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Herschel9539

From:
Camille Flammarion
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.268
Summary:

Is very grateful for his work on the plurality of worlds. Comments on his own recent work and the work of JH on nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall2039

From:
Alexandre-Eugène Béguyer de Chancourtois
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
14 octobre 63
Source of text:
MS JT/1/C/19, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-4320A

From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Thomas Warner
Date:
14 Oct [1863]
Source of text:
Mrs Carole Cockett (private collection)
Summary:

On behalf of her father, she asks that his name be put down for James Buckman’s testimonial. His cheque for £2.2.0 is enclosed.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel10509

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.386
Summary:

Comments on JH's advice regarding the 'longitude of perihelion in the ecliptic.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4320

From:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Oct 1863
Source of text:
DAR 170: 41
Summary:

Is working on a notice for the Natural History Review [n.s. 4 (1864): 37–43] of Huxley’s lectures to working men on the origin of species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel12224

From:
James Nasmyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.80
Summary:

Fine weather is getting rare at this time of year and would therefore like to induce the Herschels to visit him while it lasts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10510

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.387
Summary:

Explaining some of the signs in the enclosed table. Has sent the Nautical Almanac for 1867.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7723

From:
William Crookes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1863]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 13/1.1; Reel 10
Summary:

WC's goals in founding Quarterly Journal of Science. Invites JH to submit article for first issue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4134

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.367
Summary:

Announces JH's essay, 'The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre' will be read to the Leeds Astronomical Society on 10 Oct. 1863.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12225

From:
James Nasmyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.81
Summary:

Regrets that JH's engagements prevent them visiting Penshurst. JN too is unable to manage the dates quoted. Hopes his own Herschelian helioscope will be in action by the time the Herschels visit Penshurst.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4212

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.83 Ada Pritchard, Charles Pritchard: Memoirs of His Life, 240-1
Summary:

Warren de La Rue observes 'willow leaves' [mottling on solar surface]. Diagonal solar eyepiece works with great success. Praises de La Rue's work as having astounding accuracy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12304

From:
P. O'Callaghan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.160
Summary:

Sends a portion of JH's lecture for the Leeds Astronomical Society, which has just been received from the printer. PO's wife's health is improving and JH's grandchildren are flourishing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4875

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[20 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.20
Summary:

Comments on the possibility of employment in India for GA's son, Hubert.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6573

From:
William Crookes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.316
Summary:

Would JH's son [Alexander?] favor him with a resume of astronomical discovery for his new quarterly; if so, could he have his address?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11094

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Prescott Joule
Date:
[21 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.429
Summary:

Thanks for his paper on amalgams. Regarding the amalgam of iron, he pointed it out many years ago in his Bakerian lecture. Would be interesting to experiment further with iron in solution of mercury.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6794

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.111
Summary:

Thanks to JH's note Thomas Cooke was able to visit the Paris Observatory. His own health is slowly improving.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4135

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.368
Summary:

Informs JH that the Leeds Astronomical Society will print 'The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre' the day after its presentation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2422

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.272
Summary:

R.S.L. Club locale changed to St. James's Hotel. Wants JH's advice on two papers ES is writing on results from Kew Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12907

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Gustave Augustin Quesneville
Date:
[22 October 1863]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0320; Reel 1054
Summary:

Received four issues of GQ's Moniteur Scientifique. Saw mention in No. 163 of JH's proposed modification to British system of weights and measures. JH's paper on this topic is now before Astronomical Society of Leeds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4321F

From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Jonathan Frederick (Frederick) Pollock, 1st baronet
Date:
23 Oct [1863?]
Source of text:
Private collection
Summary:

Apologises that CD is too unwell to do any work, but he is most interested in the frequent occurrence of inherited variations in one locality. It would have been a pleasure to visit if his health had permitted.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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