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Faraday3132

From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
29 April 1856
Source of text:
RI MS RI CG2/k/3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-1106

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Thomas Martin
Date:
30 April 1856
Source of text:
Bury St Edmunds Public Record Office FL586/13/1: 24
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-281

From:
R. G. Latham
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 April 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 119b
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-436

From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 April 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 67
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-437

From:
John Richardson
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 April 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 275(i) and (ii)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-438

From:
Leonard Horner
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
13 April 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 182
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-439

From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
15 April 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 68
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-440

From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
18 April 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 70,69(i),69(ii)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-441

From:
William Spence
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
25 April 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 304
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel2667

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.358
Summary:

Needs help understanding Percades [?] quantity. Inquires as to well-being of family and sends regards.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel29

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 April 1856]
Source of text:
RGO 6.376.364
Summary:

A number of options are proposed by JH to help GA solve his problem with the mercury level [see GA's 1856-4-14]; JH is feeling much better but fears he may 'never again be able to walk.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel469

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[24 April 1856]
Source of text:
RGO 6.216.115
Summary:

Has no actinometers available [see GA's 1856-4-23], but tells GA where he can get one; rhapsodizes about the beauty of nature around him, and the silliness of a person.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4839

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.228 (C: RGO 6.376.360)
Summary:

Requesting advice on his reflex zenith tube. Regarding progress on 'Standards.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4840

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.229 (C: RGO 6.216.114)
Summary:

Wants one or more of JH's actinometers. Notes his suggestion about the zenith tube.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4941

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4-6-1856 or earlier
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.330
Summary:

Regarding experiments on the Mohamet's coffin theory. His son Wilfrid has won a scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4942

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
6 April [1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.331
Summary:

[Reply to GA's [1856-4-6 or earlier] on Mohamet's coffin theory.] Congratulations on GA's son winning a scholarship. JH's health is better, but he cannot walk yet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6422

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.190
Summary:

Is considering becoming a candidate for the position of Registrar at London University and would welcome support from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6423

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.191
Summary:

Application for the position of Registrar at [London] University.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6424

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.192
Summary:

Is grateful for JH's support for his application as Registrar. Encloses a copy of his application. Gives details of a binocular microscope he has received from Paris.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7875

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.79
Summary:

Heard JH not well. Offers him 'a nosegay, gathered from [JH's] own garden of the Differences of the Powers of Zero.' More notes on the self-repeating series. Developed two equations that HW may submit to Cambridge [Philosophical] Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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