| St John's Library/Herschel contains: |
|---|
| Box 1 |
Letters and Picture |
| Box 1a |
The Art of Photography |
| Box 2 |
Notebooks |
| Box 3 |
Notebooks |
|
Papers of Sir John Herschel
| Title |
Notebooks |
| Reference |
Box 2 |
| Covering Dates |
1815–1839 |
| Extent and Medium |
7 books; paper |
|
| Content and context |
Notebooks of mathematical workings, drafts of lectures and articles, observation notes etc. |
| St John's Library/Herschel/Box 2 contains: |
|
James 508.
|
Notebook. Contents: . 1. Hyposulphurous and Paper (Using polarized light in analysis of crystals). . 2. Early 'Chrystal' paper (pre-1819). . 3. History of Math (two drafts). . 4. Mathematical Papers . 5. On Coloured Flames (16 numbered pages, a page of sketches of curves (transmitted intensity v. colour)) . 6. 15 pages of 'computations for optical papers of 1820' for absorption curves and apophyllite (3 varieties), Rochelle salt.
Creator: Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, 1792-1871.
paper. |
1818–1820 |
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James 509
|
Notebook. Contents: . 1. Appendix to Lacroix (An elementary treatise on the differential and integral calculus by S. F. Lacroix, translated by Herschel from the French and printed in 1816.).
Creator: Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, 1792-1871.
paper. |
1815 |
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James 510
|
Notebook. Contents: . 1. Lunar Theory . 2. Determination of unknown functions . 3. A few pages on Law of Refraction, apparently from the History of Math article, or possibly from 'isoperimetrical problem' as these two sheets appear to have been one. . 4. Isoperimetrical problem . 5. On the chemical action of the rays of the solar spectrum . 6. Photographic MSS, with three pages of 5 interleaved in one spot. . 7. Spectra cemission? absorption? of photographic papers . 8. Notes on the art of photography or the application of the chemical rays of light to the purposes of pictorial representation. (13 leaves, 1839).
Creator: Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, 1792-1871.
paper. |
1839 |
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James 511
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Notebook. Contents: . 1. On the Nautical Almanac (for the Board of Longitude).
Creator: Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, 1792-1871.
paper. |
1830 |
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James 512
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Notebook. Contents: . 1. Mss of major part of Memoirs of the Analytical Society, Cambridge, 1813. (Not all extant).
Creator: Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, 1792-1871.
paper. |
1813 |
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James 513
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Notebook. Contents: . 1. Essay; 'Sound' . 2. Essay; 'Light' (2nd half of essay - mostly sections on polarized light) . 3. Comet orbits . 4. Part III of 'On the Theory of the Moon' . 5. Part I of 'Light' with doodles and a letter from Lardner. . 6. A notebook for the section 'reflexion of light' . 7. On letters from South.
Creator: Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, 1792-1871.
paper. |
1826 |
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James 514
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Notebook. Contents: . 1. Double Star Catalogue, submitted by John Herschel whilst he was secretary of the Royal Society 1824-1825.
Creator: Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, 1792-1871.
paper. |
1824–1825 |
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