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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[2 November 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.150
Summary:

Sends Henry Warburton's equation and integral; thanks AD for humorous story sent to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.269
Summary:

Sending one of his equations for JH's comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[6 November 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.151
Summary:

Accepts AD's correction regarding Henry Warburton's writings [see JH's 1854-11-2].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.72
Summary:

Happy that JH may be leaving Mint and returning to scientific pursuits. HW resumed work on equations in finite differences. Hopes to reconcile discrepancy between JH's and P. S. Laplace's solutions. JH's solution renders only particular, not general, solutions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 November 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.73
Summary:

Approves of JH sharing HW's findings. HW on excellent terms with Augustus De Morgan. Suspects two integrals exist, one real and one imaginary, for P. S. Laplace's equation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Leonard Charles Wyon
Date:
[10 November 1854]
Source of text:
New South Wales State Library
Summary:

New South Wales Government wishes to have medals struck. JH has recommended LW. Is LW interested? LW must not, however, use Mint machinery in this process.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Bankers
Date:
1854-11
Source of text:
Preliminary Report of the Decimal Coinage Commissioners (British Parliamentary P
Summary:

Seeks information on the reaction of the public to the florin or two shilling piece.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Annibal de Gasparis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 November 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.47
Summary:

Sending his theory of the orbits of comets. Comments on this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
?-11-1854
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.212, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

A letter to Miles Berkeley from Joseph Hooker relating the news that Edward Forbes had died and lauding his achievements in science. Congratulates Berkeley on a £200 windfall and the accounts of his son Emeric Berkeley.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Peter Riess
Date:
4th November 1854
Source of text:
Slg Darmstaedter 1855 Tyndall Be. 1–58, 44–5, SSB
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/14; MS JT/1/TYP/4/1304, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Thomas Charles Higginson
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Nov. 10th
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/2/598, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
11 Nov. 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/TYP/12/4137; 4:2921, RI; Faraday Correspondence
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Peter Riess
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/R/28, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
13 Novemb 54
Source of text:
MS JT/1/M/14, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
May Anne Coxe
Date:
16th Nov | before day in the morning
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/252; MS JT/1/TYP/1/262, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Edward Frankland
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Nov. 16/54
Source of text:
MS JT/3/45 (interleaved), RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Lyon Playfair
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
17th Nov/54
Source of text:
MS JT/1/P/114; MS JT/1/TYP3/979, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
James and May Anne Coxe
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Nov. 20th 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/263a-263b, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
James Coxe
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/243; MS JT/1/TYP/1/264, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project