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Herschel11080

From:
Joseph Jopling
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.416
Summary:

Sending diagrams of Halley's Comet traced from a work, The Orbs of Heaven.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3164

From:
Margaret Seymour
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.196
Summary:

Invites JH to dine quietly with MS and the [11th] Duke of Somerset [E. A. Seymour], who is in 'delicate health.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14341

From:
William Henry Stephenson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0502; Reel 1093
Summary:

[Marked 'Private.'] Suggests that JH delay request to include office of master of Mint under Superannuation Act until after government revises Act.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1798

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0637.1 (C: RGO 6.341.49)
Summary:

Please send comments on the first draft of the Standards Commission report [see GA's 1853-12-22]; GA wants to prepare a second draft.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14574

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0554.4; Reel 1093
Summary:

Doubts that examiner could live outside London and still fulfill duties.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1799

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0637.2 (C: RGO 6.341.52)
Summary:

Doubts that proscribing certain weight usages will be effective, unless the users feel a need to change [see JH's 1854-2-14]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14160

From:
Mrs. Mushet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
17 February [1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0385; Reel 1087
Summary:

Will act according to JH's advice in future, but believes police at Mint gate were also at fault for not adhering to consistent policy of inspecting parcels carried out by servants and visitors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9636

From:
William Nairn Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.374
Summary:

Appreciation of JH's son [John]. Admired JH's letter of 2 Feb. 1852 to Treasury, in which WF's most important recommendations [to 1848 committee for Mint reform] have been carried out. Dependence on steam for transportation has raised price of coal. Proposes two methods to replace coal: (a) use electrical conductivity of seawater in presence of dissimilar metals to propel ships, and (b) generate heat in 'Earth Batteries,' similar to dungheaps. Asks JH to approve request by John Gilbert, retired mechanical engineer at Calcutta mint, who wishes to visit Royal Mint, but was refused several years ago.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14141

From:
William Allen Miller
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0368; Reel 1087
Summary:

Offers possible explanations to account for discrepancies between assays of WM and of Thomas Graham.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14098

From:
C. T. von Kersten
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0316; Reel 1087
Summary:

Introduces self to JH and describes CK's modified English alphabet, which is both phonetic and orthographical, and CK's 'philosophical universal alphabet' that would work for all languages. Criticizes phonotypy of Isaac Pitman and A. J. Ellis. Asks JH for loan of £8 with which CK can publish manuscripts. CK made similar appeals to C. K. J. Bunsen and C. E. Trevelyan.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7565

From:
John Banks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 February 1854]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.82; Reel 9
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results for library of Mechanics Institution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1686

From:
Alfred Smee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.172
Summary:

Note to accompany a second edition of work on vision.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14575

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0554.5; Reel 1093
Summary:

Explain why JH wants to credit five years of previous service to F. R. Brande and Henry Finch at time of their promotions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3520

From:
William Spence
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.223
Summary:

Explains and encloses paper on eyeless insects and their situation in caves.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2535

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.444
Summary:

William Conybeare has asked AS to assist in the certification of George Wilson. Mentions William Whewell's book [Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay], but has been too ill to study it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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