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SOMERVILLE574

From:
Joseph Pentland
To:
William Somerville
Date:
1836
Source of text:
MSP 3 / 254, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE593

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
William Somerville
Date:
14 Mar 1832
Source of text:
MSQ 1 / 3, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE600

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
William Somerville
Date:
?? Mar 1832
Source of text:
MSS 4 / 49, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE601

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
William Somerville
Date:
?? Apr 1832
Source of text:
MSS 4 / 51, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE634

From:
William Whewell
To:
William Somerville
Date:
2 Dec 1831
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 168, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE638

From:
William Whewell
To:
William Somerville
Date:
4 Jul 1833
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 176, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE639

From:
William Whewell
To:
William Somerville
Date:
1833
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 177, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE640

From:
William Whewell
To:
William Somerville
Date:
22 Nov 1833
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 178, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE641

From:
William Whewell
To:
William Somerville
Date:
22 Nov 1833
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 179, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE67

From:
Alexis Bouvard
To:
William Somerville
Date:
25 Sep 1832
Source of text:
MSB 10 / 354, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE74

From:
Henry Ingersoll Bowditch
To:
William Somerville
Date:
28 Sep 1836
Source of text:
MSB 12 / 378, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE8

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
William Somerville
Date:
2 Sep 1830
Source of text:
MSB1 / 229, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE81

From:
Henry Brougham
To:
William Somerville
Date:
16 Sep 1833
Source of text:
MSB 13 / 394, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2699

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[29 July 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.391
Summary:

JH was in Isle of Wight and did not receive dinner invitation. Apologizes for not coming. Asks when Mrs. Somerville's book [Mechanism of the Heavens] will be published.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2701

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[16 September 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.393 (ACCS: RS:HS 25.2.20)
Summary:

Discusses feelings about offer of knighthood. Is ambivalent. Praises the Chancellor's [Henry Brougham's] interest in science.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2704

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[30 September 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.396 (draft: RS:HS 16.397; C: RS:HS 21.89)
Summary:

Will not oppose the the wishes of the Chancellor [Henry Brougham] concerning JH being knighted, especially if this might benefit science. Will visit Chancellor to thank him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2705

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[4 October 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.398 (C: RS:HS 21.90)
Summary:

Has written the Chancellor [Henry Brougham] to accept the knighthood offered him. Sent observations from Monte Rosa to Lord Minto. Thanks WS for his help with the Chancellor.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2707

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[27 March 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.400
Summary:

Asks WS to forward enclosed note to Professor Schlegel. Disappointed that his celestial mechanics lecture [review] did not appear in last issue of the Quarterly Review.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2708

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[11 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.401 (C: RS:HS 21.131)
Summary:

Will write [J.-B.] Biot, but does not know to which enquiries Biot wishes JH to respond. Also wants to thank Biot for his kindness. S.-D. Poisson in a statement before the Académie des sciences has misdescribed JH's planned voyage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2709

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[2 April 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.402 (C: RS:HS 19.71 & 21.132)
Summary:

Has received payment from [John] Murray [for review of Mary Somerville's Mechanism of the Heavens ?]. Cannot answer Mrs. Somerville's question about poles of maximum cold.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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