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Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
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Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to A.J. Carrighan (BA 1803), from Slough

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

Notebook

Contents:

  1. On the Nautical Almanac (for the Board of Longitude)

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

Notebook

Contents:

  1. An address to the young gentleman of the mathematical classes in the south African College at the Cape of Good Hope, December 1832

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

Notebook

Contents:

  1. Draft review of works on geomagnetism by Gauss, Humboldt, and R. S. L. (himself?). 31 sheets 1 side each, mostly fair copy - little correction.

  2. 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

Notebook

Contents:

  1. Lunar Theory

  2. Determination of unknown functions

  3. 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.

  4. Isoperimetrical problem

  5. On the chemical action of the rays of the solar spectrum

  6. Photographic MSS, with three pages of 5 interleaved in one spot.

  7. Spectra (emission? absorption?) of photographic papers

  8. 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

Notebook

Contents:

  1. 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.

  2. The report of Sir John Herschel on the reduction of meteorological observations (21 pages)

  3. A discussion of the results of 'Antartic' (sic) expedition and observations at Toronto

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

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

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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