Summary:

Please comment on enclosed letter from Thomson Hankey.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0702

From:
Henry Bence Jones
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Jan, 14. 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/J/37, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0701

From:
Margaret Allen
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Jan. 14th./53
Source of text:
MS JT/1/A/71, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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