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Herschel7944

From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.145
Summary:

Accepts JH's invitation to demonstrate [on 28 Aug.] CW's portable optical and acoustical experiments and the 'whirling machine.' Asks JH to supply 'an electrical machine and a good sized jar.' Encloses copy of CW's paper on Jew's harp. Will bring another paper and new 'Symphonion' for Mary Herschel.

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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.

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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.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel8667

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Henderson
Date:
[15 August 1833]
Source of text:
NatLibScot MS.3134, no.51
Summary:

Arranges to meet TH, probably at Slough, and also to get a barometer from TH.

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John Herschel Project
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