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Herschel2786

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.66
Summary:

Announces that copies of the observations are being sent by post and states that additions and corrections will be approved and added before the full report is submitted to the R.S.L. Council for authorization for printing. Agrees to write up the Meteorological Committee's annual report.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6039

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.164
Summary:

Encloses a letter to the Admiralty for JH's signature.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8564

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Gore Ouseley
Date:
15] November [1839
Source of text:
BostonPubLib Ms. Eng. 204
Summary:

[Responding to GO's 1839-11-14], JH will come to the luncheon and meet GO's 'Illustrious Guest.' Will bring additions for Miss Ouseley's autograph collection. Margaret Herschel is recovering well [from birth of Maria Sophia].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1326

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.298
Summary:

Transmits a message from J. B. Biot, comments on the Daguerreotype, although WT has not tried it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001676

From:
John Joseph Bennett
To:
Charles Hutton
Date:
16 November 1839
Source of text:
MM/22/10, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel6040

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[17 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.165-6 (C: RS:HS 25.8.23)
Summary:

Further regarding the Cavendish experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2787

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.67
Summary:

Agrees that in the R.S.L., Geology belongs under Terrestrial Physics, and would be there had it not its own committee. Says Terrestrial Magnetism no longer belongs under the head of Atmospheric Physics. Claims he plans to discontinue his membership in the R.S.L. if his committee is no longer in charge of terrestrial magnetism. Refers to the awarding of medals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2788

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.68
Summary:

Compliments Georg Erman's map of the declination lines made from observations, which confirms C. F. Gauss's map derived by theory. Asks JH whether the map should be printed and attached to the R.S.L. report. Plans to see JH at Slough. Thinks the idea of there being two auroras, one in the west and one in the east, is interesting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14146

From:
Gilbert Elliot, Second Earl of Minto
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0373.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

[Marked 'Private.'] Encloses letter from Alexander von Humboldt containing suggestions to R.S.L. regarding J. C. Ross's expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1218

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Robert Grove
Date:
20 November 1839
Source of text:
RI MS G F1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4285

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1839]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Went to meteorite site in Bokkeveld, interviewed witnesses. Describes site in detail.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10320

From:
Marshall Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.202
Summary:

Some time ago he sent JH a parcel of books and letters. Wonders if they ever reached him. Now sends some letters that shows how his work is appreciated on the continent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2789

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.69
Summary:

Talks of new plans for an observatory in Egypt. Encloses two letters. Has begun to compare data of the last three years from five or six observatories all over the world.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1219

From:
Jacob Herbert
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
22 November 1839
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-546

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Hallowes Miller
Date:
22 [Nov 1839]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Asks if WHM would be interested in the meteorological observations of the Falkland Islands made by B. J. Sulivan on a recent survey. Such observations are rare and appear to CD to have many points of interest.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8989

From:
Joseph Laurie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 November 1839]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.13
Summary:

Recommends John McNaughton for a position as a master in the Government Free Schools at the Cape of Good Hope. Asks for information on the salary, pension, etc., for persons hired.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14147

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Gilbert Elliot, Second Earl of Minto
Date:
[24 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0373.2; Reel 1087
Summary:

Suggestions by Alexander von Humboldt will be added to R.S.L. report regarding J. C. Ross's expedition. Send copy of Humboldt's letter so that it too may be included.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7361

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
25 November [1839]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 4/2.4; Reel 7 (ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book)
Summary:

Sends hourly meteorological register for 21 Sept. in Bahama Islands. [Partial sentence about] Equipment reaching J. C. Ross at Madiera.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1185

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.2
Summary:

Informs JH that the B.A.A.S. has again placed him on a committee to translate and publish foreign scientific memoirs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14205

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0428.4.1; Reel 1093
Summary:

JH appointed to committee with G. B. Airy and Thomas Henderson to study the reductions of the calculations on N. L. Lacaille's stars. They will be granted £189.

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John Herschel Project
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