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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
1858-5[?]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 49
Summary:

Asks if JF's article on glaciers is for Encyclopaedia Britannica. Requests that JF change a computational error in his copy of JH's article on meteorology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 May 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.314
Summary:

Thanks for JH's article on meteorology from the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Has been investigating climatology lately. His own health has not been good. Sends some of his own reprints that may be of interest.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
[22 May 1858]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 57a
Summary:

Expresses thanks for several of JF's writings and relief at JF's good health. Comments on JH's own writing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 June 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.315
Summary:

Article on glaciers is from the Encyclopaedia Britannica and was restricted because of space. Mistakes by John Tyndall and others have arisen because his own Letters on Glaciers has been overlooked. William Whewell is to be married.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 July 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.316
Summary:

Has he read John Tyndall's paper on the plasticity of ice and the theory of glaciers? Indebted to Michael Faraday for some excellent observations and the term 'Regulation.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
[18 July 1858]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 76a (encl 76b)
Summary:

Comments on JF's article about glaciers and particularly on the solid, liquid, and other states of matter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
23 July 1858
Source of text:
SAU MS JDF 1858/80
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
James David Forbes
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 August 1858
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project