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Faraday2282

From:
Nathaniel Wallich
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
24 April 1850
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.37
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2283

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Faraday
Date:
c29 April 1850
Source of text:
Bence Jones (1870a), 2: 233
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-1089

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Thomas Martin
Date:
5 April 1850
Source of text:
Bury St Edmunds Public Record Office FL586/13/1: 21
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-1090

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Thomas Martin
Date:
12 April 1850
Source of text:
Bury St Edmunds Public Record Office FL586/13/1: 4
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-348

From:
Joseph Romilly
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
8 April 1850
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 276
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel10266

From:
C. Gubbins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.150
Summary:

Has just received the Admiralty Manual. Thinks it would be helpful if some tables for determining the heights of mountains by means of the barometer could be included in the next edition. Points out an error in the Nautical Almanac.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10896

From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.245
Summary:

Found his letter and petition waiting for him on his return from East Kent, and had already presented it to the House of Commons. Outlines the events.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10897

From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.246
Summary:

Hopes to present the petition on Monday. Had a letter from Mary Somerville at Turin introducing Count and Countess Grizzo.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1102

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
1850-4-[24 or earlie
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.9.68
Summary:

[John Russell] Hind is being considered for the post of astronomer at Trivandrum in India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11378

From:
Humphrey Lloyd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.286
Summary:

Before he sends the 'Instructions' to the press would like to know if there is any objection to the use that he has made of JH's Admiralty Manual.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11552

From:
John Henry Lefroy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.469
Summary:

Believes that Edward Sabine has brought J. H. Lefroy's paper on the Aurora Borealis to JH's notice. Now presents another report on this subject, with comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11788

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.148
Summary:

Giving his views on the proposed supply of a large reflector for the Cape Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12193

From:
William Morison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.51
Summary:

Sends a copy of the notice in the Times of a fall of ice in Rossshire, also an account of a similar fall in India in 1826. Comments on these occurrences. [James] Dalmahay has constructed a slide rule for computing the dew-point.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13528

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[29 April 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0759; Reel 1089
Summary:

Reimbursement from Navy for bills paid by JH to Georg Merz for 'Cape Equatorial.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13714

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 April 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0069; Reel 1087 (ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book)
Summary:

Encloses note from accountant general of Navy about payment of Cape telescope. Send receipt to FB to complete transaction.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14767

From:
John Thomas Briggs
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[25 April 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0977; Reel 1083
Summary:

Please ask JH to send receipts to account for £316 spent on equatorial telescope from Munich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1530

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[18 April 1850]
Source of text:
APS B.H435p.15
Summary:

Cannot accept the invitation to stay during the B.A.A.S. meeting in Edinburgh, as JH will be unable to come.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1616

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[7 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.101 (C: RS:HS 25.9.65)
Summary:

Selection procedures for the vacant astronomy post at Trivandrum [see RS's 1850-3-31].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1617

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[23 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.102 (C: RS:HS 25.9.66)
Summary:

About some difficulty in trying to determine [Andrew] Graham's interest in the Trivandrum post.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1618

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[25 April 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.103 (C: RS:HS 25.9.67)
Summary:

[Andrew] Graham is not interested in the post [see JH's 1850-4-23].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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