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Showing 42 letters from 1866–1871

17 letters from William Huggins; 25 letters from John Frederick William Herschel

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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

Copy of a letter. A note to accompany John Frederick William Herschel's biographical sketch of William Dawes.

14 October 1868 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/233
1869

Jules Verne serializes Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

1869: (Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers)

Copy of a letter. Comments on some incorrect attributions to John Frederick William Herschel.

14 February 1869 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/250

Copy of a letter. Comments on the radiant heat of heavenly bodies and the motion of Sirius.

27 March 1869 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/254

Copy of a letter. About an increase in sun spot activity.

28 May 1869 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/262

Copy of a letter. Note to accompany the reported observations of John Frederick William Herschel's son John.

3 June 1869 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/267

Copy of a letter. Note to correct calculations in an earlier letter [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1869-9-20].

21 September 1869 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/281
1870

Draft letter. Giving his opinion on a paper and drawing of [Francis] Abbott.

18 May 1870 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/10/59
1871

Death of Sir John Herschel, at Collingwood, Kent

11 May 1871

Sir John Herschel is buried at Westminster Abbey

19 May 1871