From:
Madame Biot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1839-5]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.67
Summary:
Will meet him at 10 a.m. to conduct him to the Botanical Gardens.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
William Wyon
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 May 1839
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.33
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Hawkins
Date:
3 May 1839
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 93
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Henry Raper
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.302
Summary:
Writing at suggestion of [Francis] Beaufort. Needs information concerning [J. A.] Lloyd's observations concerning longitude of his observatory at Mauritius. Encloses prospectus of forthcoming work.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Pompilio Decuppis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.481
Summary:
Discusses elements of telescopic mirror making, including the curving the glass. Inquires about methods of telescope, lens, and mirror makers in England.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Sutton Ford
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 May 1839
Source of text:
DAR 186: 44
Summary:
Answers to [Questions about breeding].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Perigal
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.364
Summary:
A note accompanying some machine-made mathematical curves.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Jean Baptiste Biot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.92
Summary:
Concerning polarization of light rays in crystals of quartz.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Nathaniel Bowditch [Jr.]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.202
Summary:
Letter and parcel of papers has reached them safely for which they thank him. Third volume of Mécanique céleste will be sent later together with the fourth volume.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.118
Summary:
JH's letter of 9 Feb. has left him in high spirits. Is also pleased TM's paper was communicated to the R.S.L. Will make arrangements to collect parts of the meteorite and send the 4 lb. part to JH. G. B. Airy consents that Greenwich Mural Circle be sent to Cape Observatory. Will request more engineering personnel for Colonial Survey.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.77
Summary:
Sends two copies of his own General Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism, one for JH and one for the R.S.L.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[9 May 1839]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/18
Summary:
Just visited L. J. M. Daguerre. Praises his images as 'miraculous' and also Daguerre's times of exposure. Daguerre puts his images on 'thin sheets of plated copper.'
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Embury; George Tollet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[10 May 1839]
Source of text:
DAR 186: 51
Summary:
Replies to [Questions about breeding].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
[Michel] E[ugène] Chevreul
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.338
Summary:
Concerning JH's projected visit to the Gobelin establishment.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Hawkins
Date:
11 May 1839
Source of text:
BM Department of Western and Asiatic Antiquities MS Correspondence 1826–1860, volume 5, 1719
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Peter Mark Roget
Date:
15 May 1839
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
unknown
To:
JED Bethune
Date:
18 May 1839
Source of text:
MM/12/53, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
James Elliot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.127
Summary:
Sending an extract from one of his articles on the Theory of the Spinning Top. Relates this to the theory of Saturn's rings.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.6
Summary:
Suggests that JH print the portrait of JH with but not in JH's [Cape Results]. Has been working on Lt. Murphy's observations in Syria. Is pleased with M. J. Johnson's appointment to the Radcliffe Observatory. Asks JH for suggestions on projects for Johnson.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
19 May 1839
Source of text:
Elizabeth M. Milton
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project