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Herschel2451

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1842-7]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.305
Summary:

Sorry [F. W.] Bessel's health is 'so indifferent.' Glad JH is coming to [B.A.A.S. meeting].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8540

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[1842-7]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225
Summary:

Informs FB on how to visit Woolwich Arsenal and Dock Yard.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9127

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1842?-7?]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20743 (C: RS:HS 22.126)
Summary:

Hopes to arrange a meeting with WW at the invitation of a Mr. Hope. Discusses JH's recent photographic works and sends some photographs of improved quality.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5586

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.76
Summary:

About further travel plans, and people FB is meeting as he travels in Britain.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1281

From:
[Alexander J. B. Hope?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.53
Summary:

A proposal to complete the calculating machine has been made by Charles Babbage, and AH wants JH's opinion of it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8538

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[8 July 1842]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 22.127)
Summary:

Detailed arrangements for FB's visit [see JH's 1842-6].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6098

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.225
Summary:

Account of the eclipse seen at Pavia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1191

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.8
Summary:

Informs JH that the B.A.A.S. has place him on a committee to conduct experiments by capture balloon on the atmosphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1192

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.9
Summary:

Informs JH that the B.A.A.S. has placed him on a committee to supervise the translation and publication of foreign scientific memoirs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14216

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1842]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0428.14; Reel 1093
Summary:

JH, William Whewell, George Peacock, Humphrey Lloyd, and Edward Sabine are appointed by the B.A.A.S. to study systems of simultaneous magnetical and meteorological observations. They will be granted £89.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13825

From:
T. Dyson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1842]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0173.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

Does JH plan to publish 'Treatise on Light' in separate form?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3771

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[11 July 1842]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0587.10; Reel 1058
Summary:

Met Friedrich Bessel at the Manchester B.A.A.S. meeting; invited him to Collingwood, where he expects Bessel in a few days. Enclosed with the letter a specimen of a new photographic process called 'Chrysotype.' Marvels at traveling from Hawkhurst to Manchester round trip (420 miles) in under 23 hours!

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2274

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[12 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.145 (C: RS:HS 22.128)
Summary:

Discusses time intervals for [magnetic] observation. Sorry a change was ever contemplated. Asks that his opinion be sent to [Humphrey] Lloyd and that ES make the final decision on how to proceed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12264

From:
Thomas John Newbold
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.121
Summary:

On his last passage down the Red Sea the Captain informed TN of the singular alteration of his chronometers. Comments on this and would like JH's views. Magnetic station at Aden has never been set up and the instruments are still at Bombay. Examined the ancient canal while at Suez. Will be pleased to assist JH in any way.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5587

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.77
Summary:

Thank you note after FB visited Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5588

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.78
Summary:

Warm thanks for JH's kind hospitality; some comments about Prussian Order of Merit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4578

From:
M. Tunno
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.449
Summary:

Thanks JH for a letter of introduction.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4986

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
F. W. A. Argelander
Date:
[20 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.130
Summary:

Letter of introduction for some friends of JH, to FA in Bonn.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8539

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[20 July 1842]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 22.129)
Summary:

Comments on expected honor from Prussian government and on British rules against officially accepting it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9128

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[21 July 1842]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20753 (C: RS:HS 22.131)
Summary:

Invites WW for a short visit, JH's wife being ill. Thanks WW for paper on cause and effect. Clouds kept JH from photographing a recent solar eclipse.

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John Herschel Project
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