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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Bell
Date:
10 April 1852
Source of text:
RS MS RR 2.83
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.236
Summary:

Believes similarity of period of solar spots and that of terrestrial magnetic variation is more than coincidental.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Edward Frankland
Date:
13th April 1852
Source of text:
Frankland, 30, JRL
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Andrews
Date:
13 April 1852
Source of text:
SM MS 350/1, f.76
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
14th April 1852
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/550, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
John P. Gassiot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 April 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.58
Summary:

Is grateful for his prompt reply to his request for friend to visit the Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Benedetto Pistrucci
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 April 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0430.11; Reel 1093
Summary:

Ceases receiving coal supply to his office, an allowance made to BP for 35 years. Mint owes him four months' salary. Makes a reference to plight of G. B. Airy, who might be turned out of his residence at the Royal Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 April 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.237
Summary:

Discusses magnetic observations from Toronto and Hobarton from the 1840s. Attempting to determine when range of variation was greatest.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Crawford Hyndman
Date:
16 Apr [1852]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.101)
Summary:

Thanks GCH for Balanus specimens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
James David Forbes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
16 April 1852
Source of text:
MS JT/1/F/29, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[16 April 1852]
Source of text:
JHS 1.86
Summary:

Discusses the political atmosphere in London and some family matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
April 16th 1852
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/191-192, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Alexander von Humboldt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1852]
Source of text:
Sydney Ross Collection
Summary:

Thanks JH for JH's review of AH's Cosmos. Recommends E. H. DuBois-Reymond to JH's attention.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[17 April 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.2
Summary:

Replies to several queries about papers of JH. JH describes the accidental production of some interesting copper salt crystals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Benedetto Pistrucci
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
19 April [1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0766.1; Reel 1089
Summary:

Clarifies BP's 24 Jan. request for pension. Prefers to remain active with current salary and title. If required to leave Mint, BP will continue to execute dies for free, if compensated for loss of BP's home and studio. History of BP's contract with Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
19th April 1852
Source of text:
Incoming letters 1852, no. 42, StA JDF
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1852]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

Sends a note to JH that William Lassell [may use as a letter of introduction to the Governor of Malta]. FB hopes that Lassell will determine the longitude of Malta.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Andrews
Date:
20 April 1852
Source of text:
SM MS 350/1, f.35
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Robert Grant
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.15
Summary:

Sends a copy of RG's History of Physical Astronomy as a token of his admiration for JH's work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
20] April [1852
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0766.2; Reel 1089
Summary:

Sent Treasury's retirement form to Benedetto Pistrucci, who returned it blank. Encloses copy of Pistrucci's reply.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project