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Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Rev. John William Whittaker, from Slough

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 14
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13 June 1817

Tells of work in progress; books on algebra, translation of Lacroix. Also discusses the polishing of mirrors for Herschel's father's telescope. Mentions mutual acquaintances, discusses the actions of Wood, the Master of St John's, and tells of a visitor with an algebraic equation

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

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Rev. John William Whittaker, from Slough

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 15
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8 November 1817

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Asks for news from Cambridge, tells of Summer spent walking in Devonshire with Babbage, asks Whittaker to investigate the monetary transactions involved with a room of Herschel's. Notes the death of the philosopher, Delue

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

Notebook

Herschel/Box 2/James 508.
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1818–1820 (Much of the work is undated.)

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

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/13/4
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1819-1892 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Offer of printed copy of portrait of JFWH.

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

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Rev. John William Whittaker, from Slough

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 16
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13 June 1819

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Discusses the purchase of a ticket for the Commencement fete and the procurement of lodgings during it

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

Notebook

Herschel/Box 3/James 517
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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

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Wilson Lowry, from Slough

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 17
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12 February 1820

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

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to [James Wood, Master 1815-39] the very Rev., the Dean of Ely

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 18
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March 1821

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Discusses the reprinting of Piazzi's catalogue of stars and whether the University Press will bear part of the expense

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

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Rev. John William Whittaker, undated

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 20
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1822 (Undated, so date is estimated.)

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Mentions death of Clark, the support Herschel can offer to Henslow in the forthcoming elections at Cambridge (1) and the settling of an account.

(1) Probably refers to the election of John Stevens Henslow to the chair of Mineralogy in 1822

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

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Rev. John William Whittaker, from Slough

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 19
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23 February 1822

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Asks Whittaker to settle his account for the printing of the Memoirs of the Analytical Society

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

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