| RefNo | HSF/2/1/110 |
| Previous numbers | 32.8.96 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from J H [John Herschel], Bangalore [Bengaluru], to 'Dear Pater' [Sir John Frederick William Herschel] |
| Creator | Herschel; John (1837-1921); British army officer and astronomer |
| Date | 5 November 1870 |
| Description | His certificate has come back in time for him to return it before leaving Bangalore. The signatures are there including an extra, Mr [Thomas] Oldham's. [James Francis] Tennant would also have obtained Archdeacon [John Henry] Pratt's signature, but he was travelling. Sir H [Henry] James and Captain R [Alexander Ross] Clarke have been suggested. John was sorry to read Professor [William Allen] Miller's obituary; he was kind when John was preparing for the eclipse. He has written to Mr [William] Huggins to say that he has no immediate use for the equatorial, having another first-class instrument to occupy him. He does not have Alick's [Alexander Stewart Herschel's] energy for work. Huggins stated that he would mention the matter in Council [of the Royal Society]. He sends the draft of a letter comparing Colonel [William] Lambton's latitudes with his own, where the agreement is 'astonishing close'. Colonel [James Thomas] Walker will publish something on the matter before long. John is not going into five or six months of camp light-heartedly; Mary [Mary Cornwallis Herschel] will go to Kishnagar for some of that time. |
| Extent | 4p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7955 | Herschel; John (1837 - 1921); Colonel; military engineer, surveyor and astronomer | 1837 - 1921 |