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Herschel1172

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1846 to 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.35
Summary:

Comments on proofs of WW's German translations. JH recommends that the magnetic observations already made should be reduced to show some results, rather than adding more observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8320

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
1846
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.123
Summary:

Box that [Thomas] Maclear indicated would contain Cape bulbs from Klapmuts, arrived yesterday containing common European roots. Perhaps wrong box was sent from London warehouse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1259

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-?-1846
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.21, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1260

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-1-1846
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.22, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1263

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-?-1846?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.26, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

This is a four page letter over 1 folio.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1264

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-?-1846?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.27, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

A one page letter on one folio.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1265

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-?-1846?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.28, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

3 page letter over 1 folio

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Herschel8125

From:
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.391
Summary:

Sends WW's Elektrodynamische Maassbestimmungen (1846) via J. E. Wappäus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2321

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.192
Summary:

Has the opinion regarding Oxford of S. J. A. Compton (Lord Northampton). This will make his absence less consequential if he cannot attend the Council meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10768

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[5 January 1846]
Source of text:
WT 68037.6 (C: RS:HS 10.121 & 22.264)
Summary:

RH's experiments are extremely interesting and deserve to be pursued. Comments on experiments made by Michael Faraday and others relating to the formation of crystals in a magnetic field and the effect such crystals have on polarized light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7371

From:
Barthes & Lowell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 January 1846]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 4/7.11; Reel 7
Summary:

Received P. S. Laplace's [book] from Paris and sent it to Mr. Stewart as JH directed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2322

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.193
Summary:

Council will meet Friday 16 January. Does not think [Roderick] Murchison has returned. [Alexander von Humboldt's] Cosmos was reviewed well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3700

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[7 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.43 (C: RS:HS 25.9.24)
Summary:

Thanks RS for his brochure [on the affairs of the Liverpool Observatory?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2519

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[8 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.429
Summary:

Thanks her for her hospitality. Discusses letter read at Geological Society the previous night. Asks that Mrs. [G. B.] Airy's picture be returned.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9598

From:
Thomas I. M. Forster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.339
Summary:

Sends his last year's observations of falling stars and comments on them. Has he seen the new planet [Astrea]? Sends some new songs of his own composition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10224

From:
J[ohn] Gould
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.110
Summary:

Sending some extra large trout caught by the Miller, together with the 'local' trout so that he can compare them.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3679

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.22
Summary:

Has entered JH's name for Foreign Secretary of the R.A.S. and explains the circumstances. On his observations and method of observation of the recently discovered asteroid Astrea.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3701

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[12 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.44 (C: RS:HS 25.9.19)
Summary:

Is too busy to accept the office of Foreign Secretary of the R.A.S. Says he cannot even keep up with his correspondence at home. Has been forced to give up foreign correspondence altogether.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1583

From:
Georg Merz
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1846]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0358
Summary:

Asks for some specifics of the mounting and proceeds to explain how the mountings will work [see JH's 1845-11-25].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1203

From:
Leonard Romer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.23
Summary:

A notice of meeting of the B.A.A.S. coal distribution map committee.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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