From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
13 Feb 1835
Source of text:
MSDIP-3, Dep. c. 375, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.68
Summary:
Has just been made president of the R.A.S. No news of John Pond's retirement. R. A. Cauchoix's telescope has arrived. Printing of his 1834 observations are well advanced.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Théophile-Jules Pelouze
Date:
16 février 1835
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Feb 1835
Source of text:
DAR 97 (ser. 2): 18–20
Summary:
Met Capt. Harding who said FitzRoy was promoted to Post-Captain.
News of family and friends. Forthcoming marriages of Robert Wedgwood and Tom Eyton.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17
février 1835
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 788-789.
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17 February 1835
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Date:
17 February 1835
Source of text:
BrUL MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Percy Drummond
Date:
17 February 1835
Source of text:
RMA WO150 / 13, f.70
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
William Thomas Brande
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17 February 1835
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.61
Summary:
Sends the projection of Monday's readings and one of those from the lever of contact for comparison; comments on this.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
20 Feb 1835
Source of text:
Royal Astronomical Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[20 February 1835]
Source of text:
RGO 6.368.596 (C: RS:HS 25.4.7)
Summary:
Describes the tests and adjustments JH has recommended to Thomas Maclear to try to remove anomalies from the functioning of the transit circle at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope; also comments on the beauty of some southern nebulae.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
21] February [1835
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.226
Summary:
Has replied to Richard Sheepshanks in the Memoirs of the Astronomical Society. Is surprised how near he got to the general figure described by the Circle Centre. Comments on calculations he intends to carry out. Cannot say decidedly that Zeta Octantes is double; it is doubtful seen through the 8-ft. transit.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
21 Feb 1835
Source of text:
MSS 6 / 78, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[22 February 1835]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0580.1.b; Reel 1058
Summary:
MH discusses her determination to educate the Herschel children herself.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[22 February 1835]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0580.1.a; Reel 1058
Summary:
JH describes his sweeps of Scorpio. Writes that the Milky Way is 'extremely curious and interesting.' Has collected a large catalog of southern nebulae, many never before detected. JH's search for Halley's Comet has been unsuccessful thus far.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[23 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.172
Summary:
More on the mural circle [see JH's 1835-2-7].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles D. Douglas
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Feb 1835
Source of text:
DAR 35.1: 329–30
Summary:
Sends CD large beetles from Chiloé.
Describes an earthquake at Caucague.
Gives exact location and measurements of two blocks of granite; has seen and heard of others; will report if he surveys the Potrero on Chiloé.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John George Children
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
24 Feb 1835
Source of text:
MSDIP-2, Dep. c. 375, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Astronomische Nachrichten
Date:
[24 February 1835]
Source of text:
Astronomische Nachrichten, 12 (1835), 273-6
Summary:
Reports erecting his telescopes at the Cape and on his observations, especially of double stars, during his first year there.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project