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Herschel1053

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Prinsep
Date:
[2 December 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.4.4
Summary:

Comparing meteorological records from Bengal with those at the Cape, JH is led to some theoretical considerations about air movements, supporting his ideas with reference to other meteorological observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0747

From:
William Whewell
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
3 December 1834
Source of text:
TCC MS O.15.49, f.49
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel11693

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.58
Summary:

T. W. Bowler came and apologized after JH had gone. May get less trouble from him in the future. Sends the book for JH to look over.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3902

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
5] December [1834
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Wants to learn more about JH's book-keeping system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13004

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart
Date:
[6 December 1834]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0417; Reel 1055
Summary:

JS's visit with G. A. A. Plana. Ship Mercury was found safe but weather beaten. New baby [Margaret Louisa] is healthy. Stars are very clear. Commercial panic in Cape colony.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L814

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jean-Jacques Ampère (fils d'Ampère)
Date:
7 décembre 1834
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 787-788.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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Faraday0748

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Murray
Date:
10 December 1834
Source of text:
JMA
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4145

From:
James Prinsep
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.66
Summary:

Offers honors to JH from Asiatic Society in return for information and observations sent there. Oversees care of Asiatic Society telescope. Anxious to hear of JH's work at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10532

From:
Thomas Hodgkin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.409
Summary:

Sends letter by Jonathan Stander, who is to work in the educational field at the Cape. Is pleased JH serves on the management committee of the Infants schools. Wishes success to the expedition to explore the interior of S. Africa. Thanks for his paper on nebulae. Enjoyed the B.A.A.S. meeting at Edinburgh. Sends one of his own pamphlets on African colonization. Thomas Bell wishes to be remembered to him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000695

From:
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
To:
Duke of Sussex
Date:
18 December 1834
Source of text:
MM/12/5, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel3903

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[21 December 1834]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Thanks JH for reading Andrew Smith's letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12003

From:
Teodoro Monticelli
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 December 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.365
Summary:

TM's nephew will deliver the letter to JH during his travels. Writes of his geological studies of volcanic rock and rock from the lower parts of the earth's crust.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5341

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[23 December 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.288 & 25.4.5
Summary:

Regarding CB's machine. Edward Ryan's visit. Events at the Cape. Failure of his astronomical observations due to cloud conditions. Has been trying to stir up the South African Philosophical Society. Recent South African expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1054

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Basil Hall
Date:
[24 December 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.4.6
Summary:

Provides an account of JH's observatory arrangements, some interesting observations, and the effect of the weather on observing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3034

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[26 December 1834]
Source of text:
South African Library
Summary:

Discusses contribution of WS's son, C. P. Smyth, as Thomas Maclear's assistant. Discusses observations of Halley's Comet, Gamma Virginis, other celestial objects, and the use of a double image micrometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0750

From:
Macedonio Melloni
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
27 December 1834
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0749

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
Date:
27 December 1834
Source of text:
TB MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10295

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.178
Summary:

Forwarding two letters via Francis Beaufort. Has no political or scientific news as they are at present residing in a remote Austrian castle which they find very refreshing after the noise of Vienna. Longs to hear of JH's labors with the constellations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-265

From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Dec [1834]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 82
Summary:

Has sent all of CD’s directions to William Clift.

Erasmus has been very ill, but is now quite safe and well again. Caroline and Susan are with him.

They have heard FitzRoy is promoted and the Beagle is coming home.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday4665u

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Spencer Hall
Date:
After 1834
Source of text:
SI D MS 554 A
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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