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Herschel13528

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[29 April 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0759; Reel 1089
Summary:

Reimbursement from Navy for bills paid by JH to Georg Merz for 'Cape Equatorial.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5498

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[27 December 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.398a (C: RS:HS 23.112)
Summary:

Report for the Lords of the Admiralty on the desirability of supplying Thomas Maclear with a transit circle.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12665

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
23 March [1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0086 & L-0085; Reel 1054
Summary:

Suggestions and diagrams for projecting sound great distances by means of small arms and parabolic reflectors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14798

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[23 March 1852]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Misc F26F1.1
Summary:

The theoretical considerations that JH would take into account if he were going to study the subject of 'increasing and conveying to great distances and in given directions the reports of guns or other explosive instruments, as signals.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14799

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[24 March 1852]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Misc F26F1.2a
Summary:

A note probably accompanying JH's 1852-3-23. Comments concerning someone's collection.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14800

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
28 April [1852]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Misc F26F1.3
Summary:

William Lassell wishes to go to Malta to observe the heavens, and would like a letter of introduction to the governor there. Can FB assist with this?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14801

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[4 June 1852]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Misc F26F1.4
Summary:

Reports quite unsatisfactory results from gun firing sound experiments [see JH's 1852-3-23].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14802

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[11 June 1852]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Misc F26F1.5
Summary:

Urges that Thomas Maclear's son be appointed to assist Maclear in the observatory [at the Cape].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14803

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[15 July 1852]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Misc F26F1.6
Summary:

Will instruct Smith, Elder & Co. to provide a presentation copy of JH's Cape Results to Queen's College, Belfast. What has happened with JH's recommendation about Thomas Maclear's son [see JH's 1852-6-11]?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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