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Herschel7506

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.23; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for Cape Results. Special comments on JH's 'method of sequences' and cometary theory. Refers to article on Halley's Comet in Astronomische Nachrichten. Reports observations of Saturn's satellites and orbit of Gamma Virginis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7639

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[9 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/6.6; Reel 9
Summary:

[JH's abstract] Destinations for copies of JH's Cape Results addressed to FB.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7507

From:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.24; Reel 9
Summary:

Received JH's note of 8 [Aug 1847] and went immediately to Smith, Elder & Co., but no copies [of JH's Cape Results] were ready. Will gladly transmit them to recipients designated by JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7434

From:
James Hayday
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/3.4; Reel 9
Summary:

Sent eleven copies [of JH's Cape Results] to Northumberland House to be packed and sent to destinations chosen by [Algernon Percy] Duke of Northumberland. Encloses JH's account.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7509

From:
Spencer J. A. Compton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.26; Reel 9
Summary:

Thanks for [Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7508

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.25; Reel 9
Summary:

Assures JH that [Cape Results] will receive warm welcome in libraries of India. Suggests other recipients there. Send copies with dispatches from India House.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7510

From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.27; Reel 9
Summary:

Asked [William] Empson to write to JH about 'republication.' Thanks for [Cape Results]. Invites JH to visit. Glad that JH voted for [J. G. Shaw-]Lefevre [for M.P. from Cambridge].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7477

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[11 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/4.23; Reel 9
Summary:

Will send Edward Everett's copy [of JH's Cape Results] to Northumberland House. Everett was elected principal of Harvard College but resigned. Returns letter from Russian ambassador, F. I. Brunnov. Now that AP has sent copies to foreign sovereigns, JH will send to their ministers those copies destined for [observatories and institutions in] their nations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1106

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[12 Aug 1847]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 104
Summary:

Planning a visit to Kew. Wishes to meet H. C. Watson.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel5477

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.378
Summary:

Will be pleased to dispose of the copies of the Reports when they arrive. Thanks for his own copy. Maria Edgeworth will be pleased with hers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10458

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.336
Summary:

Has discovered another member of the group of planets between Mars and Jupiter. Gives readings. May be the lost planet of Niccolo Cacciatore.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel953

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1847-8-13 or earlier
Source of text:
JHS 6.37
Summary:

Elizabeth Baily is not in good health; JH had his pocket picked that day, but nothing of consequence was taken.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1107

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Bernhard Studer
Date:
13 Aug [1847]
Source of text:
Burgerbibliothek Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Summary:

Invites BS to visit Down. Advises him to call on Daniel Sharpe. Suggests he see the work of the Ordnance Survey in Wales.

Offers to lend him Murchison’s The Silurian system [3 vols. (1839)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7511

From:
John Couch Adams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.28; Reel 9
Summary:

Thanks for [Cape Results] and copy of JH's portrait. Attributes JA's passion for astronomy to JH's influence. Recalls happy visit to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7512

From:
John Wrottesley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.29; Reel 9
Summary:

Received Cape Results. Compliments JH's industry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7513

From:
John Wrottesley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
14?] August [1847
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.30; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude on behalf of Institution for receipt of [Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1108

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Forbes Royle
Date:
14 Aug [1847]
Source of text:
DAR 147: 401
Summary:

CD thanks JFR for remembering about the work he wanted to borrow [Trans. Agric. & Hortic. Soc. India].

Does JFR have Ambrose Blacklock, Treatise on sheep [1838]?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel10459

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John R. Hind
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.337 & 22.325
Summary:

Obviously a ring of planets is being discovered. Congratulations on the discovery. Is the reading based on one night's observations only? Gives it a female name, possibly Iris.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel952

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
JHS 6.39
Summary:

Has been to Cambridge to support a friend in a vote; JH comments on the dry state of the countryside, and responds to a number of family matters, including one in which JH is trying to get the message across that he is not interested in personal advancement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1108F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Josiah (Jos) Wedgwood, III
Date:
14 Aug [1847]
Source of text:
Alan Wedgwood (private collection)
Summary:

Sends a letter for JW to forward to Charles Stokes concerning the purchase of Leeds and Bradford railway shares for Emma Darwin’s trust fund.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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