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Faraday0939

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Hawkins
Date:
1 September 1836
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 93
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

RS-MM-000035

From:
Richard H Schomburgk, British Guayana [Guiana]
To:
unknown
Date:
September 1836
Source of text:
MM/1/54, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel6231

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 September 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.350
Summary:

Is sending a paper which has barometrical information of interest. Comments on sea and atmospheric pressure. William Whewell and J. W. Lubbock are working on the tides.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0940

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
2 September 1836
Source of text:
RGO 6/706
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel12118

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
3] September [1836
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.209
Summary:

Sends formulae for dealing with the apparent differences, in viewing the comet and compared star, due to the effects of parallax and refraction.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7422

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
5] September [1836
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 7/3.18; Reel 8
Summary:

Sorry for surprise in church yesterday. Last minute request for JH and wife [to be godparents] was unplanned. Notes on 'Parallax & refraction.' Will soon observe all stars in [F. W.] 'Bessel's zone.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-1164

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Geological Society
Date:
8 September 1836
Source of text:
Geological Society Archives GSL/L/R/2/174
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel3933

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

Discusses their table of comet stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11878

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
10] September [1836
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.237
Summary:

Much obliged for F. W. Bessel's zone. Thinks his own extra meridian observations of the comet will be respectable. Feels sure Fearon Fallows could not have approved of the supports of the dome. Has been promised the pleasure of inspecting the expenses of the Observatory. Captain J. E. Alexander and Dr. John Murray will call this morning for a parting cup of tea.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0941

From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 September 1836
Source of text:
UB MS NS 310
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel11653

From:
Sir James McGrigor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 September 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.18
Summary:

JH has no need to apologize for bringing before him the case of Dr. Andrew Smith. Heard the news from Dr. John Murray. Will press Smith's request in the appropriate quarter. JH should address his request to Benjamin D'Urban.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6232

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 September 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.351
Summary:

Sending the meteorological reports. Hopes JH will let him know when to cease sending them. William Whewell has produced an interesting instrument. The sensation at the B.A.A.S. meeting was the manufacture of diamonds by a Frenchman.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0942

From:
John Millington
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
19 September 1836
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel12119

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[19 September 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.210
Summary:

Calms TM about not having his comet observations published yet; those published so far are not of much value.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0943

From:
Samuel Weller Singer
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
20 September 1836
Source of text:
RI MS F1 H14
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel11729

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 September 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.91
Summary:

Intends to dispatch the packet to the Admiralty in a few days and await Francis Beaufort's instructions regarding the printing. TM's son would be grateful for the Herschels' gift could he express thanks himself. Would like the loan of the actinometer. Sends the dome observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12235

From:
John Henry Nelson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 September 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.92
Summary:

Received the print of JH with great pleasure. The picture by H. W. Pickersgill seems a truthful likeness. The bulbs have been planted and are thriving. Has just returned from the continent, where he visited Caroline Herschel, who is still well in mind, but weak in body. Church building progresses at Slough.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11730

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
24 September [1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.92
Summary:

Returns copies of the Comet observations and the formula for parallax and refraction. The 21st was a busy circle day. The mural circle is in better trim than ever. Sends a chronometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE74

From:
Henry Ingersoll Bowditch
To:
William Somerville
Date:
28 Sep 1836
Source of text:
MSB 12 / 378, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel3934

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

Wants to reset his barometer by TM's.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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