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Herschel8001

From:
George Wilson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.268
Summary:

Received JH's 'Remarks on Colour-Blindness' [1859]. Describes lack of success in urging Army, Navy surgeons to continue GW's investigations. Comments on statistical distribution of color-blindness, hereditary factors, and safety implications for military and railroads. Reports specific cases among contemporaries. Asks JH's advice on seeking assistance from B.A.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2482

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
24 Aug [1859]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:

Sorry to hear of AS’s poor health.

Would like to attend Aberdeen meeting [BAAS, 1859] but is unfit for so great an exertion. Has been told he has "suppressed gout".

Pleased that AS remembers their 1831 geological trip, which made CD appreciate the noble science of geology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel28

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[24 August 1859]
Source of text:
RGO 6.377.444
Summary:

Responds to GA's account of his tour [see GA's 1859-8-13] with interest, and adds a description of JH's poor health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11803

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.163
Summary:

Relates his experiences while visiting the Paris Observatory with G. B. Airy. Later travelled to Brussels to meet L. A. J. Quetelet. Is now preparing for a visit to Ireland and Mrs. Maclear will go to Bedfordshire. The meteorological observations [of the Cape] are to be printed in England under the direction of Robert FitzRoy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14730

From:
[Paul Sinnis?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.9; Reel 1083
Summary:

Announces meeting of Council at Marishal College, Aberdeen on 14 Sept.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14729

From:
[Paul Sinnis]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.8; Reel 1083
Summary:

Announces meeting of Kew Committee at Observatory on 29 Aug.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2483

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
25 [Aug 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 47
Summary:

Writes of a visit to Leith Hill and WED’s injured ankle.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel4855

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.242 (C: RGO 6.377.446)
Summary:

Regarding the geographical position of places in France. Comments on JH's paper on light and colors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6569

From:
William Crookes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.312
Summary:

Regrets that the article was received too late to appear in the current number. Will send a proof in a day or so. Would like to print some illustrations for JH's articles.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel865

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[27 August 1859]
Source of text:
JHS 4.18
Summary:

Writes about the activities of several family members, and then comments on the location of a railway extension, which will come closer to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel866

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1859-8-27 or later]
Source of text:
JHS 4.17
Summary:

Talks about the beauty of the flowers at Collingwood, and then comments on his Essays Q.E.R.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6832

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Warren de La Rue
Date:
[27 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.272
Summary:

Requests information about specula for telescopes, especially silvered glass ones.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11619

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Lassell
Date:
[27 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.271
Summary:

Asks for details of WL's system of speculum polishing and telescope construction as JH is preparing an article on telescopes for the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6623

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[28 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.273
Summary:

Thanks for some verses; comments on the current state of Indian religious society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14427

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0526.8; Reel 1093
Summary:

Notified Richard Owen that Kew observatory is ready to receive trainees for magnetic observations. Stewart Balfour estimates six weeks to train observers, who will then take instruments and leave for British Columbia or Shanghai. New observatory at University of Mississippi in U.S. American Association for the Advancement of Science has expressed interest in magnetic survey. Success in photographing sunspots, which R. C. Carrington and Warren de La Rue will supervise. Recent observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1635

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
29th Aug. 1859
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/518, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel8612

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Norton Shaw
Date:
[29 August 1859]
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society
Summary:

Returns proof for JH's ['On a New Projection of the Sphere']. Requests 25 copies when printed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6568

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Crookes
Date:
[30 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.311 (C: RS:HS 23.270)
Summary:

Sends spectra obtained by Ioduret of potassium. Gives details of his latest photographic experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4428

From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 August 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Discusses a telescope ordered for C. A. von Steinheil of Munich and the design of WR's glass polishing machine. Mentions visit by Thomas Maclear. Kew Telescope produces photos of sunspots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2484

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
31 Aug [1859]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.58–59)
Summary:

Sheets [of Origin] up to p. 240 are ready. Asks how many copies and how soon JM will publish. Hopes as soon as possible because of his health. Bitterly disappointed at delay he has caused.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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