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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
25] January [1850
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1162 (Feb. 2, 1850), 132
Summary:

[Writing anonymously], offers a solution to a Latin problem discussed earlier in the Athenaeum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
25] January [1850
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1162 (Feb. 2, 1850), 132
Summary:

[Writing anonymously], asks a question about the public understanding of the Gregorian calendar.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[27 May 1850]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1179 (June 1, 1850), 589
Summary:

Announces the discovery by Annibal de Gasparis of the asteroid Parthenope; gives its location.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[7 December 1852]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1311 (Dec. 11, 1852), 1363
Summary:

Requests publication of a letter [see John Stewart's [1852]] that JH received from Stewart and in which Stewart explains an effective photographic process Stewart uses.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[6 July 1853]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1341 (July 9, 1853), 83 & Journal of the Photographic Society, 1:8
Summary:

Requests publication of a letter [see John Stewart's 1853-6-11] that JH received from Stewart and in which Stewart explains a method of 'taking from glass negatives positive impressions of different dimensions.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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