- 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
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
Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Miles Bland, from Slough
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Sends Bland a number of mathematical problems Herschell had posed during an 'uncomfortable ride from London to Slough, with disagreeable companions'
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to A.J. Carrighan (BA 1803), from Slough
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Declines offer of Plumian Chair of astronomy but is flattered by sentiments expressed. Herschel states that he is not sure whether he wants to concentrate solely on astronomy after he has completed his father's work on nebulae. He feels he is better as a private amateur than as a professor and also wishes to pursue other lines of work
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Autograph letter signed from Herschel to Bland
Part of Papers of Miles Bland
Sends problems which he had devised 'in the course of a cold, uncomfortable ride from London to Slough, with disagreeable companions'.
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Photocopy of John Herschel's original MS
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Letters and picture (dated 1812-1955), documents relating to Herschel's 1839 paper, 'The Art of Photography', given to the Royal Society, (dated 1833-1979), Herschel's notebooks.
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Contents:
Hyposulphurous and Paper (Using polarized light in analysis of crystals).
Early 'Chrystal' paper (pre-1819).
History of Math (two drafts).
Mathematical Papers
On Coloured Flames (16 numbered pages, a page of sketches of curves (transmitted intensity v. colour))
15 pages of 'computations for optical papers of 1820' for absorption curves and apophyllite (3 varieties), Rochelle salt
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Contents:
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Contents:
Lunar Theory
Determination of unknown functions
A few pages on Law of Refraction, apparently from the History of Math article, or possibly from 'isoperimetrical problem' as these two sheets appear to have been one.
Isoperimetrical problem
On the chemical action of the rays of the solar spectrum
Photographic MSS, with three pages of 5 interleaved in one spot.
Spectra (emission? absorption?) of photographic papers
Notes on the art of photography or the application of the chemical rays of light to the purposes of pictorial representation. (13 leaves, 1839)
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Contents:
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer