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Faraday0441

From:
Robert Peel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 April 1830
Source of text:
RI MS F1 I002
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel6190

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 April 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.315
Summary:

Appointment to an unnamed post. Is to meet John Lee to discuss the instruments; would JH like to join them?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2869

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[10 April 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.68
Summary:

Glad WS is coming to England but cautions that London empties in June. Congratulates WS on measurement of a 'great Northern arc.' Complains about the division of the Royal Society into 'parties'. Adds [James] South's results showing a sixth star, nearer than WS's fifth, in trapezium of Orion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-116

From:
Revd James Dalton
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
11 April 1830
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 140
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel11655

From:
E[neas] MacKintosh
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 April 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.20
Summary:

Will be pleased to act as sponsor to JH's child. Could not stay as an inmate but will visit them from Windsor from Friday till Tuesday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel766

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Peter Stewart
Date:
[14 April 1830]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.510
Summary:

About the upcoming christening, the health of Margaret, and JH's concern about the tone of Charles Babbage's upcoming book.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel767

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Emilia Stewart
Date:
[15 April 1830]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.509
Summary:

About arrangements for the christening of daughter Caroline, and about the health of the family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0442

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George William Manby
Date:
19 April 1830
Source of text:
Northumberland Record Office MS ZAN M12/D4
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10113

From:
Robert Grahame, Sr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 April 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.4
Summary:

Has been laid up with a cold and unable to answer his letter. Congratulations on the new baby. Hopes mother and child are doing well. Will wait for confirmation of his son's marriage before sending the news to the papers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L743

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jean-Jacques Ampère (fils d'Ampère)
Date:
24 avril 1830
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 712-713.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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Faraday0443

From:
George William Manby
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
24 April 1830
Source of text:
RI MS F1 H20
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel768

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[30 April 1830]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.511
Summary:

Still making arrangements for the christening [see JH's 1830-4-15]; concerned that it should be done soon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6191

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.316
Summary:

Has had a letter from Henry Foster regarding his pendulum experiments at Ascension.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3007

From:
Wilhelm Struve
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.117
Summary:

Requests advice in determining optimal time for visit to England. Thanks for invitation to Slough. Mentions completion of his sixth volume of observations, the introduction of which could prove interesting to JH. Fascinated by JH's observation of a sixth star in the trapezoid of Orion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5715

From:
Sarah Bowdich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.206
Summary:

Sending two volumes of her Fishes and explaining the reason for the delay.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3047

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.202
Summary:

Takes a moment to write. Sends various brochures and observations on magnetic intensity in Germany. Asks JH to give a copy of it to [Charles] Babbage and [Henry] Kater. Congratulates JH on being named correspondent to the Institute of France. Lost his father-in-law. Has asked [James] South to press construction of AQ's instruments, but no luck. Requests JH visit Edward Troughton and the instruments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0444

From:
Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
4 May 1830
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0444a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Henry
Date:
6 May 1830
Source of text:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, MS 26, folder 1, item 122
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel6170

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Peter Barlow
Date:
[8 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.295 & 21.69
Summary:

Sending a list of the stars to be observed to test the strength of his telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8044

From:
Eliza Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.311
Summary:

Will send engraving of late husband, Thomas Young, to JH. Hudson Gurney nearly finished with memoir. When will JH be done? Wishes to announce biography of Young.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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