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Herschel454

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[13 February 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.79
Summary:

Has found a few minor errors in the calculations checked so far [see GA's 1863-2-6]; comments on magnetic tracings JH received from GA.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8349

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Jacques Babinet
Date:
[19 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.151 (C: RS:HS 24.10)
Summary:

Suggestions on improving JB's gravimetric balance, constructed on principle of 'Bifilar suspension.' Refers to 1861 report of similar invention by J. A. Brown and another article on this topic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2419

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[22 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.269 (C: RS:HS 24.11)
Summary:

Returns [Warren] de La Rue's letter and discusses its contents, especially the making, mounting, and mirror for de La Rue's reflecting telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2420

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[22 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.270 (C: RS:HS 24.12)
Summary:

Expresses interest in Swedish plan to survey Spitzbergen and to measure meridian of arc. Discusses gravitometer being developed by [Jacques] Babinet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel456

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[22 February 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.82
Summary:

Might have saved JH some work if he had known what G. F. J. A. Auwers was doing [see GA's 1863-2-20]; has found some more errors in nebula calculations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7138

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[26 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.363
Summary:

Comments on family health; asks AD if he has read James Challis on the topics of the ether and of zodiacal light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1413

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[2 March 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.51 (C: RS:HS 24.13)
Summary:

Responds to GS's 1863-2-20, strongly recommending the support of the R.S.L. to defray part of the cost of publishing Richard Carrington's work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12721

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
Date:
[5 March 1863]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0136; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH received and will insert HA's list of nebulae into JH's catalogue. Progress of catalogue. Wishes JH had earlier knowledge of [G. F. J. A.] Auwer's reduction of William Herschel's nebulae, which JH just received.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1598

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[6 March 1863]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/RS374A
Summary:

Supports G. P. Bond of Harvard College for foreign membership of R.S.L.; proposes H. E. Sainte-Claire Deville for the Rumford Medal, for his development of a high temperature laboratory furnace applied to metallurgy and the 'disseverance' of the hydrogen and oxygen of water.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9516

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[13 March 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.327
Summary:

Comments on RF's ideas on the gravitational effect of the sun and moon on the earth's atmosphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1981

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Mar 15/63
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/100; MS JT/1/TYP/2/533; HS/24/14, RI; RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel3562

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
[15 March 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.14 (C: RI 522)
Summary:

Thanks for lectures on heat motion theory and radiation through earth's atmosphere, and for brochure on 'conformation' of the Alps. Asks about upcoming lecture of JH's son [Alexander].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13357

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William James Herschel
Date:
[7 April 1863]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0558; Reel 1053
Summary:

Family eagerly awaits WJH's return home after ten years in India. JH is visiting cousins in Halton. Locations of WJH's brothers and sisters. If possible, stop in Malta and visit William Lassell's equatorial reflector. Alexander Herschel will lecture on meteors at Royal Institution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13043

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart
Date:
[11 April 1863]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0456; Reel 1055
Summary:

Thanks for help in Mrs. Baldwin's affairs. JH's family's health is improving. Major house repairs in progress.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1302

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Montague Bernard
Date:
1863-4-11 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.87a
Summary:

In response to the request [see Edward Twisleton's 1863-4-10] to comment on mathematics and physical science education for the Public School Commissioners, JH urges that more teaching be done in these areas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1500

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Charles Lyell
Date:
[13 April 1863]
Source of text:
APS B.D25.L.4 (C: RS:HS 11.428 & 24.15)
Summary:

Received some proof sheets this morning of the Appendix to CL's book on the Antiquity of Man. Has read through the book with great interest. Comments on various points. Will have to revise their ideas on the length of human existence. Has had another letter from Twisleton so supposes he must try and write on science in schools. Have had sickness for the first three months of the year.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7698

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
Date:
[24 April 1863]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.8.9; Reel 10
Summary:

[JH's summary of letter] Instructions and corrections relative to data on nebula for JH's catalogue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1415

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[2 May 1863]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H703
Summary:

Returns paper of G. B. Airy, Astronomer Royal, and submits report on it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1887

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Count Paul Edmund de Strzelecki
Date:
[6 May 1863]
Source of text:
WT 62824.1
Summary:

Introduces JH's son Alexander to PS, and hopes PS will support Alexander, who is seeking to become Assistant Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14689

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[15 May 1863]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0641.2; Reel 1084
Summary:

Explains how to detect errors in catalogued positions of stars. List of new nebulae in [G. F. J. A.] Auwers's catalogue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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