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Faraday0596

From:
Pierre-Joseph Pelletier
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
c July 1832
Source of text:
RI MS F1 I140
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0595

From:
PM
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
July 1832
Source of text:
Phil.Mag. 1832, 1: 161-2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel8569

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1832-7 or later]
Source of text:
BostonPubLib Ms.196(1)
Summary:

Please send vol. 2 of Nathaniel Bowditch's translation of P. S. Laplace's Mécanique céleste.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0597

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Deas Thomson
Date:
3 July 1832
Source of text:
PRO ADM1 / 4610, f.161
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-176

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
Date:
5 July [1832]
Source of text:
DAR 223
Summary:

Sailing next day to Montevideo. He has taken many hitherto undescribed animals. Describes the glories of the Brazilian forest.

Mentions his concern over the Reform Bill.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel4973

From:
D. François J. Arago
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 July 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.356
Summary:

Wants information for the journal. Apologizes for the delay in writing the letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0598

From:
Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
9 July 1832
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

SOMERVILLE215

From:
Joseph Louis Gay Lussac
To:
William Somerville
Date:
11 Jul 1832
Source of text:
MSG 1 / 254, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Faraday0599

From:
Dominque François Jean Arago
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 July 1832
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel11353

From:
Joseph Johann Littrow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 July 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.261
Summary:

Sends two articles for the R.A.S. Gained much pleasure from reading JH's Prelim. Discourse. If JH has written any other books for Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia, he would be glad to receive copies. Work on Light has made great impression. Has Charles Babbage finished his Logs. yet? Cholera prevalent in Vienna.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-177

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:
14 July – 7 Aug [1832]
Source of text:
DAR 223
Summary:

Regrets leaving the tropics, despite interest in a land where Europeans have never been. They have experienced political turmoil at Montevideo. Natural history going well.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3756

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[14 July 1832]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0577.4; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH and Margaret Herschel visited the Isle of Wight.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11579

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Kater
Date:
[16 July 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.113
Summary:

About the need to have the standard pound carefully measured so it can be compared with other standards of weight.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9549

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 July 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.278
Summary:

Regarding JH's actinometers, intends to compare their results when in Switzerland and would be pleased if JH has any determinations on them. Outlines the plan of his experiments. Thinks JH should publish an account of them before JF publishes the results of his experiments. Met L. A. J. Quetelet in Brussels. Intends visiting the Pyrenees.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1486

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[17 July 1832]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.11 (C: RS:HS 21.114)
Summary:

Returned from Hanover visit. Observed the star WS had discovered between 36 Ophiuchi and 30 Scorpii. Requests WS to observe a nebula in which JH has spotted a triple star. H. C. Schumacher is recovering from illness, while H. W. M. Olbers is very ill and not expected to recover.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6873

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 July 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.177
Summary:

Has sent off his observations by the coach. Account of the Oxford meeting is in Tilloch's Magazine, now amalgamated with David Brewster's Edinburgh Journal. Will be able to include the new catalogue of stars in the forthcoming volume if JH desires it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9638

From:
Walter Forman
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 July 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.376
Summary:

Thanks for his angry effusion. His non-reply to WF's paper proves that his theories must be correct.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10287

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 July 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.170
Summary:

Regrets a hasty opinion should have evoked so long a letter. Regarding the status of cholera. Would be grateful for a specimen of W. Herschel's handwriting. Sun has been showing symptoms of decay and several have been trying to observe it with limited success.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-178

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[23 July –] 15 Aug [1832]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 13 DAR/1/1/13)
Summary:

Specimens being sent off. Describes his collection of rocks, plants, and insects. Some particularly interesting specimens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday0600

From:
Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
24 July 1832
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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