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Herschel3094

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.259
Summary:

Received documents from JH just before leaving for Berlin. Discussed periodic stars in Berlin. Stayed in Berlin longer than expected, but was received well by old friends.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4317

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Oct 1863
Source of text:
DAR 101: 160–2
Summary:

Sorrow at loss of his daughter.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel12223

From:
James Nasmyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.79
Summary:

Sends by book post two photographs of the original drawings of the sun's observations, also a photograph of a model of the S.E. portion of the moon; comments on them. Will be pleased to accept JH's invitation to visit Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4368

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Margery Ann Reid
Date:
1 October 1863
Source of text:
Bence Jones (1870a), 2: 459
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4133

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.363
Summary:

Thanks JH upon receiving the essay for the Leeds Astronomical Society lecture series ['The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre, Considered in Reference to the Choice of a Standard of Length'].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-63-10-03

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John Moore
Date:
3 October 1863
Source of text:
C63/8177, unit 749, VPRS 1189/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel560

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[3 October 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.358.261
Summary:

Thanks GA for receipt of some Royal Observatory publications; is still pushing the British metrical standard based on the length of the earth's polar axis [see JH's 1860-3-2].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4318

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[4 Oct 1863]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 206
Summary:

Condolences on death of JDH’s daughter.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday4369

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Fletcher Barrett
Date:
5 October 1863
Source of text:
RS MS Ba 37
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel6572

From:
William Crookes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.315
Summary:

Is co-editor of a new quarterly scientific journal [Quarterly Journal of Science] and would be pleased to receive any contributions from JH, which would be liberally paid for.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4296

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.364
Summary:

Leeds Astronomical Society will publish the essay written by JH for their lecture series after its presentation. WT will forward the proof for JH's corrections.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4873

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.261
Summary:

Concerning the 'Standards.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4370

From:
Peter Henry Berthon
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
7 October 1863
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/138
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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FVM-63-10-08

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
8 October 1863
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, un-numbered letter after f. 122
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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Faraday4371

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Henry Bence Jones
Date:
8 October 1863
Source of text:
RI MS F1 F30
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4372

From:
Peter Henry Berthon
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 October 1863
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/139
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel21

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[8 October 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.380.268
Summary:

Comments on the ease of calculation in geodesy in JH's version of the English system of units, and asks GA for some clarifications as JH prepares the seventh edition of his Outlines Astr.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel561

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[8 October 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.358.263 & 6.423.661
Summary:

JH wants to avoid using the meter in England; asks GA for the results of A. R. Clarke's calculations on the figure of the earth [see GA's 1863-10-7].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4874

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.262 (C: RGO 6.85.105 & 85.269 & 200.112)
Summary:

Regarding A. R. Clarke's paper on Geodesy. Benjamin Peirce's Lunar Table. The sun's parallax. JH's nebulae catalogue. Regarding the English inch.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel562

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 October 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.358.266 & 6.423.662
Summary:

Is still not happy with the earth's axis as a source of standard length; sends JH the results of A. R. Clarke's calculations on the figure of the earth [see JH's 1863-10-8].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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