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Faraday1181

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Lambert-Adolphe-Jacques Quetelet
Date:
11 June 1839
Source of text:
BRAI ARB Archives No 17986 / 989
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1182

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Phillipps
Date:
17 June 1839
Source of text:
Bod MS Phillipps-Robinson c.468, f.1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1182a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Huxtable
Date:
24 June 1839
Source of text:
Keith Stait-Gardner
Summary:

No summary available.

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Faraday Project
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Faraday1183

From:
Moritz Hermann Jacobi
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
21 June 1839
Source of text:
Jacobi (1839a)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1184

From:
Dominique François Jean Arago
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
24 June 1839
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-1029

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Registrar of the University of Cambridge
Date:
3 June 1839
Source of text:
Uppsala University Library Waller Ms alb-33:242
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel10367

From:
William Henry Harvey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.247
Summary:

Must have received a long rambling letter written in February; hopes he will ignore it as he was suffering from a fever at the time. Returned on leave of absence for 12 months. Has introduced J. A. Wahlberg to Col. John Bell. P. H. Polemann died in April.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10552

From:
Henry Holland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.429
Summary:

Sending HH's Medical Notes and Reflections (1839).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10620

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Luke Howard
Date:
[16 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.1 & 22.16
Summary:

LH's meteorological circular register was laid before the Meteorological Committee, which considers it worthy of notice. Comments on this, and would like to discuss the matter further.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11105

From:
C. A. Jensen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.442
Summary:

Will be leaving London on 16 July and would like to meet JH at some convenient time to carry out H. C. Oersted's commission.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11760

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.119
Summary:

Mr. Zahn and John Truter in search of more meteorite specimens. Truter obtains a specimen near site of impact.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11761

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.120
Summary:

Sends another meteorite specimen. Mr. Zahn sends group to Bokkerveld to seek more specimens. John Truter describes specimens in possession.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12308

From:
Hans Christian Oersted
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.164
Summary:

Recommending Capt. Zahrtman of the Royal Danish Navy. Hopes to hear good news of JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12789

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Cam Hobhouse
Date:
[4 June 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0194; Reel 1054
Summary:

Received Hobhouse's letter of 27 May with reply from H.E.I.C. board of directors regarding establishment of magnetic observatories in India. D. F. J. Arago recommends additional station on Socotra Island [in Gulf of Aden].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13408

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[6 June 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0641; Reel 1089
Summary:

Departure of J. C. Ross for Antarctic expedition is approaching. Hopes that Admiralty will soon authorize R.S.L. to assist Ross in preparing instruments and coordinating global observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14763

From:
James Cosmo Melvill
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 June 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0951; Reel 1083
Summary:

Chairman of H.E.I.C. granted permission for Major [Tenis] to delay departure to India for one month in order to become better acquainted with instruments to be used in magnetic observatories there.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2193

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Lord John Russell
Date:
[5 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.437 (C: RS:HS 22.14)
Summary:

Reticent to accept fellowship of London University if obligations of time and attention are too great. Requests more time to consider responsibilities of the post.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2762

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.42
Summary:

Dublin University is available on 2 July for instruction of the officers to be employed in the magnetic observatories. Suggests a note be sent to the R.S.L. stating that the changes in instrumentation are only slight modifications.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2763

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.43
Summary:

Supports furnishing a wooden building at St. Helena despite the high temperatures of the tropical climate. Considers the expenses involved.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2956

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[29? June? 1839]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #13
Summary:

JH's brother-in-law John Stewart, who is delivering this letter, seeks admission to a printing establishment. Asks AQ to aid JS. Lists recently received letters. Glad that AQ has [C. F.] Gauss's apparatus. Discusses an experiment in photography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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