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SOMERVILLE615

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
3 Oct 1835
Source of text:
MSS 6 / 82, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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L1154

From:
Jérémie Abria
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
5 octobre 1835
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 10, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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Faraday0820

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
6 October 1835
Source of text:
LA MS 35-31
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

SOMERVILLE25

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
8 Oct 1835
Source of text:
MSB1 / 247, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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L1009

From:
Paul Daubrée
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
cachet postal 10 oct. 1835
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 311, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel10298

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 October 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.181
Summary:

Breakfasted today with G. G. Stokes, met Charles Lyell, [W. J.?] Broderip, and [Robert] Brown and had a fine time. Halley's Comet is visible to the naked eye.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10090

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 October 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.427
Summary:

Of time spent with Peter Stewart, JH's brother-in-law.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6224

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[11 October 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.343bis (C: RS:HS 21.188)
Summary:

Has received the letters and parcels safely. Is starting reducing his sweeps. Observations in Dublin Observatory. Comments on the various functions of observatories. News of scientific events at the Cape and various expeditions in progress.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE195

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
12 Oct 1835
Source of text:
MSF1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Faraday0821

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
12 October 1835
Source of text:
Bod MS Somerville dep c.370, MSF-1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4556

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 October 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.258
Summary:

Details sighting of Halley's Comet; sends chart of dates, times, right ascension, and declination. Receives letter from Niccolo Cacciatore, which 'gives hopes of a new planet.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11873

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
14?] October [1835
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.232
Summary:

Only brought two portraits away on Sunday. Will lend JH his own portrait. No slates are available, but a shipload is expected daily.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0823

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Percy Drummond
Date:
15 October 1835
Source of text:
RMA WO150 / 15, f.56
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday0822

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Davidson
Date:
15 October 1835
Source of text:
Uppsala University Handskriftsavdelningen ì Erik Waller's Collection of Autographs
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel11871

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
18 October [1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.230
Summary:

Is glad JH has given his opinion to Francis Beaufort on the subject of observations of the first class. Encke's comet is invisible in the 14-ft. within the range of 10 degrees. Last two nights were very favorable. Has seen Encke's comet three times, and it appears just as he saw it in England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10973

From:
Thomas Best Jervis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.317
Summary:

Sending a little volume he has written on Native Standards to show their usefulness. Designed to influence the Indian Commission on Standards. Hopes to see JH at the Cape next February or March.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6003

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[22 October 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.129 (C: RS:HS 25.4.16 & 25.8.7)
Summary:

C. P. Smyth has arrived. Remarks on the Brisbane Catalogue. Thanks for his meteorological observations. His own meteorological observations. Affairs in the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12107

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[23 October 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.4.15 (C: RS:HS 21.189)
Summary:

Is intrigued by the apparent displacement of several planetary nebulae from the positions found in the catalogues of other observers. Does not know what to think.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7423

From:
[Charles Davidson] Bell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1835-10-25 or later
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 7/3.20; Reel 8
Summary:

Quotes newspaper article from 25 Oct. [1835] describing two tails of Halley's Comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3979

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1835]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0580.3.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

Applauds CH elected an [honorary] member of the R.A.S. Missed seeing Halley's Comet and Johann Encke's comet; Thomas Maclear, however, viewed Encke's three times. Has studied nearly the entire Southern sky.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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