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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

Papers of Sir John Herschel

  • Herschel
  • Fonds
  • 1812–1979 (Mostly from 1812-71. Also includes papers relating to modern research into Herschel's work.)

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

Notebook

Contents:

  1. Hyposulphurous and Paper (Using polarized light in analysis of crystals).

  2. Early 'Chrystal' paper (pre-1819).

  3. History of Math (two drafts).

  4. Mathematical Papers

  5. On Coloured Flames (16 numbered pages, a page of sketches of curves (transmitted intensity v. colour))

  6. 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

Notebook

Contents:

  1. Appendix to Lacroix (An elementary treatise on the differential and integral calculus by S. F. Lacroix, translated by Herschel from the French and printed in 1816.)

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

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

Notebook

Contents:

  1. Mss of major part of Memoirs of the Analytical Society, Cambridge, 1813. (Not all extant)

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

Notebook

Contents:

  1. Essay; 'Sound'

  2. Essay; 'Light' (2nd half of essay - mostly sections on polarized light)

  3. Comet orbits

  4. Part III of 'On the Theory of the Moon'

  5. Part I of 'Light' with doodles and a letter from Lardner.

  6. A notebook for the section 'reflexion of light'

  7. On letters from South

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

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