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Faraday0252

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
c May 1825
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0253

From:
Peter Barlow
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
4 May 1825
Source of text:
RI MS F3 B681
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0254

From:
George Dollond
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
5 May 1825
Source of text:
RI MS F3 B507
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0254a

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
21 May 1825
Source of text:
WIHM MS 7868/4
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0255

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Magrath
Date:
28 May 1825
Source of text:
BPUG MS Papiers Aug De La Rive
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0256

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Arthur-Auguste De La Rive
Date:
28 May 1825
Source of text:
BPUG MS 2316, f.95
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0257

From:
Charles-Gaspard De La Rive
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
28 May 1825
Source of text:
RI MS F3 B139
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10920

From:
Giovanni Inghirami
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 May 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.266
Summary:

Desires to present methods of occultation observation to the Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11192

From:
John Kidd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.82
Summary:

Much obliged for his letter. Will be glad if he would correct the press of his paper. Encloses a printed sheet, which may amuse him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11215

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Pierre Simon Laplace
Date:
[3 May 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.104 & 20.209
Summary:

Has too long delayed thanking him for his works. Sends some memoirs of Edward Sabine, etc. Comments on work that needs doing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11503

From:
Sir Charles Lyell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.415
Summary:

Sending this note to inform JH that he began his own serpentine paper on Friday and next Friday intends to read JH's paper on Predazzo. Would like to go over the paper with JH beforehand. Intends to publish his own paper in Brewster's Journal. Can JH meet CL here Wednesday morning?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11504

From:
Sir Charles Lyell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 May 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.416
Summary:

Believes that JH is acquainted with R. I. Murchison, who is to accompany CL to see the works of M. I./I. K. Brunel's Thames tunnel, after they have gone through JH's paper. Would JH like to accompany them?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12545

From:
Giovanni Antonio Plana
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 May 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.415
Summary:

Is preparing a paper on planetary perturbations, which GP would like to send to the Astronomical Society for publication. Comments on JH's ideas on the subject of perturbations. Would the paper being in French be a problem? Comments on Henry Kater's method for finding the zero point in his meridian circle.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14288

From:
William Ritchie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 May 1825]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0450; Reel 1093
Summary:

Not upset that JH withdrew WR's paper on photometer from R.S.L. Sent similar paper to David Brewster's [Edinburgh Journal of Science] with note on JH's method for finding relative heating power of solar rays. Wants to dedicate WR's book on light and heat to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14627

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 May 1825]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0612; Reel 1086
Summary:

Announces 2 June meeting of 'Commissioners for more effectually discovering the Longitude at Sea.' Inquired about 'excise,' but sees no reason to wait for Navy Board to act.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1842

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
[21 May 1825]
Source of text:
WT A-300
Summary:

Rearranges a meeting of [the R. S. L.'s Glass Committee] to take place at the Pellat and Green's Glass House in Holland St.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2727

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[6 May 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.210
Summary:

Read your proposal on experiments at Teneriffe to the R.S.L. Council, which declined to make 'an especial recommendation' in support of them to the government.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2864

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[31 May 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.213
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of WS's second volume of observations and the new telescope's results. Mentions Caroline Herschel's catalogue of nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3817

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 May 1825]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

The Duke of Cambridge inquired about JH's research interests.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4103

From:
Giovanni Santini
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 May 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.342
Summary:

Compliments JH on work as Secretary of the Astronomical Society and for keeping the scientists of Europe informed of discoveries made in England. Finds that GS needs permission from Italian government to be a member of the R.S.L.; expects this will not be difficult.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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