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Herschel11004

From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
5] March [1827
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.348
Summary:

The valley has been swept with an inflammatory rheumatism. Is much pleased with [James] Graham[e?]'s history. Comments on his views. Who is to be the new president of JH's society? Hopes JH will visit him in the spring.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3461

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Thomas Cooper
Date:
[5 March 1827]
Source of text:
RS DM.3.36
Summary:

Outlines experiments for JC to carry out on 'agglutination of Earths for living Crucibles.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-44

From:
Robert Graham
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 March 1827
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 51
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel4645

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 March 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.29
Summary:

Giving his reasons for wanting to borrow Christiaan Huygens's telescope. Postscript on recent observations with a prism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L705

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Adolphe Quételet
Date:
8 mars 1827
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1943), p. 944-945.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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Faraday0319

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Martin
Date:
9 March 1827
Source of text:
WIHM MS FALF
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel6338

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
Date:
[15 March 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.101 & 20.251
Summary:

Has had a collection of Astronomical Observations from K. L. C. Rümker. Should these be printed and has Rümker the sanction of TB for this kind of observation from the Observatory?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0320

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
16 March 1827
Source of text:
RI MS F3 B395
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel3497

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
[16 March 1827]
Source of text:
RI:F3.B395
Summary:

Proposes an adjustment in the proportions of the ingredients in the next glass-making experiment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9022

From:
Thomas John Hussey and [Ira?] Dawson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 March 1827]
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London MS Graves 23(1)
Summary:

Reports on various strange changes in the position and color of Jupiter repeatedly observed by local persons known to be trustworthy. Can provide no explanation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4083

From:
Thomas Thomson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 March 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.435a
Summary:

Requests JH to read his paper on the properties of chromium at R.S.L. meeting. Discusses the experiments described in the paper.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10402

From:
Thomas Henderson
To:
Basil Hall
Date:
[17 March 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.282
Summary:

Has looked into JH's paper and found the reason for the discrepancy in the observations. Comments on this. Thinks the enclosed paper should be sent to JH. Would like to obtain cheap copies of the Greenwich observations if possible.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L1066

From:
Féburier
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
18 mars 1827
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 393bis., Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel10609

From:
Thomas W. Hornbuckle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.488
Summary:

Encloses draft. On the point of leaving College for Staplehurst, where he will be pleased to see JH whenever he is in the neighborhood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-45

From:
R. T. Lowe
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
26 March 1827
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 53
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE80

From:
Henry Brougham
To:
William Somerville
Date:
27 Mar 1827
Source of text:
Printed in Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville, 1873.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel3955

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1827-4
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Discussing William Herschel's financial difficulties, CH confides that 'she never felt satisfied with the support your father received toward his undertakings, and far less with the ungracious manner in which it was granted.' Regrets WH was not able to do more work with the 40-ft. reflecting telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel592

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
1827-4
Source of text:
RGO 6.807.30
Summary:

A letter accompanying several other letters that might be of interest to GA; encourages GA to act quickly if he means to try for 'the appointment.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8549

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1827-4]
Source of text:
BostonPubLib Ms.Eng.488(1)
Summary:

George Airy has written JH to say that he does not at this time wish to go to Dublin to offer himself as a candidate for the Andrews Professorship at Trinity College, Dublin. Asks advice on aspects of Airy's candidacy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L1004

From:
Sylvestre Gherardi
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
1er avril 1827
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 183, f 48-49, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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