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Herschel8978

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Grant
Date:
[1836-4]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.2
Summary:

Following up on an earlier communication, JH expresses to CG (Lord Glenelg) his views on a variety of areas, e.g., curriculum, discipline, administration, and methods of teaching for the Government Free Schools at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3926

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[2 April 1836]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Arranges to have tea with TM tomorrow at the Royal Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0910

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Eilhard Mitscherlich
Date:
5 April 1836
Source of text:
DM HS 780
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel11826

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
5] April [1836
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.185
Summary:

Returns the hourly observations of the last equinox. There will be a meeting of the Institute tomorrow. Has removed the silver lines from the mural circle and replaced them by Bermuda cobwebs. Would like to insert these in JH's micrometer. Has been busy calculating a large table of precessions in R.A. Capt. Alexander should desist from newspaper writing.

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John Herschel Project
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Faraday0910a

From:
John Frederic Daniell
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
6 April 1836
Source of text:
Lambeth Palace Library MS 3273, f.119
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-1041

From:
J. J. Audubon
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
7 April 1836
Source of text:
Tulane University Kuntz Collection 600-36-29
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel8116

From:
Harrison Watson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.382
Summary:

Purchased property near Feldhausen. Will JH sell strip of land between HW's property and main road?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-1042

From:
Robert Havell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
8 April 1836
Source of text:
Tulane University Kuntz Collection 600-36-29
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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L969

From:
Antoine Masson
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
9 avril 1836
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 199, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel9091

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.186
Summary:

Comments on JH's proposals to James Adamson regarding education at the Cape. Criticizes Francis Bacon's philosophy. Plans to devote his efforts to philosophy and has begun a history of the sciences. Describes his work on the tides. Richard Jones's professorship at the East India College is in jeopardy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE129

From:
Ada Byron (King)
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
10 Apr 1836
Source of text:
MSBY 3 / 71, Dep. c. 367, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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L826

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Antoinette Carron (mère de Julie)
Date:
11 avril 1836
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1943), p. 967.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel6226

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.345
Summary:

Encloses Annual Report of the R.A.S. Hopes he has been amused by the French pamphlets on JH's discoveries relating to the moon. Capt. George Back will be proceeding this year in the Terror to investigate the discoveries of J. C. Ross and John Franklin on the N. coast of America. Read JH's last note about the comet to the Society [R.A.S.?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4209

From:
James [Struthers] Stewart
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.9
Summary:

Gives JH an estimate for the value of his property [Feldhausen] at £50 per acre.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11385

From:
John Augustus Lloyd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.295
Summary:

Sends the meteorological observations for March; unable to send any magnetic observations as he has been unwell. The Observatory escaped serious damage during the hurricane. Has been observing the disappearance of the comet. Comments on nebulae seen near its tail.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0911

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Caroline Fox
Date:
15 April 1836
Source of text:
Texas Tech University Libraries, Samuel Weiselberg Autographs Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel7418

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 April 1836]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 7/3.12; Reel 8
Summary:

Letters from W. H. Smyth. Notes on Halley's Comet and possible planet sighting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE29

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
William Somerville
Date:
16 Apr 1836
Source of text:
MSB1 / 252, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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L827

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Antoinette Carron (mère de Julie)
Date:
18 avril 1836
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1943), p. 968.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel4977

From:
D. François J. Arago
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.360
Summary:

The Academy has received JH's 'Instructions for making ... meteorological observations in South Africa. Thanks him for this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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