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Herschel/Box 3/James 517
Item
1820

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Contents:

'On the rotation in Plagiedial Quartz', Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Vol 1, 43-52, read 17 April 1820.
'On the Development of Tints', Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Vol. 1, 20-41, read 24 February 1820.

More sketches here than in published papers with many pages crossed out entirely

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Herschel/Box 3/James 518
Item
1816

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Contents:

Draft of Lacroix translation. (An elementary treatise on the differential and integral calculus by S. F. Lacroix, translated by Herschel from the French and printed in 1816.) 85 sheets

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Herschel/Box 2/James 514
Item
1824–1825

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Contents:

Double Star Catalogue, submitted by John Herschel whilst he was secretary of the Royal Society 1824-1825

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Herschel/Box 3/James 520
Item
1837 (Undated, so date is estimated.)

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Contents:

Draft review of works on geomagnetism by Gauss, Humboldt, and R. S. L. (himself?). 31 sheets 1 side each, mostly fair copy - little correction.
Draft review of Whewell's History of the Inductive Sciences. 64 pages lightly corrected, 5 or so heavily altered

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Note on the art of photography or the application of the chemical rays of light to the purposes of pictorial representation

Herschel/Box 1a/Document 37
Item
1839

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Photocopy of John Herschel's original MS

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to U.J.J. Le Verrier

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/16/4
Item
22 Sep. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Enclosed with 9/16/3. Letter of support for Neptune as the cause of the perturbations of Uranus, against the attacks of Peirce and Babinet.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/34/3
Item
19 Jan. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Diplomas and Testimonials of RAS. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/8/fol.43
Item
2 Nov. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.52, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/14/fol.22-24
Item
7 Jan. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/3/fol.14-15
Item
14 Oct. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.18-20, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

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