Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to S.B. Howlett
- Herschel/Box 1/Letter 31
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- 6 March 1864
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Discussion of sun spots
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to S.B. Howlett
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Discussion of sun spots
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Notes the recovery of Mrs. Jeffrey and is sure that this will bring much relief to Lord Jeffrey. Discusses a book on the Royal Society and one entitled 'Kosmos' of which Herschel declines to write the second volume
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Wilson Lowry, from Slough
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Asks for information regarding a 'fish-eye-stone' (a crystal) which Lowry has sent to Herschel
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
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Contents:
Essay; 'Sound'
Essay; 'Light' (2nd half of essay - mostly sections on polarized light)
Comet orbits
Part III of 'On the Theory of the Moon'
Part I of 'Light' with doodles and a letter from Lardner.
A notebook for the section 'reflexion of light'
On letters from South
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:
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:
The report of the Committee for Magnetical and Meteorological Cooperation, 1843 (16 pages). Members of the 1st Committee were Dean of Ely, Dr Lloyd and Herschel.
The report of Sir John Herschel on the reduction of meteorological observations (21 pages)
A discussion of the results of 'Antartic' (sic) expedition and observations at Toronto
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Contents:
Consideration of various points in analysis. Published (with alterations) in Philosophical Transactions (1814). 25 numbered pages.
On the action of crystals with two axes on homogeneous light and on the cause of the deviation from Newton's scale in the tints which they develop on exposure to a polarized ray, Philosophical Transactions 110 (1820, 45-100. Read 23 December 1819. Pages of observations and/or calculations 'with some duplicate and some miscellaneous papers'. Two drafts, included a few corrected proof sheets, of this most important paper and some notes to the printer.
On aberration. A draft with some proof sheets, with comparatively few corrections and annotations, but possibly important ones.
Observations of the apparent distances and positions of double and triple stars made in the years 1821, 1822, 1823, Philosophical Transactions 114 (1824), part 3, 1-21.
On the separation of iron from other metals. Draft MSS for Philosophical Transactions 111 (1821), 293-9. Read 5 April 1821.
MSS notes for 1824 Bakerian Lecture to the Royal Society on electricity (c. 15 20 leaves, heavily corrected).
On the development of exponential functions together with several new theorems relating to finite differences (2 copies, c. 30 pages each).
On the general laws of the isochromatic bands in 'chrystals', 17 April 1819 (never published). This is interleaved in the main Philosophical Transaction article, the pagination of which is most confused. There are apparently only 4 sheets, both sides each, of a very rough draft with unfinished sketches
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer