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Edward William Brayley
John Frederick William Herschel
Sir John Herschel serves as President of the British Association
1845
Autograph letter signed by sender. Queries relating to the actinometer. Is a candidate for the position of Lecturer in Chemistry at the East India Company's College.
25 March 1845 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/215
1846
Birth of Francisca Herschel, daughter of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart
1846
Sir John Herschel serves his second term as Foreign Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society
1846: To 1847
1847
Sir John Herschel serves his second term as President of the Royal Astronomical Society
1847: Until 1849
Sir John Herschel receives the Copley Medal
1847: Sir John Herschel receives the Copley Medal of the Royal Society "For his work entitled Results of Astronomical Observations made during the years 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, at the Cape of Good Hope; being a completion of a telescopic survey of the whole surface of the visible heavens, commenced in 1825"
Sir John Herschel publishes a paper
1847: Sir John Herschel publishes Results of astronomical observations made during the years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, at the Cape of Good Hope; being a completion of a telescopic survey of the whole surface of the visible heavens, commenced in 1825.
1848
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood is formed, by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rosetti and others
1848
Napoleon III is elected first President of France
20 December 1848
1849
Sir John Herschel publishes Outlines of Astronomy.
1849
1850
Sir John Herschel is appointed Master of the Mint
1850
1851
Sir John Herschel serves as juror of the Great Exhibition
1851
1855
Birth of Constance Anne Herschel, daughter of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart
1855
Sir John Herschel is elected Foreign Associate of the Institut de France
1855
Sir John Herschel resigns from his position as Master of the Mint
1855
Autograph letter signed by sender. Part I of Howard's Barometrographia will be ready on Thursday. Is pleased to hear his health has improved. A new edition of John Frederick William Herschel's Prelim. Discourse would be welcome.
18 December 1855 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/216
Copy of a letter. Concerning exchange of some papers on meteorology.
12 December 1855 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/23/164
1856
Autograph letter signed by sender. Is sending C. T. Beke's certificate for his signature. Hopes his health is still improving.
28 February 1856 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/217
1859
Autograph letter signed by sender. Has used John Frederick William Herschel's writings for his lectures, but would like a simplification of statements dealing with the relation of temperature and pressure in the atmosphere.
3 March 1859 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/218
Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for his suggestion for a lecture on graphical processes. Has had little communication with W. R. Birt since the latter left Kew. Has returned the book by Karl Kreil. Would be pleased to receive the Russian Observations.
7 March 1859 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/219
Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's support for his application for a position of examiner at East India Company's College. Cannot find out what he has done with Karl Kreil's book. Will send him a copy of his lecture.
8 April 1859 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/220
Copy of a letter. Tries to help Edward William Brayley understand John Frederick William Herschel's writings on meteorology; some comments on location of writings.
6 March 1859 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/23/256
1860
Sir John Herschel publishes in the Proceedings of the Royal Society
1860: Sir John Herschel publishes some “Remarks on colour-blindness" extracted from a referee report on Pole’s paper on the same subject.
1861
Death of Margaret Louisa Marshall, née Herschel, daughter of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart
1861
William Morris established the decorative design firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company (later Morris & Company)
1861
Charles Dickens publishes Great Expectations as a three-volume book
1861
Sir John Herschel publishes Physical Geography as part of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
1861
Abraham Lincoln begins his term as President of the United States
4 March 1861
1862
Autograph letter signed by sender. Is applying for professorship at Addiscombe Military College and would like John Frederick William Herschel's support.
7 June 1862 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/221
Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been ill, which accounts for the delay in answering his letter. Has applied for the position at Addiscombe. Remarks concerning volcanoes and his own and John Frederick William Herschel's queries regarding them.
28 June 1862 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/222
Draft letter. Sorry to hear of his illness. Answers to his queries regarding the colloid state of ice. Cannot agree about metals of alkalis and earths uncombined in the earth.
3 July 1862 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/4/223
Autograph letter signed by sender. Was pleased to obtain John Frederick William Herschel's news regarding ice. Agrees with him about metals of alkalis in the earth. Further regarding volcanoes.
5 July 1862 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/224
Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends articles he has written for the English Encyclopaedia. Still awaiting results of the professorship at Addiscombe.
25 July 1862 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/225
Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like to pass on John Frederick William Herschel's views on ice to A. R. Abbott, who is giving a lecture on glaciers at the Friend's Institute. Remarks on storms. Confusion of Thomas Young's views with John Frederick William Herschel's. Regarding John Frederick William Herschel's paper on earthquakes and volcanoes.
31 December 1862 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/226
Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Sorry to hear of his illness. Answers to his queries regarding the colloid state of ice. Cannot agree about metals of alkalis and earths uncombined in the earth.
3 July 1862 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/23/381
1863
Autograph letter signed by sender. Gassiot has just informed him of his experiments on the sun's light. Importance of this in relation to present theories.
18 December 1863 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/227
Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. John Frederick William Herschel criticizes [Robert] Mallet's views on the nature of earthquakes and the upheaval of the earth.
1 January 1863 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/1
1864
Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends his article on the sun and the British Almanac for 1865. Regarding various current theories relating to the sun. The professorship he applied for has not materialized.
29 November 1864 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/228
Draft letter. Calling his attention to one of his own articles. Concerning Mr. Magers and Roger Boscovitch's views. Concerning Magellanic Clouds.
7 December 1864 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/4/229
Autograph letter signed by sender. [John] Davy's letter mentioning John Frederick William Herschel is published in the current P.M. Regarding John Frederick William Herschel's and Mr. Magers's psychic views.
21 December 1864 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/230
Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Calling his attention to one of his own articles. Concerning Mr. Magers and Roger Boscovitch's views. Concerning Magellanic Clouds.
7 December 1864 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/75
1865
Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding certain passages in John Frederick William Herschel's Cape Observations.
25 March 1865 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/231
Autograph letter signed by sender. His views regarding the constitution of the sun coincides with John Frederick William Herschel's. Is giving a lecture for J. P. Gassiot in which he would like to quote some of John Frederick William Herschel's views.
31 March 1865 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/232
Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending comparison to Almanac of 1866. Concerning meteorites. Now principal librarian and professor at the Institution.
24 November 1865 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/233
Copy of a letter. On the physical structure of the sun's surface.
26 March 1865 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/101
Copy of a letter. Questions Edward William Brayley's use of terms 'ponderable' and 'imponderable' matter in Edward William Brayley's almanac.
4 December 1865 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/131
1866
Sir John Herschel publishes his translation of Homer’s Iliad
1866
Autograph letter signed by sender. Has answered Smith's request by letter this evening. Thanks for the specimen of the meteorite.
8 March 1866 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/234
1867
Sir John Herschel publishes Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects
1867
Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending the syllabus of Mr. Ellis's lecture. Has sent to John Frederick William Herschel's son [Alexander] a paper on meteors, which contains his views in cosmical philosophy. Elected Laurence Parsons (4th Earl of Rosse) to the Royal Society [of London] yesterday.
20 December 1867 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/235
1868
Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister
1 February 1868
William Gladstone becomes Prime Minister
1 December 1868
Autograph letter signed by sender. Giving some lectures and asks John Frederick William Herschel for permission to quote from his writings
7 March 1868 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/236
1869
Jules Verne serializes Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
1869: (Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers)
Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding Dr. Thomas Andrews's Bakerian lecture and the gaseous and liquid states. Comments on this and his previously stated theory. Has seen Alexander Herschel and thinks he should receive more credit for his work on the Meteor Committee. Scientific education of young people.
2 October 1869 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/237
Autograph letter signed by sender. Encloses copies of papers referred to in his previous letter.
1869 Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/238
Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding sun spots and the phrase 'cloudy stratum.'
Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/239
Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding the site of an ancient battle. Has received an actinometer for his lectures. Regarding the compressibility of liquids.
Sender: Edward William Brayley Reference number: HS/4/240