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Herschel12852

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Arthur James Melhuish
Date:
[27 October 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0258; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH's son William now lives in Bengal. JH cannot explain why William's membership to Amateur Photographic Association is unpaid. Will notify William in JH's next letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2026

From:
Bartholomew Price
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.57
Summary:

Apologizes for JH not getting copy of vol. 3 of BP's Infinitesimal Calculus. Promises to send one. Hopes to add another volume. Asks JH about some problems in probability theory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4926

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
29 Oct [1865]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/56)
Summary:

Declines writing testimonial for AN for the Cambridge Professorship in Zoology. The post requires expertise in comparative anatomy and histology, whereas AN’s work is on habits and colours of birds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel356

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.478.487
Summary:

Comments on GA's explanations about polarized light, and discusses GA's idea of the nature of light [see GA's 1865-10-18].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel471

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.15.77
Summary:

Saddened by the poor treatment of W. H. Smyth [see GA's 1865-10-18].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel982

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[29 October 1865]
Source of text:
JHS 6.57
Summary:

A 'pep talk' from father to son on the occasion of son John's birthday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4900

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.288 (C: RGO 6.478.491)
Summary:

Further regarding polarized light and its interferences.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4927

From:
Alfred Newton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Oct 1865
Source of text:
DAR 172: 45
Summary:

CD need not apologise for not writing a testimonial for him. He knows comparative anatomy, although he has confined his publication to ornithology. Agrees that with a few members of the University a recommendation from CD would be harmful.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel178

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.256.299
Summary:

Passes along a report that someone took a 4-foot telescope to the top of Snowdon [mountain], from where he could see the eight satellites of Saturn and the rings of Neptune.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel357

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[31 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.478.493
Summary:

Realizes that GA is quite correct [see GA's 1865-10-30]; JH had neglected a basic principle about interference.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1143

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Dr Thomas Anderson
Date:
31 October 1865
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.85, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

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Contributor:
Hooker Project
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