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From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
18 June 1840
Source of text:
MM/16/139, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
11 May 1841
Source of text:
MM/11/155, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
c.1842
Source of text:
MM/11/192, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
27 January 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/164, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
28 January 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/167, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
10 March 1848
Source of text:
MM/16/136, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
26 June 1850
Source of text:
MM/16/130, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
23 May 1851
Source of text:
MM/16/131, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
22 January 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/169, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
23 January 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/170, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
6 March 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/160, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
13 November 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/158, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS Sa.677
Summary:

Thanks for gelatine [?] paper. Hopes to photograph the sun.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS Sa.682
Summary:

Invites to dinner. Will try to arrange meeting between ES and Danish hydrographer Captain Lahrtman[?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[4 November 1824]
Source of text:
RS Sa.643
Summary:

Encloses differences determined through indications of portable barometer, standard, thermometer, and various other instruments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[20 March 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.1 & 20.202
Summary:

Comments on ES's measurement [in his Account of Experiments to Determine the Figure of the Earth] indicating 'the increase of the fraction expressing the earth's compression.' Predicts that ES's result will cause a 'sensation,' but does not commit himself to it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[3 April 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.2 (C: RS:HS 20.204)
Summary:

Responds to ES's proposal to conduct a series of meteorological observations from the peak of Teneriffe. Promises to bring it before the Board of Longitude for consideration for support.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[5 April 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.4 & 20.205
Summary:

Responds to ES's letter of 1825-4-4, stating that JH now understands that ES will proceed with the Teneriffe observations only if funds are provided. Praises Sabine's previous work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[8 April 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.6 (C: RS:HS 20.206)
Summary:

On 1825-4-7 presented ES's proposal for experiments at Teneriffe to the Board of Longitude, which judged the experiments not sufficiently relevant to the Board's concerns. Offers to seek endorsement from the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[21 April 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.8 (C: RS:HS 20.208)
Summary:

Invites ES to join him and other scientists for dinner. Requests that ES prepare a detailed description and justification of his proposed Teneriffe experiments for consideration by the R.S.L. Council.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project