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From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 November 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.262
Summary:

Lord Rosse agrees with JH regarding Melbourne telescope. His only objection to proposed increase in size is because of the added expense.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 November 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.263
Summary:

Sends [William] Lassell's reply and JH's own letter regarding telescope at Melbourne for review. All will be forwarded to Lord Rosse. Also sends lithograph.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 December 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.265
Summary:

Discusses proposed Melbourne telescope, opinions of various scientists, and projected costs of construction.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.266
Summary:

Sends [William] Lassell's letter regarding Melbourne telescope. Pleased with scientific memoirs received from Harvard College.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
1863
Source of text:
MM/19/34, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.267
Summary:

Wrote to [A.] Sawitsch regarding Russian pendulum experiments. Encloses Sawitsch's reply. Discusses experimental possibilities.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.268
Summary:

Sends [Warren] de La Rue's letter on Southern[?] Telescope for JH's review. Swedish Academy working on reviving project of measuring arc of meridian.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
2 March [1863?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.313
Summary:

Describes pendulum design. Believes [Henry] Kater's is the best. Regrets Russians want to make own pendulum. Discusses nominees, including [G. P.] Bond, for R.S.L. foreign membership.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 June 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.271
Summary:

R.S.L. Council has decided to publish correspondence regarding the Melbourne telescope. Sends early pages for JH's corrections.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Walter White
Date:
20 July 1863
Source of text:
MM/21/82, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.273
Summary:

JH to read his paper on nebulae Thursday, 19 Nov. Dinner will be at St. James's Hotel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Phillips
Date:
12 Nov 1863
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Misc. MS collection: Mss.Ms.Coll.200)
Summary:

Preparation for his address with particular concern that JP approve the part relating to [Adam] Sedgwick. Urges JP to sit at dinner with him as a sign of approval of the award [of the Copley Medal].

Admits his own dismay regarding the efforts of the younger geologists and zoologists to obtain the Copley Medal for CD on the grounds of the Origin and his anxiety about the next year’s award.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 June 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0528; Reel 1093
Summary:

Encloses description of Col. [J. T.?] Walker's experiments. Asks for JH's opinion of these.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
9 August 1864
Source of text:
MM/10/81, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
9 August 1864
Source of text:
MM/19/35, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
JP Basevi
Date:
27 August 1864
Source of text:
MM/14/71, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
20 September 1864
Source of text:
MM/19/36, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
1 November 1864
Source of text:
MM/19/37, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Nov 1864
Source of text:
DAR 177: 1
Summary:

Announces that the Council of the Royal Society has awarded CD the Copley Medal.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project