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LINNEAN796

From:
Sir Thomas Gery Cullum
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
11 May 1827
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/13/104, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Attended two Linnean Society meetings with [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert in chair. Attended Horticultural Society anniversary meeting but few members attended as they were electing new officers; a breakfast and general display of flowers and fruit is being held at Chiswick on 30th June. Davies Gilbert in chair at Royal Society meeting last night, after the readings they now retire to the library for tea and to view specimens of nature or art laid on a table. Bishop of Carlisle [Samuel Goodenough] at Linnean Club at Thatched House Tavern, alarmed by how ill he looks.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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Faraday0327

From:
Eleventh Duke of Somerset
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 May 1827
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel8016

From:
William Hyde Wollaston
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.284
Summary:

Corrects yesterday's mistake about 'Russian Platina.' It is chemically pure, but mechanically the worst.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN692

From:
Samuel Goodenough
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
16 May 1827
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/12/110, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Cannot attend next week's Linnean Society anniversary meeting owing to illness and prior committment to attend two Episcopal meetings. Has not seen anything of Sir T[homas] Cullum or [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert. Fears he will not be able to go to Rose Castle this year, and Mrs Goodenough is exceedingly ill.

[Note by Pleasance Smith] last letter Goodenough sent to Smith before dying in Worthing, [Sussex], on 12 August 1827, buried in the North Cloister of Westminster Abbey close to his friend Dr [William] Markham, Archbishop of York [(1719-1807)]

[Letter possibly incomplete: address label is on a separate piece of paper, text of the letter appears extant]

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel3370

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1827-5[?]-16
Source of text:
RI 395-6 F3B
Summary:

Suggests change in composition of a pot to be made by [Apsley] Pellatt for an experiment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4650

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.34
Summary:

Further observations on JH's paper on the Nautical Almanac.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L965

From:
Jean-Frédéric Maurice (baron)
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
17 mai 1827
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 182, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel8665

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Johann Littrow
Date:
[17 May 1827]
Source of text:
NatLibScot MS.582, no.667
Summary:

Discusses JH's efforts to send various publications to JL and to receive publications from JL. Hopes Franz von Gruithuisen, whose 'strange' lunar observations are causing controversy, will come to England with his telescope. Discusses JH's progress in preparing a catalog of nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10021

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.356
Summary:

A silly imaginary dialogue among JH's servants, and about JG's travels in Devonshire.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel601

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[18 May 1827]
Source of text:
RGO 6.803.22
Summary:

Explains to GA the disposition, by the Committee on Papers of the R.S.L., of GA's experimental results [see JH's 1827-5-3].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-50

From:
N. J. Winch
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
21 May 1827
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 57
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Faraday0327a

From:
Hans Christian Oersted
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
22 May 1827
Source of text:
SPK DD
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1313

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.263
Summary:

Describes prismatic spectrum of flame of cyanogen and offers to repeat experiment with Michael Faraday for JH's benefit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4328

From:
William Prout
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.191
Summary:

Unable to attend [R.S.L.] council meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3462

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Edmund R.] Daniell
Date:
[25 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS DM.3.42
Summary:

Thanks managers of Royal Institution for generosity in offering facilities [to Optical Glass Committee] for erection of a furnace.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN1307

From:
William Roscoe
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
26 May 1827
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/17/144, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Sends this via his niece, Elizabeth Daulby, who is giving evidence on Miss Turner's bill in the House of Lords [annulment of marriage between Ellen Turner and E G Wakefield]. Also sends specimens of flower and fruit of 'Amomum Melegueta' preserved in spirits and his accounts of 'Matonia' and 'Amomum' for Smith's opinion; has asked Mr Graves to show Smith the figures of 'Matonia renealmia' and 'Amomum melegueta' [for Roscoe's "Monandrian Plants"].

Informed by Mr Martin [Smith's brother-in-law] that his son, Frederick, has secured his degree and is likely to become tutor to Lord Lindsay and his brother, heirs of the Ancaster family; hopes this will alleviate some of the Martin family's misfortunes. Concedes to Smith's opinions regarding a cryptogamic volume following ["English Flora"].

His friend and partner, [Thomas] Leyland [(? 1752-1827), merchant and banker], died last Sunday, leaving a rumoured £1,500,000. Broods on his increasing physical and mental debilities and recent deaths of his only sister, most of his old companions, his son Robert's only son, and daughter Levon's daughter. Sends copy of American book just received.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel1215

From:
William Hyde Wollaston
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
27?] May [1827
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.36
Summary:

Will be out of town for next [R.S.L.?] council meeting. Comments on glass subcommittee report.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN231

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Secretary of the Linnean Society
Date:
28 May 1827
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/AM/183, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Appoints Bishop of Carlisle [Samuel Goodenough], [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert, [William George] Maton, and [Edward Smith-]Stanley as Vice-Presidents of the Linnean Society.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel12279

From:
Joseph Nicolas Nicollet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.135
Summary:

Introducing his friend Mr. De Lavigne, who is visiting England. Mentioned him in his memoir on the Measure of the Arc.... Gives news of his own astronomical work. Edward Sabine arrives at the end of the month. Has obtained remarkable results with his two pendulums.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10149

From:
Olinthus G. Gregory
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 May 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.36
Summary:

Regrets he will be unable to dine with him as he will be engaged in Huntingdonshire. Outlines the regulations for foreigners to visit the Dockyard.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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