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Robert Brown
John Frederick William Herschel
Autograph letter signed by sender. Has written a book on elementary harmony and would like to send it to John Frederick William Herschel for his views on its worth.
7 July 1858 Sender: Robert Brown Reference number: HS/4/309
Autograph letter signed by sender. Had no idea that John Frederick William Herschel had written on sound. Sends him an abstract of his book on harmony. Explains various aspects of chords and their notation.
4 November 1858 Sender: Robert Brown Reference number: HS/4/310
Autograph letter signed by sender. Has sent him the abstract on harmony. Further remarks on this.
6 November 1858 Sender: Robert Brown Reference number: HS/4/311
Draft letter. Regrets he has kept his theory on harmony so long; returns it and comments on various aspects.
15 December 1858 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/4/312
Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for his comments on his book on harmony. Explains one of his theories more fully.
20 December 1858 Sender: Robert Brown Reference number: HS/4/313
Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Regrets he has kept his theory on harmony so long; returns it and comments on various aspects.
15 December 1858 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/23/249
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.
Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like to dedicate his 'Elements of musical science' to John Frederick William Herschel.
9 January 1860 Sender: Robert Brown Reference number: HS/4/314
Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for being allowed to dedicate his book to John Frederick William Herschel; also for his information on harmonics.
14 January 1860 Sender: Robert Brown Reference number: HS/4/315
Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like his opinion on the form to be adopted for the dedication.
11 April 1860 Sender: Robert Brown Reference number: HS/4/316
Autograph letter signed by sender. His book on musical science is ready and a copy will be forwarded to him later when published.
12 October 1860 Sender: Robert Brown Reference number: HS/4/317
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. Acknowledges his letter and his invitation to Collingwood. Was pleased to have the company of the young ladies on their journey from Paris.
28 May 1862 Sender: Robert Brown Reference number: HS/4/318
1866
Sir John Herschel publishes his translation of Homer’s Iliad
1866
1867
Sir John Herschel publishes Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects
1867
1868
Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister
1 February 1868
William Gladstone becomes Prime Minister
1 December 1868
1869
Jules Verne serializes Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
1869: (Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers)
1870
Autograph letter signed by sender. Confined by accident but is grateful for his paper on musical scales and offers his comments on it.
29 September 1870 Sender: Robert Brown Reference number: HS/4/319