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Herschel5012

From:
Vincenzo Amici
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.393
Summary:

His father is ill. Wishes to thank everyone for their kindness to his father on his recent visit to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5014

From:
André Marie Ampère
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.395
Summary:

Has received the new observations. Expresses his gratitude on being nominated as a Foreign Member of the R.S.L. Further regarding his experiments with electricity and magnetism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5265

From:
Georgiana Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 February 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.210
Summary:

Views as to whether her husband would be interested in applying for the professorship at Oxford.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5269

From:
Elizabeth [Betty] Plumleigh Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.214
Summary:

Regarding the funeral of Charles Babbage's son.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5270

From:
Elizabeth [Betty] Plumleigh Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.215
Summary:

Thanks for JH's sympathy and help during Charles Babbage's bereavement following the death of his wife.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5271

From:
Elizabeth [Betty] Plumleigh Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.216
Summary:

Thanks, and hopes for the success of his help and consolation to Charles Babbage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5272

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 November 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.217
Summary:

Has visited Louvain and also a steam engine factory near Liége. Account of various excursions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5395

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1827-7]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.342
Summary:

News of the illness of his son.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5400

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1827?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.347
Summary:

Understands his intellectual pursuits. Gives address of his son [Adelaide].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5406

From:
Georgiana Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1827-[2]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.353
Summary:

Thanking him for his letter and giving him news concerning the recent death of her father-in-law.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5410

From:
Georgiana Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1827-2-13 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.357
Summary:

Gives JH news of Charles Babbage's plan to apply for the Savilian chair of mathematics at Oxford.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5789

From:
David Brewster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.260
Summary:

Would have answered his last letter sooner but has been confined to his house. Encloses specimen of calcareous spar. Has in the past carried out many experiments on this substance. Is he satisfied with a statement in the Optical Glass report? Missing Transactions for the library.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5835

From:
Henry Peter Brougham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 June 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.303
Summary:

Offering him the position of Professor of Higher Mathematics at London University.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5836

From:
Henry Peter Brougham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1827-7]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.305
Summary:

Has laid his letter before the Council of London University and hopes he will reconsider his refusal [of professorship].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5944

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 January 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.67
Summary:

Further regarding his theory of measuring heights by means of the barometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5945

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 August 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.68
Summary:

Will be traveling to Hampshire. Agrees with Richard Sheepshanks over the papers on the Comet. Hopes JH will be able to visit him in Hampshire. Remarks on J. B. Delambre's History of Astronomy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5946

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 November 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.69
Summary:

Is sending him a proofsheet of the first of his charts of the zodiac. Does he think the work worthwhile, and is it suitable for printing in the Memoirs?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5948

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.71
Summary:

Regarding the possibility of losing the services of W. S. Stratford, and also the president (JH). Lord High Admiral will be balloted for at the next meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6163

From:
Peter Barlow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 July 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.289
Summary:

Has completed one of his telescopes. Sends a paper which he hopes JH will accept.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6373

From:
Niccolo Cacciatore
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 January 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.138
Summary:

The state of the observatory after the death of Giuseppe Piazzi. Has been put on a permanent basis now. Instruments and books have been received. Send some mainsprings for the chronometers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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