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From:
[George Biddell Airy]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1827]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0397; Reel 1055
Summary:

Dionysius Lardner is candidate for Dublin Observatory. Please send Edward Sabine's paper on longitude.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
John Ayrton Paris
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
c May 1827
Source of text:
RI MS F1 H72
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[1827-5]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.1
Summary:

On the questions of the usefulness of occultations and the use of mean time in astronomy, JH would much value WS's opinions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Forster
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
2 May 1827
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/22/23, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Saw Sir Thomas Cullum, who will not be at Bury, [Suffolk], when Smith intends to visit, so recommends that Smith come to them. Agrees with Smith on 'Salix' except for Smith not adopting 'S. borreriana'. Linnean Society elected 10 FMLS last night, [Aimé] Bonpland [(1773-1858), botanist] and Sayr were excluded. Alternative arrangements should Hale End be too far for reaching London.

[Letter incomplete: address label removed, obscuring text on verso of second folio]

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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From:
William Henry
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
2 May 1827
Source of text:
RI MS F1 I070
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[3 May 1827]
Source of text:
RGO 6.803.21
Summary:

Comments on GA's response to an offer from Dublin [see JH's 1827-4-7]; also about the discussion in the Council of the R.S.L. of a report of experiments from William Whewell and GA; JH makes some disparaging remarks about the work of John Pond.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Thomas Young
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
3 mai 1827
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 302 bis, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
Antonio Bertoloni
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
4 May 1827
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/2/43, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks Smith for showing his book "Amoenitates Italicae" to the Linnean Society. Sending another of his publications, "Praelectiones rei herbariae quae et prolegomena ad floram Italicam" via Professor Amici of Modena. Praise of Smith's "English Flora" and "Flora Graeca" as giving the "best direction" for his own work. Thanks for election as FMLS. Would appreciate advice on 'Scabiosa gramontia' and 'Scabiosa columbaria', referring Smith to pages from "Amoenitates Italicae" and adds a clarification of his classification . Offers to send any Italian plants Smith may require.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.33
Summary:

No news of Dublin. Remarks on a series of experiments. Observations on JH's paper on the Nautical Almanac.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
4?] May [1827
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0572; Reel 1058
Summary:

Received the first volume of Johann Pfaff's German translation of William Herschel's papers. Just completed a second catalog of double stars; review of nebulae going slowly. JH comments on his precise sweeps.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Thomas Frankland
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
6 May 1827
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/15/75, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Laments that his "life has long been a heavy burthen". Encloses his "first step" towards a herbarium. Never heard whether [Thomas] Rackett received his letter on red viper or whether it was read at Linnean Society.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Thomson
Date:
[7 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.435b (C: RS:HS 20.253)
Summary:

Informs TT that the R.S.L. will print his paper on chromium. Discusses results obtained in TT's experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 May 1827]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

She 'can only think of what is past, and is for ever forgetting the present.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Giovanni B. Amici
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.340
Summary:

Regarding the telescope of the Rev. [T. J.?] Hussey of Chislehurst.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Russell
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
8 May 1827
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/2/24, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Encloses an arrangement of the species and varieties of 'Salix' compiled by his late gardener [George] Sinclair and asks Smith's opinion prior to Smith examining his collection at Woburn Abbey. Offers to accompany Smith from London to Woburn Abbey.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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From:
Lemaout
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
9 mai 1827
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 311., Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward William Brayley
Date:
9 May 1827
Source of text:
WIHM MS FALF
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
9 May 1827
Source of text:
BL Talbot papers
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Brockedon
Date:
10 May 1827
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/1/47
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project