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Herschel8986

From:
James Hudson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 March 1839]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.10
Summary:

Thanks JH for the interest JH has taken in him, but declines the offer to teach in the Government Free Schools at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9337

From:
Johann Franz Encke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.91
Summary:

JH has been elected to the Prussian Academy of Science; comments on JE's astronomical observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000732

From:
Peter Mark Roget
To:
Anthony Panizzi
Date:
11 March 1839
Source of text:
MM/12/51, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel14175

From:
Spencer J. A. Compton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 March 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0401; Reel 1087
Summary:

Lord Melbourne [William Lamb] will meet next Wednesday at 4 o'clock with deputation [from R.S.L. regarding Antarctic expedition]. Duke of Sussex is willing to meet with R.S.L. council next Saturday at SC's house.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14176

From:
Spencer J. A. Compton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0402; Reel 1087
Summary:

Lord Melbourne [William Lamb] changed meeting [with R.S.L. deputation] to 4:30.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9655

From:
Thomas Galloway
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.5
Summary:

Sending the resolution of the Council relating to the Glasgow Observatory. Would be pleased if JH would sign it and forward it to the Treasury.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1148

From:
William Trull
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 March 1839
Source of text:
Trull (1839), 417-8
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel11942

From:
Carlo Matteucci
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.304
Summary:

Is working on a memoir concerning animal electricity. Would like to present it to the R.S.L. and wonders if it would qualify for a prize.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11757

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[14 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.116
Summary:

Will send observations to JH. Granite column will be constructed at Feldhausen as a memorial [to JH]; will forward plans.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1150

From:
Edmund Storr Halswell
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
15 March 1839
Source of text:
RI MS F1 H90
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel2748

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.28
Summary:

Strongly urges JH to support employment of artillery men in the St. Helena and Canada fixed observatories, citing the approval of the private secretary. Reports that four sets of magnetic instruments have been ordered.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2749

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.29
Summary:

Asks JH to read enclosed item and send it to [J. F.] Daniell, who in turn will send it to John Phillips, so that they might be ready to reply to the Council.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1149

From:
Robert Edmond Grant
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
15 March 1839
Source of text:
ULC Add MS 7656, TR56a
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1162

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
1839-3-[15 or earlie
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.20
Summary:

Passes on the suggestion, from G. B. Airy, of the use of copper rings for damping the movements of measuring instruments in measuring terrestrial magnetism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1340

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.288
Summary:

Further chemicals used for fixing, including bromide potash.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11361

From:
Humphrey Lloyd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.269
Summary:

Was pleased to hear of the success of JH's exertions. Comments on the instruments required. Thanks for his communication on the copper ring; will try it with the bifilar. W. H. F. Talbot talks of applying the photographic method to meteorological and magnetical instruments. Encloses a paper.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1151

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
16 March 1839
Source of text:
BL add MS 37191, f.128
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-498

From:
Andrew Smith
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Mar 1839
Source of text:
DAR 204: 172
Summary:

Sends his congratulations and best wishes on CD’s marriage.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-473

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Phillips
Date:
[18 Mar 1839]
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History Archive Collections (John Phillips collection)
Summary:

Will send JP a map as requested. Asks for a ticket to one of JP’s lectures.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel14846

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[18 March 1839]
Source of text:
NMPFT 1937-4840
Summary:

Thanks for specimen of light sensitive paper. Provides hint on the chemical process that Louis Daguerre may have used in his photographic work. Sends specimens of JH's own work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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