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Herschel11992

From:
François N. M. Moigno
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 September 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.354
Summary:

Has received the letter and invitation. Will travel to Etchingham station and walk to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9639

From:
Jean B. L. Foucault
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 September 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.377
Summary:

Is honored by his kind invitation to visit him, which he hopes to accept. Has great respect for JH's work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3612

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[R.S.L. Council]
Date:
[7 September 1857]
Source of text:
RS RR.3.251
Summary:

Is returning C. P. Smyth's paper ['Report on the Teneriffe Astronomical Experiment of 1856,' [R.S.P.T., 148, 165-], believing it now 'unobjectionable for publication.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9193

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[17 September 1857]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20799 (C: RS:HS 23.205)
Summary:

Thanks WW for letters. Has been visited by [ [J. B. L.] Foucault; impressed by Foucault's instruments. Notes large number of sunspots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3331

From:
J. H. Symons
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 September 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.254
Summary:

Will send JS's treatise; wishes could offer something 'more intrinsically valuable' as token of gratitude for everything.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6826

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Warren de La Rue
Date:
[25 September 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.206
Summary:

Thanks for photograph of the moon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6827

From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 September 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.140
Summary:

Has not been able to go to Kew Observatory yet. The photoheliograph has to await John Welsh's return from Scotland. A reflector with a diagonal mirror would be suitable for celestial objects. Has now removed to Cranford.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel26

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 September 1857]
Source of text:
RGO 6.377.433
Summary:

Asks GA for clarification of the value for the 'mean equatorial horizontal parallax' of the moon, since two different values are given by different authors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel27

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 September 1857]
Source of text:
RGO 6.377.435
Summary:

Offers some thoughts on JH's problem [see JH's 1857-9-29], but needs additional time before commenting more fully.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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