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Herschel5574

From:
Friedrich Eduard Beneke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.64
Summary:

Letter to accompany a gift of the first part of FB's popular psychology work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5650

From:
William Radcliffe Birt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.140
Summary:

Is sending for his perusal his own observations on the zodiacal light for the first quarter of the year. Comments on this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2175

From:
Samuel Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.420
Summary:

Thanks JH for the volume of verse. Hopes the Herschels will visit if they come to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2917

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.407
Summary:

Asks JH to accept sunspot observations made over 14 years by the late [J. W.] Pastorff of Altona Observatory. Accompanying micrometrical measurements are worthless due to mounting of telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9317

From:
William Empson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
17 April [1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.71
Summary:

Would be pleased to receive JH's paper. His own house is still sad and silent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3217

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.146
Summary:

Clarifies results of pressure oscillations on two coasts of India as similar despite different weather conditions, and deems results thus unsatisfactory; explores reasons and suggests solutions for lack of success.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11552

From:
John Henry Lefroy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.469
Summary:

Believes that Edward Sabine has brought J. H. Lefroy's paper on the Aurora Borealis to JH's notice. Now presents another report on this subject, with comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4111

From:
Thomas Lewin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1850]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (91)
Summary:

Thanks JH for some historical information on events of the first century A.D. [for TL's study on the life of St. Paul].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12193

From:
William Morison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.51
Summary:

Sends a copy of the notice in the Times of a fall of ice in Rossshire, also an account of a similar fall in India in 1826. Comments on these occurrences. [James] Dalmahay has constructed a slide rule for computing the dew-point.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6380

From:
Charles Hay Cameron
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.145
Summary:

Has addressed a letter to the East India Company, which has raised a storm.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13714

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 April 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0069; Reel 1087 (ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book)
Summary:

Encloses note from accountant general of Navy about payment of Cape telescope. Send receipt to FB to complete transaction.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2918

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.408
Summary:

Sends [J. W.] Pastorff's solar observations [see HS's 1850-4-16] as JH's own property.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE300

From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
John Herschel
Date:
27 Apr 1850
Source of text:
HS 10.246, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel10897

From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.246
Summary:

Hopes to present the petition on Monday. Had a letter from Mary Somerville at Turin introducing Count and Countess Grizzo.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3142

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.147
Summary:

Discusses balloon experiments to explain fall of barometer with humidity, and explains more discrepancies in vapor-pressure observations. Mentions new 'Hygrometric condenser' as an alternative to wet bulb experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5887

From:
Agnes Baillie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.12
Summary:

Packet and documents are ready. When can he call?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11378

From:
Humphrey Lloyd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.286
Summary:

Before he sends the 'Instructions' to the press would like to know if there is any objection to the use that he has made of JH's Admiralty Manual.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5651

From:
William Radcliffe Birt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.141
Summary:

Outlining the influence of the recent aurora on the zodiacal light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9173

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 May 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0569
Summary:

Sending JH a paper by WW on the nature of induction. Reformulating Aristotle's view. Discusses a proposed Royal Visitation, which WW opposes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10238

From:
George Bellas Greenough
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.125
Summary:

The metrical system is decaying. Does not see any future for the standard yard. A universal language is a necessity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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