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Herschel3040

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.195
Summary:

Asks where AQ can procure best instruments in England. Desires to view the interiors of English observatories. Wishes to have [Alexis] Bouvard, who is in need of a change of scene after [P. S.] Laplace's death, accompany him. Sees translations of English scientific works, especially JH's, as a desirable project.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3041

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.196
Summary:

Has missed seeing JH, who must be in the countryside with [Charles] Babbage. Hopes to see JH and ask advice for observatory at Brussels.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3042

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.197
Summary:

Thanks JH for letter. Regrets having missed possibility of seeing JH while in England. Asks JH to convince [Charles] Babbage to pass through Brussels instead of Rotterdam.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2156

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.401
Summary:

Left his job because of precarious health. Is retired. Discusses achromatic telescopes and his ideas for correcting spherical and chromatic aberrations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5014

From:
André Marie Ampère
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.395
Summary:

Has received the new observations. Expresses his gratitude on being nominated as a Foreign Member of the R.S.L. Further regarding his experiments with electricity and magnetism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L866

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
John Herschel
Date:
6 septembre 1827
Source of text:
HS. l. 395, Archives de la Royal Society, Londres
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel6584

From:
Arthur Judd Carrighan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 December 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.326
Summary:

Hopes that JH will apply for the vacant position at the University.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4385

From:
C. I. Parnell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.140
Summary:

Details forgery case on which JH gave legal advice.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3955

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1827-4
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Discussing William Herschel's financial difficulties, CH confides that 'she never felt satisfied with the support your father received toward his undertakings, and far less with the ungracious manner in which it was granted.' Regrets WH was not able to do more work with the 40-ft. reflecting telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4019

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 May 1827]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

She 'can only think of what is past, and is for ever forgetting the present.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3950

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1827]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Feels distant from her family in England. Notes that the French occupation has changed Hanover from what it was when CH left in 1772.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4036

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 August 1827]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Thanks JH for sending his second catalog of double stars; remarks that 'by the manner in which you gentlemen now attack the starry heavens, it seems that there will soon remain nothing to be discovered.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3958

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 September 1827]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Writing her memoirs, CH sends for JH's perusal an account of her youth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3822

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 December 1827]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Discusses the poor health of Heinrich Olbers, and Johann Encke's inability to acquire the necessary instruments. Wants JH to send to CH a few of her 'Indexes.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5400

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1827?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.347
Summary:

Understands his intellectual pursuits. Gives address of his son [Adelaide].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5395

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1827-7]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.342
Summary:

News of the illness of his son.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5272

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 November 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.217
Summary:

Has visited Louvain and also a steam engine factory near Liége. Account of various excursions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2232

From:
Charles Rümker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1827?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.508
Summary:

Sends [F. G. W.] Struve's observations on William Herschel's double stars because of JH's expressed interest in the work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1306

From:
Charles Tulley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.32
Summary:

Comments on [Pierrre] Guinand's glass making process. Believes the glass made Guinand's way will be too expensive [see JH's 1827-10-20].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12168

From:
Claude Louis Mathieu
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.26
Summary:

Thanks for the works. How can he send some for the R.S.L. and Astronomical Society?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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