St John‘s College Personal Collections

Copy of letter to A. De Morgan

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/34/1
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8 Feb. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Gold Medal of RAS - Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

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

Copy of letter to A. De Morgan

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/34/2
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24 Apr. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Diplomas and Testimonials of RAS. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

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 William Empson, editor of the Edinburgh Review, from Collingwood

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 22
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16 July 1848

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 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 Rev. John William Whittaker, undated but postmarked

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 7
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16 August 1813

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Informs Whittaker that books Herschel has asked for have not arrived

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 5
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2 August 1813

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Asks for the 3rd Volume of Lacroix (1) and as many numbers of the Ecole Polytechnic as possible to be requisitioned from Babbage's (2) Master and sent to Herschel as soon as possible. Gives news of mutual acquaintance, Graham, and his father. Discusses the printing of the 'A.S.'

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

(2) Charles Babbage the mathematician

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 6
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6 August 1813

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Asks Whittaker not to send all the volumes of Ecole Polytechnic, but only the relevant ones. Thanks Whittaker for his letter and will write as soon as he has time to compose a suitable letter.

Also attached is autographed letter from Herschel to Greenwood. Asks Greenwood jokingly to compose a piece of music in 5/4 time. Tells of his musical mania. Asks for a recommendation for a musical text book

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 4
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2 July 1813

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Discusses an epigram of Byron's, the current state of society and religious belief and notes the unrest abroad in the country. Exhorts the recipient to keep mentally active and states that mathematics and music take up all his time

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

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