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Herschel4971

From:
D. François J. Arago
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 February 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.354
Summary:

Is sending Volume 10 of the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4972

From:
D. François J. Arago
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 April 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.355
Summary:

Thanking him for his publication on the sun, and stating that it will be placed in the library of the Institute.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4973

From:
D. François J. Arago
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 July 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.356
Summary:

Wants information for the journal. Apologizes for the delay in writing the letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4974

From:
D. François J. Arago
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.357
Summary:

Thanking him for sending the Memoirs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4975

From:
D. François J. Arago
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.358
Summary:

Has asked L. F. Debure to send to JH the third volume of the Memoirs of the Foreign Correspondents of the Academy of Sciences.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4976

From:
D. François J. Arago
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 November 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.359
Summary:

JH has won the gold medal of the Academy of Sciences, and 635 francs, for his work on double stars. Sends his congratulations. The medal will be presented by the president.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4977

From:
D. François J. Arago
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.360
Summary:

The Academy has received JH's 'Instructions for making ... meteorological observations in South Africa. Thanks him for this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1883

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[5 July 1839]
Source of text:
WT 67390.1
Summary:

Is sending FA information about magnetic proceedings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1951

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[30 October 1839]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.30 (Adraft: TxU:H/L-0037; Reel 1054)
Summary:

Did Académie des Sciences agree to R.S.L. request for magnetic observatory in Algiers? Stresses importance of multinational cooperation. Details of planned global survey of earth's magnetic field. Encloses list of observations needed from Paris.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4970

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[14 February 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.353 & 21.57
Summary:

Thanking him for his letter and announcement that he has been made a foreign correspondent of the Royal Academy of Sciences of France. [Also contains part of a letter to J. B. J. Fourier which is copied out fully in RS:HS.21.58.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4978

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[3 April 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.361 & 21.219
Summary:

Regarding the meteor seen in New York. Gives tables of meteors seen during a specified time. Comments on the phenomenon of meteors. Sun spots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4979

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[25 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.362 & 22.18
Summary:

Regarding L. J. M. Daguerre's photographic experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8520

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[19 June 1839]
Source of text:
Académie des sciences (Paris)
Summary:

Requests FA's assistance in efforts toward establishing magnetic observatories. Especially recommends an observatory at Algiers. Communication from the R.S.L. will arrive shortly. Comments on biography of William Herschel written by J. B. J. Fourier.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8524

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[11 August 1833]
Source of text:
Académie des sciences (Paris)
Summary:

[Extract from a letter of this date to James South:] Tells FA that FA's magnetic experiments have been successfully repeated in England by Peter Barlow, Samuel Christie, Charles Babbage, and JH. Gives details. Publication in process.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8525

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[19 August 1833]
Source of text:
Académie des sciences (Paris)
Summary:

Offers a paper ['Note sur la manière d'agir de l'acide nitrique sur le fer,' Annales de chimie, 54 (1833), 87-94] for publication in Annales de chimie. Informs FA how to correspond with JH while JH is at the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8871

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[1836]
Source of text:
Comptes Rendus, 3 (1836), 505 (inc)
Summary:

Discusses the 'Moon Hoax' and JH's observations of Halley's Comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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