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Herschel8344

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Jacques Babinet
Date:
[4 February 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.147
Summary:

Notes ingenuity of JB's gravimetric balance. Astonished that it did not occur to anyone before. [Letter continues 5 Feb.:] Suggestion for improving torsion thread arrangement.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel722

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Stewart Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1862]
Source of text:
JHS 1.116
Summary:

Comments on AH's chemical results and on an apparently anomalous sample of common salt being sent by JH; sends AH £5 for the month.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6719

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Davidson
Date:
[9 February 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.36 (C: RS:HS 23.361)
Summary:

Outlines the differences between the telescope of his own father and that of Lord Oxmantown [William Parsons]. Comments on various lenses. Sends him a little work of his own on telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel850

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
11 February [1862]
Source of text:
JHS 4.2
Summary:

Mostly family news, concluding with concerns about family finances.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel723

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Stewart Herschel
Date:
[13 February 1862]
Source of text:
JHS 1.117
Summary:

Comments on a number of chemical phenomena, and asks AH to analyze several solid samples; further, JH discusses meteor falls, with emphasis on the application of Newton's laws and terminal velocities.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8345

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Jacques Babinet
Date:
[24 February 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.148
Summary:

JB's solution to torsion thread arrangement is simpler and more ingenious than JH's. Enquires about details of gravimetric balance. Pendulum measurements. Density of continents. Clarification of JH's privileges as foreign associate of Institute. Death of J. B. Biot.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6841

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Warren de La Rue
Date:
[28 February 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.364
Summary:

Thanks for fine engravings; is concerned about the 'miraculous phenomena' depicted on some other people's engravings, 'especially American ones.'

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John Herschel Project
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