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Herschel7111

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 July 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.330
Summary:

Is suffering from the heat. Was grateful for his information on Galileo's handwriting. Outlines the facts of the recent controversy on a reputed manuscript of Galileo. Will be moving house shortly.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14425

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 July 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0526.6; Reel 1093
Summary:

Does JH wish to alter ES's reply to A. D. Bache? Origins of names for American rivers. Hopes JH is well enough to accept the invitation of Lord Aberdeen [G. Hamilton-Gordon].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9346

From:
Johann Franz Encke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 July 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.100
Summary:

Sends some invitations to participate in an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6566

From:
William Crookes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 July 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.309
Summary:

Thanks for his interesting communication to the Photographic News and for the spectra. Gives details of his own photographic experiments with Iodide of silver.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4241

From:
Woodbine Parish
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 July 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.135
Summary:

Sends newspaper article about the meteor fall in Oswego County. Compares the account to a meteorite that fell in the Santiago Plains of Chile. Discusses authenticity of suspected meteorite specimens.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14426

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 July 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0526.7; Reel 1093
Summary:

Replied to J. A. da Silva that Kew Observatory would gladly train Portuguese observers and superintend manufacture of instruments, but that ES could not speak for English government. [JH annotation: Summary of letter from da Silva, director of meteorological observatory in Lisbon, requesting training for Portuguese observers at Kew, British influence on Portuguese government to join magnetic survey, and advice on instruments.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6567

From:
William Crookes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 July 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.310
Summary:

His Daguerreotype arrived safely. Hopes to get some better photographs of the spectra before the end of the summer. Sees why their results differ.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9886

From:
John Gorham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.220
Summary:

Has been working on the rotation of colored discs. Would be pleased to show him some of the novel effects. Is surgeon to the local Grammar School.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9887

From:
John Gorham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.221
Summary:

Proposes to be at Collingwood on Tuesday next. Intends coming early so as to be able to carry out his experiments by daylight.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9888

From:
John Gorham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.222
Summary:

Hopes to be at Collingwood on Saturday at 2 o'clock.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4854

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.241 (C: RGO 6.377.442)
Summary:

Relating to his holiday experience in France.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4098

From:
Henry Stevens
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:

Will send a package for JH through a third party.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13777

From:
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie [the elder]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0128; Reel 1087
Summary:

Response to JH's article on 'Sensorial Vision' (1858). Notes on physical and metaphysical elements of perception and consciousness.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8001

From:
George Wilson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.268
Summary:

Received JH's 'Remarks on Colour-Blindness' [1859]. Describes lack of success in urging Army, Navy surgeons to continue GW's investigations. Comments on statistical distribution of color-blindness, hereditary factors, and safety implications for military and railroads. Reports specific cases among contemporaries. Asks JH's advice on seeking assistance from B.A.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11803

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.163
Summary:

Relates his experiences while visiting the Paris Observatory with G. B. Airy. Later travelled to Brussels to meet L. A. J. Quetelet. Is now preparing for a visit to Ireland and Mrs. Maclear will go to Bedfordshire. The meteorological observations [of the Cape] are to be printed in England under the direction of Robert FitzRoy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14730

From:
[Paul Sinnis?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.9; Reel 1083
Summary:

Announces meeting of Council at Marishal College, Aberdeen on 14 Sept.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14729

From:
[Paul Sinnis]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.8; Reel 1083
Summary:

Announces meeting of Kew Committee at Observatory on 29 Aug.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4855

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.242 (C: RGO 6.377.446)
Summary:

Regarding the geographical position of places in France. Comments on JH's paper on light and colors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6569

From:
William Crookes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.312
Summary:

Regrets that the article was received too late to appear in the current number. Will send a proof in a day or so. Would like to print some illustrations for JH's articles.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14427

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0526.8; Reel 1093
Summary:

Notified Richard Owen that Kew observatory is ready to receive trainees for magnetic observations. Stewart Balfour estimates six weeks to train observers, who will then take instruments and leave for British Columbia or Shanghai. New observatory at University of Mississippi in U.S. American Association for the Advancement of Science has expressed interest in magnetic survey. Success in photographing sunspots, which R. C. Carrington and Warren de La Rue will supervise. Recent observations.

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