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From:
Abraham Follett Osler
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 September 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.202
Summary:

Sends a pamphlet containing an account of AO's anemometer, also an account of the great storm of January last. Comments on his own and William Reid's theories of storms.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4464

From:
Acton Tindal
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.438
Summary:

Informs JH that JH has been recommended to the Queen for the Commission of Peace.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3060

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.215
Summary:

Sends continuation of Belgian meteorological observations. Just finished magnetic observations. Plans to continue certain ones. Regrets being alone, without aids, 'in front of the transit instrument, the mural circle and the equatorial.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3061

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 August 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.216
Summary:

Addresses a few last words before departing for Italy with his wife. Sends 3 memoirs just published. Will be in Paris to observe meteors. Proposes to redo terrestrial magnetism observations in Italy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3062

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.217
Summary:

Is comparing 'points and measures' of new stations with [François] Arago. Also busy with daguerreotypes. Thanks for encouragements. Has necessary instruments for meteorological and magnetical observations. Mentions work done and astronomers met on Italy trip. Discusses Prince Albert.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1693

From:
Andrew Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 July 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.179
Summary:

Declines an invitation to visit JH; comments on political situation in South Africa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4351

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 February 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.15
Summary:

Awaits decision on his fate as Lieutenant Governor at the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4198

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.16
Summary:

Outraged over a [London] Times report of a massacre at Fort Natal in the Cape colony, which AS believes cannot be true; backs up his belief with a letter from a soldier at Fort Natal. Will take a business trip to Holland after which he 'will be ready for anything the Government may please.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4311

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 July 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.19
Summary:

Discusses Lord Glenelg's role in the decision to keep him as Lieutenant Governor of the Cape and his support during the inquiry of AS's actions in a confrontation with the natives. Writes of Glenelg's retirement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4604

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 September 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.20
Summary:

Colonial Secretary Lord Normanby dismissed AS Lieutenant Governor at the Cape, citing the feelings toward him in the colony. AS declares, 'I rejoice in having done with the Cape.' Declines an offer of a government position in the West Indies. Claims his future depends on how much he will be given as a pension.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11105

From:
C. A. Jensen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.442
Summary:

Will be leaving London on 16 July and would like to meet JH at some convenient time to carry out H. C. Oersted's commission.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9729

From:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.76
Summary:

Thanks for his letter informing him of his having been awarded the Copley medal. Was pleased to receive the observations of the magnetic declination and inclination of London. Projected expedition of Captain J. C. Ross pleases him. C. F. Gauss is now preparing the third volume of the Resultate. Would like JH's opinion on one of the papers in this volume. Gives his own views on the magnetic poles.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9730

From:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.77
Summary:

Sends two copies of his own General Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism, one for JH and one for the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11942

From:
Carlo Matteucci
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.304
Summary:

Is working on a memoir concerning animal electricity. Would like to present it to the R.S.L. and wonders if it would qualify for a prize.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4040

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 January 1839]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Recounts a letter from William Rowan Hamilton, President of the Royal Irish Academy, commending CH on her service to astronomy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3842

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1839]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Details her daily routine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5345

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 January 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.292
Summary:

Will bring CB's 'Engine' to Slough tomorrow, together with Dionysius Lardner's apparatus, which CB has 'taught to write.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5346

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.293
Summary:

Making his last experiments on the morrow. Travels to and from Slough in the course of his experiments. Hopes JH will join him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11203

From:
Charles D. E. König
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.92
Summary:

Thanks for the gift of the meteorite to the British Museum; an official letter of thanks will follow later.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8999

From:
Charles Grant
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1839]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.24
Summary:

CG (Lord Glenelg) raises questions about the suitability of Mr. Train for a position teaching in the government schools at the Cape of Good Hope.

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