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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

Herschel664

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1854]
Source of text:
JHS 1.56
Summary:

Very depressed and concerned about the family finances, both short and long term.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel665

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1854-2-1 to 15
Source of text:
JHS 1.57
Summary:

Has recovered from his depression [see JH's 1854-2-1]; sees a possibility of a new position as a Civil Service appointment examiner.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel717

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1854-2].
Source of text:
JHS 1.110
Summary:

JH feels harassed by life and finds solace in MH's letters; thinks electricity could operate the Jacquard loom and the pianoforte. Argues against a recent book [William Whewell's Of the Plurality of Worlds], which claims the earth is the only inhabited body in the universe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9188

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1854-2]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20790 (C: RS:HS 23.140)
Summary:

Comments on Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay. Suspects it is by WW. Disagrees with many parts, but finds some sections 'striking.' Laments that he has no time for intellectual matters, punning that he must concentrate on 'making money.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1321

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
-2?-1854
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.98-99, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Tyndall0877

From:
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
3. Febr. 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/M/8, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0878

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/5/10/664, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel10950

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Anthony Jeffreys
Date:
[4 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.294 & 23.143
Summary:

Considers the education of the lower orders an honorable object, but has never given a public lecture and feels unable to assist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12689

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Thomas Brande
Date:
[4 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0108.3; Reel 1054
Summary:

Send books from Cutting Room. JH wants to question W. H. Barton about deficits in Coining Room. [Two assistants] will be in on Monday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1552

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
5 Feb [1854]
Source of text:
The Royal Society (Sa: 390)
Summary:

Thanks ES for his note [missing]. CD had understood that what was wanted was a eulogy [of Leopold von Buch] combined with historical criticism, after the French practice. Agrees that historico-critical sketches of work of great foreigners have a place in Philosophical Transactions and wishes he had taste and capacity for it.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall0879

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Feb. 5th 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/191; MS JT/1/HTYP/309-310, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0880

From:
Johann Konrad Bromeis
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
7 Februar 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/B/133, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0881

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
8th. Feb. 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP.311, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-1552F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[9 or 16] Feb 1854
Source of text:
Oliver N. Hooker (private collection)
Summary:

Has received JDH’s book [Himalayan journals (1854)]. Is very gratified by the dedication to him.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence 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

Herschel13137

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[9 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.6; Reel 1055
Summary:

Please confirm that duties of appointment, which JH and CT discussed today, will permit residing outside London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13449

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Ralph Heaton & Sons
Date:
[9 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0682; Reel 1089
Summary:

Appoints Mr. Hill, senior clerk in Mint office, to replace Mr. Julyan as superintendent of copper coinage at Birmingham.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12756

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
W. Graves
Date:
[9 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0173; Reel 1054
Summary:

Second payment by Bank of Ireland for copper coins received from Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1562

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Ewart Gladstone
Date:
[9 February 1854]
Source of text:
BL Aaa 44382.120
Summary:

Requests the addition of one wage increase, as a matter of fairness, to a previously agreed list for submission to the Treasury Lords.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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