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Faraday3645

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
Date:
23 September 1859
Source of text:
UB MS NS 450
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3646

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
24 September 1859
Source of text:
WIHM MS 7844/076
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-1113

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Thomas Martin
Date:
11 September 1859
Source of text:
Bury St Edmunds Public Record Office FL586/13/1: 10
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-1114

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Thomas Martin
Date:
22 September 1859
Source of text:
Bury St Edmunds Public Record Office FL586/13/1: 29
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-533

From:
William Spence
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
5 September 1859
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 316
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-534

From:
H. T. Stainton
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
5 September 1859
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 339
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-535

From:
H. T. Stainton
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
28 September 1859
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 340
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel10230

From:
Mary Grantham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1859-9]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.117
Summary:

Is pleased that JH has been appointed to succeed Elizabeth Baily at Tavistock Place. Regarding a situation for Miss Baily's servant.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11183

From:
J. B. Kearney
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 September 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.73
Summary:

Has no objection to his letter being communicated to the R.A.S. Comments on his observations. Thanks for his paper on musical pitch. Sees that new copper coinage is to be introduced and hopes that JH will use his influence to introduce the decimal system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11620

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
[4 September 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.276
Summary:

Sends procedures for preparation of the report of the Magnetic Committee for the meeting of the B.A.A.S., which JH cannot attend due to illness; asks some questions about achromatic lens theory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11621

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
[13 September 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.277
Summary:

Thanks HL for the response to JH's queries [see JH's 1859-9-4].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11622

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Lassell
Date:
[23 September 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.278 (extract 1p Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 {48})
Summary:

Comments on WL's information on telescope construction, and adds some of JH's own experience.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11804

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 September 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.164
Summary:

Relates experiences while on a 10 day visit to Ireland. Now waiting for a train to Aberdeen. Professor [Philip?] Kelland injured in rail accident at Hitchin. Comments on the carelessness of railway workers. Agitation again at the Cape over the recall of Sir George Grey. Jack [TM's son?] has received orders for service, perhaps China.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12192

From:
E. Moorsom
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 September 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.50
Summary:

Thanks for fine basket of venison. Hopes that Lady Herschel is stronger after her visit to the North.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12606

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
T. P. Anderson
Date:
1859-[9?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0030; Reel 1054
Summary:

Names three nephews of Charles Babbage and their financial status relative to Hollier fund, for which JH is trustee.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14364

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
3 September [1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0517.8; Reel 1093
Summary:

Returns JH report with one correction, substituting Kazan for North Cape, because [Christopher] Hansteen cannot find Norwegian observers. Will make copies of its final form and take one to B.A.A.S. meeting in Aberdeen. Mr. Bolyani has visited every magnetic observatory in Europe. 1854 was the year of minimum magnetic disturbances in Peking.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14365

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
7 September [1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0517.9; Reel 1093
Summary:

Sends Council report to be read next week. Instructed printers Taylor & Francis to accept any changes that JH may request. Sent copies of JH's report to Humphrey Lloyd and G. B. Airy. Gives ES's address in Scotland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14428

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 September 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0526.9; Reel 1093
Summary:

Encloses ES's résumé of magnetic surveys accomplished by U.K., written to encourage similar surveys in China and North America. Perhaps JH may append this to JH's report.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14731

From:
John Bullar
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 September 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0922; Reel 1083
Summary:

Shares JB's experiences with visual abnormalities similar to those described in JH's 'Sensorial Vision' (1858). Encloses copy of related subject that JB found in Section 45 of John Locke's 'On the Conduct of the Understanding.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel225

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 September 1859]
Source of text:
RGO 6.407.194
Summary:

About GA's plans to attend the B.A.A.S. meeting in Leeds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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