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Herschel9735

From:
Alfred Gautier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.82
Summary:

Is about to leave for England with Alphonse de Candolle. Gives news of his latest astronomical observations. Lists people he has met or hopes to meet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-1023

From:
Justus Radius
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
1 May 1828
Source of text:
Uppsala University Library Waller Ms de-04471
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel8091

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1828-5 or earlier]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.357
Summary:

Board of Longitude would approve providing Lieutenant Forbes with apparatus JH suggested. Inappropriate for any member to address Admiralty separately. Payment of expenses to committee members.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12555

From:
Giovanni Antonio Plana
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.425
Summary:

Is sending copies of a memoir on the triangulation of Savoy, prepared by GP and [Mr. ?] Carlini. Is including copies for other scientists and organizations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-1208

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
J. C. Dale
Date:
2 May 1828
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History Archive Collections, James Charles Dale Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Faraday0354a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Robert Alsop
Date:
3 May 1828
Source of text:
The Times, 2 June 1828, p.1, col.a
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel2109

From:
William Ritchie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.356
Summary:

Has not heard from [University of Virginia]. Position of lecturer in mathematics and natural philosophy has opened at Dollar Institution in Edinburgh. WR asks for recommendation for the position from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8077

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.343
Summary:

Abandons TY's argument on Mr. Roberts's object glass. Asks JH's help in understanding A. J. Fresnel's calculations of diffraction and Josef Fraunhofer's discontinuous functions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-72

From:
J. E. Leefe
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
5 May 1828
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 86
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel3964

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[5 May 1828]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0573.2; Reel 1058
Summary:

Sending the Gold Medal awarded to CH by the Astronomical Society and also a pair of bracelets from his mother; will send the indexes later. Just erected James South's large equatorial.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3004

From:
Wilhelm Struve
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.115
Summary:

Accepts JH's extension of Class I double stars. Comments on comparison of these and suggests comparison of respective scales might be mutually useful. Includes continuation of work on micrometer measurements of Saturn. Notices strange eccentricity of Saturn's rings. Is considering comparing his degree-measurements with Finland and Lapland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L1070

From:
Henri de Vatimesnil
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
7 mai 1828
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
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L867

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Pommeroux, Etienne Tardif de, comte de Bordesoulle
Date:
8 mai 1828
Source of text:
Archives de l'Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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Faraday0354b

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Knowles
Date:
8 May 1828
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel5281

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.226
Summary:

Regarding Joseph Clement and the work on his machine. Account of his recent excursions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12363

From:
William Edward Parry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.220
Summary:

Believes it was not our Captain Foster to whom the advertisement alluded. Singular way in which Mr. Barrowcliff discharges his trust.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5955

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.78
Summary:

Regarding the meeting, and the papers read last Friday. Invitation to dine with him and Sir Thomas Brisbane. Regarding Brisbane's observations. Various Astronomical Society affairs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2110

From:
William Ritchie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.357
Summary:

Has not heard from America. Discusses paper on electric conduction. Wishes to move further south. Thanks JH for securing WR's election to R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L1055

From:
Pommeroux, Etienne Tardif de, comte de Bordesoulle
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
12 mai 1828
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

Herschel5956

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[12 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.79 & 21.9
Summary:

Is glad Thomas Brisbane was in the chair at the meeting. Will be pleased to join the party on Friday. The Parramatta observations. Someone to supervise their publication. His own recent observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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