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Herschel1604

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[1 October 1868]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/RS678 (draft: RS:HS 15.288 & C: RS:HS 24.230
Summary:

Discusses Lord [Henry ] Brougham and his optical papers. Thanks ES for kind remarks regarding JH's son [John?]. Discusses polarization of corona.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13272

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[8 October 1868]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0529; Reel 1053
Summary:

Congratulations on success in observing solar spectrum and corona. JH's views on sun's corona [with diagram]. Agrees that communications in India are abominable.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10646

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick Howlett
Date:
[10 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.231
Summary:

Details about sunspot observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2436

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[11 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.290 (C: RS:HS 24.232)
Summary:

Discusses papers concerning light on [William] Sharpey's list. Discusses, very critically, Henry Brougham's optical researches.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1605

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[12 October 1868]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H718
Summary:

Reviews additional work of H. P. Brougham [see JH's 1868-10-1] as has been requested in preparation for an eloge . JH is critical of poorly described and poorly understood work, unrelentingly tied to Isaac Newton's corpuscular ideas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10676

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William Huggins
Date:
[14 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.233
Summary:

A note to accompany JH's biographical sketch of William Dawes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2609

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[23 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.234
Summary:

Some photographs support the sudden disappearance of the spot on 17 Sept. Some photographs are misdated. The relation of Jupiter and sunspots suggests previously unknown interconnections in the solar system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11208

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
S. Langley
Date:
[25 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.97 & 24.235
Summary:

Answer has been delayed as SL's letter was directed to MacMillans. Can be no two opinions on the contribution to scientific knowledge of Sir John Lubbock. Has full confidence in his political opinions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6642

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[30 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.236
Summary:

Thanks for verses on the transit of Mercury; comments on observation of an auroral arch and eclipse observations of the solar corona.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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