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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

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

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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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

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

Herschel4594

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.365
Summary:

Points out minor errors in the manuscript of JH's 'The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4319

From:
Roland Trimen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10, 13 and 18 Oct 1863
Source of text:
DAR 109: B122–3
Summary:

Comments on CD’s paper on Linum [Collected papers 2: 93–105].

Sends specimens of dimorphic and trimorphic Oxalis.

Comments on H. W. Bates’s work [Naturalist on the river Amazons].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6606

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander R. Clarke
Date:
[11 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.343 & 24.19
Summary:

Thanks for sending him his memoir on the Figure of the Earth. Comments on this. His son John would find a copy of this memoir of great assistance in his work in India; would he send him one.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6607

From:
Alexander R. Clarke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.344
Summary:

Thanks for his comments on his memoir. Sends a few additions, which he will be submitting to the R.A.S. in due course. Will send a copy of the memoir to JH's son.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10508

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.385
Summary:

Sees that JH mentions 'the longitude of perihelion on the ecliptic' as one of the elements he would like to have in the case of the small planets. Would like his advice.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4074

From:
Longman and Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 October 1863]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:

Informs JH that his photographs of the moon's surface and diagrams of the sun's envelope were sent to the engraver.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4188

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.366
Summary:

Notes reception of corrections to JH's 'The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre.' Will send JH 100 copies of the essay.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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