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Herschel3710

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[25 December 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.53 (C: RS:HS 25.9.30)
Summary:

Clarifies some details in his letter to RS of 1846-12-25 on the R.A.S. deliberations regarding giving medals for the discovery of Neptune.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1940

From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
26 December 1846
Source of text:
UB MS NS 383
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1939c

From:
Franklin Coxworthy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
26 December 1846
Source of text:
Coxworthy (1847), 203
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4785

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 December 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.175 (C: RGO 6.159.371)
Summary:

Domestic news. Further regarding telescopes and slow motion in declination.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3711

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 December 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.55
Summary:

Responds in detail to JH's concerns expressed in his letters of 1846-12-25. Explains that in awarding R.A.S. medals regarding the discovery of Neptune, the Council wished to avoid slighting either U. J. J. Leverrier of J. C. Adams. Gives views of G. B. Airy, James Challis, and Augustus De Morgan.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1473

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Moxon
Date:
[26 December 1846]
Source of text:
APS B.C831
Summary:

Indicates that JH is unaware of any such constellation as that to which CM has referred.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3712

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[26 December 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.54 (C: RS:HS 25.9.31)
Summary:

Did not understand the steps necessary by the R.A.S. rules and that an appeal to a general meeting was necessary [regarding awarding medals, e.g., for the discovery of Neptune]. Assures him that W. H. Smyth did not write anything of which RS could disapprove. Believes the council has the discretion to deal with anything that comes before it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4341

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[26 December 1846]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Expresses concern over health of JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1885

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[D. François J. Arago]
Date:
[27 December 1846]
Source of text:
WT 67390.3
Summary:

Is very pleased about FA's biography of JH's father, William. JH comments on what pictures of William Herschel might be available to be included in this biography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2874

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[27 December 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.293
Summary:

Thanks WS for the description of the Pulkowa Observatory. Remarks on the discovery of the new planet [Neptune], 'a most spirit stirring event.' Questions whether a small distant satellite of Jupiter could have escaped detection.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1941

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Lyon
Date:
28 December 1846
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/1/16
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1941a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Pierre Hippolyte Boutigny
Date:
28 December 1846
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel2330

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.201
Summary:

Discusses possible meteorological and magnetic research possibilities in the colonies, particularly at Bermuda.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8096

From:
Francesco Zantedeschi
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1846]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Discusses issues raised in JH's 'On the Chemical Action of the Rays of the Solar Spectrum on Preparations of Silver....'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11887

From:
Mary Maclear
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.246
Summary:

Nearly a year has passed since they received letters from the Herschels. Hopes JH's health is improving. Gives news of her own children, and the work of her husband at Orange River. The Equatorial has arrived safely.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1942

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts
Date:
29 December 1846
Source of text:
W.A.F. Burdett-Coutts
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel9160

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[29 December 1846]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20770 (C: RS:HS 18.209 †(JH) & RS:HS 22.294)
Summary:

Responding to a published statement by WW regarding the discovery of Neptune, JH presents in detail a different interpretation, giving more credit to U. J. J. Leverrier than WW favored. Suggests that some observatory make a photographic record of sunspots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1943

From:
J.S. Tozer
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
30 December 1846
Source of text:
RI MS F1 L/1/13
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1039

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
30 Dec [1846]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42153 ff.10–11)
Summary:

Asks JM for information on sales of his Journal of researches and to procure for him a copy of the American edition. He is curious to see if the part on slavery has been altered.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-1172

From:
Unknown
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
30 December 1846
Source of text:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection OSB MSS FILE 7178
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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