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Herschel5393

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1819?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.340
Summary:

Would he like to come for a trip down the river to see W. E. Parry's Expedition ships? Query regarding quartz crystals. Date for Pearsonian dinner.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN3463

From:
John Bowyer Nichols
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
[1819]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/JN/2, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Discusses inclusion of Miss Currer's [John] Ray's letters in ["A selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus" (1821)].

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN3452

From:
John Nichols
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
[1819]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/JN/1, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Offers Smith loan of correspondence of [Emanuel Mendez] da Costa [(1717-1791), naturalist].

Options for publication. Shall obtain Miss Currer's correspondence collection for Smith's consultation.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel8052

From:
Samuel Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1819 to 1826]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.319
Summary:

Will show JH largest specimen of apophyllite [Argentine spar] in kingdom.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5415

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1819?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.362 (C: RS:HS 20.67)
Summary:

Cannot accompany CB to Deptford because JH busy with James South. Mentions the 'Pearsonian dinner,' 'plagi[h]edral' crystals, and a letter by Wilhelm Olbers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5910

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
1819
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.33 (C: RS:HS 20.62)
Summary:

Acknowledges in JH's father's name FB's notice of the upcoming annular eclipse of 1820. Stresses the importance of observing it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12406

From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1819]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.263
Summary:

Asks JH to write a letter of recommendation for a mutual friend, and adds some Cambridge news.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9957

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1819]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.292
Summary:

Family news and other matters [letter completed 1819-2-23].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN1888

From:
Matthew Baillie
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
4 Jan 1819
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/20/41, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for brace of pheasants. Pleased to hear Smith's complaint has ceased but recommends continued temperance in his diet and to take 30 drops of laudanum a day for another year. No cause for concern in pulsation of artery in retina.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel5158

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 January 1819]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.108
Summary:

Gives equation. Is arranging the visit to Paris.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN3338

From:
Christian von Steven
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
9 Jan 1819
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/9/71, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for the foregoing.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel12697

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
David Brewster
Date:
[11 January 1819]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0110; Reel 1054
Summary:

Mr. Murray will bring to DB two papers by JH, one on hyposulfurous acid and one on mathematical analysis, plus requested abstract of JH's and William Herschel's 'last papers' in R.S.P.T.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5761

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
David Brewster
Date:
[11 January 1819]
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.63
Summary:

Note to accompany the sending of some papers; JH is off to Paris.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14684

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[11 January] 1819
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0626.1; Reel 1086 (ALS? & C: TxU:H/L-0514.1; Reel 1053)
Summary:

JH arrived safely yesterday and attended event at home of Sir Joseph Banks. Dr. [Matthew] Baillie asked about Lady Mary Herschel. JH and Charles Babbage, preparing to tour France, leave tomorrow for Dover. Wishes better health for MH and William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13207

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[12 January 1819]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0514.2; Reel 1053
Summary:

Will sail tomorrow for Calais. Could not find Mr. Armstrong in Dover.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13208

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[17 January 1819]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0514.3; Reel 1053
Summary:

Arrival in France. Travel companions. JH and Charles Babbage will go to Institute tomorrow to visit J. B. Biot, S. D. Poisson, and other mathematicians.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5032

From:
William Artaud
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 January 1819]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.413
Summary:

Regarding his father's portrait. Would recommend waiting until the days become clearer and longer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN484

From:
André Thouin
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
30 Jan 1819
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/10/22, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Sends 100 kinds of seeds; list of desiderata.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN185

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Alexander Macleay
Date:
30 Jan 1819
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/AM/141, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Pleased to see Macleay's handwriting "after so long an interval". Concerned to hear of the death of [Olof] Swartz, one of his "most constant correspondents", with death of [Carlo Antonio] Bellardi leaves 4 FMLS vacancies; nominates [Augustin] de Candolle and [José Antonio] Pavon, in spite of the latter's financial situation, Lamarck, and [Franz Karl] Mertens. Considered [Kurt] Sprengel. [Georg] Meyer dedicated his "pompous" "Flora Essequeboensis" to the Linnean Society and is ambitious of joining, but must not be chosen for FMLS yet.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN3517

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
William Swainson
Date:
2 Feb 1819
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/MS273/2, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Apologises for delay in remarking on plants sent by Swainson; finishing his part of Rees's "Cyclopedia". "Little hairy fern with simple fronds" found Rio Janeiro agrees in size and shape with 'Blechnum Lanceola' of Swartz in Stockholm Transns. for 1817. p. 71. t. 3. f. 2; observations. Grass marked 'Digitaria of Persoon?' is 'Paspalum conjugatum' Willd. Sp. M., also 'P. dissectum' of Linnaeus' Syst. Nat. ed. 12. v. 2. Dark-cold grass from "deep forests at Pernambuco" another 'Paspalum', species unknown. 'Cyperus', 'culm triangular, bogs at Pernambuco' unknown. "Very rare" grass, from "sandy table lands in the interior of Pernambuco", close to 'Agrostis radiata' of Linnaeus. 'Cassia' "in dry sandy tracts" unknown. A new 'Lythrum', near 'racemosum' but distinct. An 'Eriocaulon fasciculatum' of Lamarck & Willdenow, or very near it. Their plant appears to want the many awlshaped leaves of the common calyx, or involucrum. A 'Campanula' appears to be 'C. minor ['minima'] africana, erini facie &c', Hermann Leigd. Bot. 108. t. 111, erroneously cited by Linnaeus for his 'C. erinoides'; has this plant from Sierra Leone. Does not have his 'Hyptis' under that genus, does not seem to be any of Willdenow's.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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