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RefNoHSF/2/1/110
Previous numbers32.8.96
LevelItem
TitleLetter from J H [John Herschel], Bangalore [Bengaluru], to 'Dear Pater' [Sir John Frederick William Herschel]
CreatorHerschel; John (1837-1921); British army officer and astronomer
Date5 November 1870
DescriptionHis 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.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7955Herschel; John (1837 - 1921)1837 - 1921
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