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Herschel2524

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 January 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.433
Summary:

Is ill and cannot write instructions. Directs JH to instructions written earlier by the Council of the Geological Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2528

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 April 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.437
Summary:

Needs clarification of the relationship between the sun's rotation and the nebular hypothesis. Do the planets between Mars and Jupiter create problems for the hypothesis?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2530

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20?] April 1848
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.439
Summary:

Tells JH to arrive 16 May. Will send train schedule. Sends regards to family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4631

From:
Admiralty
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.15
Summary:

Advising JH that the Admiralty will be sending him information which they have received from G. B. Airy, Edward Sabine, and Richard Owen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4632

From:
Admiralty
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 January 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.16
Summary:

Sending copies of Admiralty Memorandum of 7 December, and requesting JH to request papers from Edward Sabine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4633

From:
Admiralty
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.17
Summary:

Informing JH that J. C. Pritchard [Prichard] has been asked to send him material for chapter on Ethnology for 'Scientific Manual' for naval officers, which JH is preparing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12506

From:
Adolph C. Petersen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 July 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.372
Summary:

A note of thanks for being elected to membership in the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3085

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 August 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.250
Summary:

Hopes JH has received letter thanking JH for Cape Results. Sends meteorological work. Hopes to quit barometric wave observations of atmospheric waves. Has worked with aides on meteorological variations. AQ's mother died.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14821

From:
Alexander Bridport Becher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 August 1848]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

A note accompanying a letter from Thomas Maclear, forwarded to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5492

From:
Alexander Bridport Becher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.393
Summary:

Would JH authorize him to call a meeting of the Board of Visitors in the absence of S. J. A. Compton (2nd Marquis of Northampton)?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7632

From:
Alexander Dallas Bache
To:
George Bancroft
Date:
[28 March 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.149; Reel 9
Summary:

Asks GB to convey gratitude to JH for AB's receipt of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7613

From:
Alfred Gautier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 February 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.130; Reel 9
Summary:

Informs JH that JH has been made an honorary member of the Physical and Natural History Society of Geneva; the Society thanks JH for a copy of his Cape Results. Comments on F. V. Mauvais's discovery of a comet and on the illness and death of Caroline Herschel. Will send comments on some of JH's astronomical work later.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14140

From:
Alfred Miles
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 February 1848]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0367; Reel 1087
Summary:

Paid £5 into JH's account at Drummond's Bank today.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12492

From:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.358
Summary:

Arrangements for a meeting with JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4649u

From:
Andrew Crosse
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
Between 1848 and 1855
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.48
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Tyndall0349

From:
Anne Edmondson
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/2/13a/331-333, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel1576

From:
Anne Elise Knipping
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
18 January [1848?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0320
Summary:

Writes of the death of JH's aunt Caroline. Is happy that Caroline is at rest. Describes funeral. Deals with some matters related to servants and other business matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1577

From:
Anne Elise Knipping
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
29 January [1848?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0321
Summary:

About legal matters related to the death of Aunt Caroline, as well as identifying friends and dignitaries who paid their respects. Deals with bills to be paid, and with the question of a memorial tablet in the church.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11171

From:
Anne Elise Knipping
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.61 & 61a
Summary:

Wants to send JH a remembrance which his Aunt Caroline wanted JH to have. The obituaries in some of the papers are inadequate. The astronomical journals need to be provided with suitable information about Caroline Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11172

From:
Anne Elise Knipping
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 April 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.62
Summary:

Thanks Margaret Brodie Herschel for a gift. Talks about some legal matters related to the death of JH's aunt Caroline Herschel. AK is much concerned with political turmoil around her. Apparently Dr. Mühry died soon after the death of Caroline Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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