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From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
7 November 1864
Source of text:
MM/19/38, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Nov. 11 1864
Source of text:
MS JT/2/10/297, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
10 December 1864
Source of text:
MM/19/40, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
12 December [1864]
Source of text:
MM/19/39, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
29 (1865), pp. 218-31, Phil. Mag.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
29 December [1864?]
Source of text:
MM/19/41, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Janry. 1. 1865
Source of text:
MS JT/2/10/323; MS JT/2/13c/1276, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.274
Summary:

Asks whether Greenwich Board of Visitors should meet to answer communication from Admiralty or if a response could be circulated among Visitors and sent if it meets with approval.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 March 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.275
Summary:

Visitors Board will meet to discuss railway companies' proposal to remove Greenwich Observatory to another site. Includes copy of Warren de La Rue's letter to ES.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
28 April 1865
Source of text:
MM/19/42, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
5 May 1865
Source of text:
MM/19/43, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.276
Summary:

Sends, for JH's signature, request from daughter of the late W. R. Hamilton for continuance of Hamilton's pension.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
18 October 1865
Source of text:
MM/14/83, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.278
Summary:

Discusses [John] Hennessey's proposal [see ES's 1866-8-11]. Suggests sending achromatic along with a qualified observer. Thinks Alexander Herschel might be suitable for such a post. Melbourne telescope progressing rapidly.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 September 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.280
Summary:

B.A.A.S. appointed Committee to explore astronomical and meteorological possibilities in India. Considers [G. G.] Stokes's recommendation among the best. Suggests meteorological experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.282 (C: Cambridge University Library 7656/RS552)
Summary:

Informs JH that his comments against sending a major telescope to India were decisive [see JH's 1866-8-11 & 1866-9-4]; biggest cost impediment was salary of observer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.284
Summary:

Discusses current debate over placement of telescope in India. Discusses various possibilities for telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 January 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.285
Summary:

Sends copy of B.A.A.S. resolution regarding telescope in India. ES and R.S.L. colleagues agree to take no further steps in matter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
2 April [1867?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.312
Summary:

Asks JH to send an actinometer to Kew. It will be forwarded with other meteorological instruments to the Paris Exhibition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 April 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.286
Summary:

Glad to have met JH's son [John]. Describes benefits of [R.S.L.] meetings for cultivation of science.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project