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Herschel9926

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.260
Summary:

Encourages JH to come to visit; more about the study of law.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3260

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Whittaker
Date:
[10 January 1814]
Source of text:
St. John's College, Cambridge
Summary:

Obliquely, wishes luck and offers advice on exams. Asks for news of Cambridge scandals. Is entering law school. Encloses mathematical formula for which they had earlier searched.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5071

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[12 January 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.20 (C: RS:HS 20.15)
Summary:

Has had the bill for the printing of their memoir. Ways of raising money to pay for the printing. Comments on one of CB's equations. Will be entering Lincoln's Inn in a week's time.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5072

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 January 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.21
Summary:

Regarding the proposed method of raising funds to pay for printing of the memoir. Justifies his equation queried by JH. Would he purchase certain chemicals for him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12622

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[26 January 1814]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0047; Reel 1054
Summary:

Chemical news: decomposition of 'sulphuret of carbon' by J. J. Berzelius and Alexander Marcet. Analysis of 'azotane' and discovery of 'iode' by Humphry Davy. Congratulations on results of CB's examination.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5073

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[26 January 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.22 (C: RS:HS 20.16)
Summary:

Is sending chemicals. Regarding Humphry Davy's experiments with azotane. Davy's paper on iodine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7974

From:
John William Whittaker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 January 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.241
Summary:

Results of JW's exams. JH's advice in science was too modern to help. Reports local scandals among examiners. Not speaking to James Grahame. Going to 'Babylon' on Tuesday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13344

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Herschel
Date:
[1814-2?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0546.1; Reel 1053
Summary:

Working in law office of [F. W.?] Sanders. Attended R.S.L. last night. T. W. Hornbuckle offered JH position as subtutor at St. John's College, but JH declined. Describes paper on minerals that JH submitted through E. D. Clarke to Geological Society. Charles Babbage just made creative mathematical discovery.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2154

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 February 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.399
Summary:

Congratulates JH on the formation of the [Analytical] Society, which will let Britain 'take the lead' in mathematics. Discusses analysis of a radical.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9927

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 February 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.261
Summary:

Thanks for essays JH sent; John Playfair was impressed by them. JG is writing material in favor of a Glasgow/Edinburgh canal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5074

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1814-4
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.23
Summary:

Will be in town and requests addresses of shops where certain experimental apparatus can be purchased. Send [H. E.?] Roscoe's direction.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7975

From:
John William Whittaker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 April 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.242
Summary:

At home of student in highland moors along Nent River. Describes host family and barren surroundings. Greets all at St. John's. Asks about JH's chemistry lectures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9928

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 June 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.262
Summary:

JG to be a father, has bought a new house, and urges JH to marry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5075

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 July 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.24
Summary:

Has been working on analysis. Gives equations he has solved. Has met a mineralogist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9929

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 July 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.263
Summary:

Family news; encourages JH to read Jane Austen's novels.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5076

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.25
Summary:

Their 'Analytical' has not been reviewed in the Edinburgh Review. Has married. Looking out for a situation. Gives an equation dealing with relative functions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5078

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1814-8
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.27
Summary:

Sends equations in operational calculus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12623

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[4 August 1814]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0048; Reel 1054
Summary:

Feigned reproach for CB's return to 'the Analytics.' Inquires about CB's 'Devonshire Ghost at Chudleigh.' Results of JH's chemistry experiments. Derides scientists who promote theory of 'akasch' as the one and only form of matter. Met Alexander Marcet in Greenwich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5077

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[4 August 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.26 (C: RS:HS 20.17)
Summary:

Comments on the equation sent by CB. Has been experimenting with potassium.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5079

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[7 August 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.28 (C: RS:HS 20.18)
Summary:

Regarding CB's marriage. Possibility of a suitable situation for him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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