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Faraday1824

From:
John Martin
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
22 January 1846
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.36
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1825

From:
Henry William Pickersgill
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
22 January 1846
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1826

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
22 January 1846
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1827

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Arthur-Auguste De La Rive
Date:
31 January 1846
Source of text:
BPUG MS 2316, f.63-4
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4658u

From:
Edward Forbes
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
Between 1846 and 1854
Source of text:
RI MS F1 K16
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-1051

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
John Lindley
Date:
16 January 1846
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-613

From:
Joseph Prestwich
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
1853
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 269
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel10224

From:
J[ohn] Gould
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.110
Summary:

Sending some extra large trout caught by the Miller, together with the 'local' trout so that he can compare them.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10449

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.327
Summary:

Regarding the strange appearance of the comet of Biela. Will observe the double star as soon as he has an opportunity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10577

From:
Sir William J. Hooker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.455
Summary:

Regarding a botanical garden at the Cape and suitable staff. Would like to join with JH in a memorial to the Colonial Office.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10578

From:
Sir William J. Hooker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.456
Summary:

Has heard nothing from him regarding the Cape garden. Wrote to the Colonial Office advising that the Cape garden should be similar to that at Ceylon. Hopes he agrees that Wynberg is the most likely spot.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10768

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[5 January 1846]
Source of text:
WT 68037.6 (C: RS:HS 10.121 & 22.264)
Summary:

RH's experiments are extremely interesting and deserve to be pursued. Comments on experiments made by Michael Faraday and others relating to the formation of crystals in a magnetic field and the effect such crystals have on polarized light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1172

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1846 to 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.35
Summary:

Comments on proofs of WW's German translations. JH recommends that the magnetic observations already made should be reduced to show some results, rather than adding more observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11773

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.133
Summary:

Observatory work slowed since William Mann's absence due to head injury. C. P. Smyth's replacement not yet arrived. Regrets lack of assistants; wants to complete triangulation at Bushman Flat.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1203

From:
Leonard Romer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.23
Summary:

A notice of meeting of the B.A.A.S. coal distribution map committee.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12324

From:
A. B. Orlebar
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.181
Summary:

Circular Magnetic results. Observations of solar spots. Determining Longitude.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12861

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[1846 to 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0268; Reel 1054
Summary:

W. S. Stratford, G. B. Airy, and JH agree that B.A.A.S. should publish star catalogs of N. L. Lacaille and J. J. L. Lalande without using government money. Proposes distribution to observatories. [JH annotation: Committee added two more observatories to list.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13177

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Venn
Date:
[1846 to 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0486; Reel 1055
Summary:

Hopes Sir R. H. Inglis explained JH's delay in answering. Missionaries have obligation to preserve unwritten languages. Suggests 'Phonotypic' system of [Isaac] Pitman, with some alterations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14440

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1846 to 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0529.1; Reel 1093
Summary:

Reminds JH of new format in Nautical Almanac to represent symbols of late F. W. Bessel. Thomas Henderson was working with unknown quantity [in preparing N. L. Lacaille's star catalog].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1583

From:
Georg Merz
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1846]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0358
Summary:

Asks for some specifics of the mounting and proceeds to explain how the mountings will work [see JH's 1845-11-25].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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