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Herschel9964

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 October 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.299
Summary:

Recollections of this house JG has just sold.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2510

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[9 October 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.420 (C: RS:HS 20.101)
Summary:

Asks AS to send him plagiedral quartz for experimentation. Unable to commence Cornish expeditions with Charles Babbage. Requests AS discuss publication of their [JH's, George Peacock's, and Babbage's] book with Peacock.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5675

From:
Johann Elert Bode
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 October 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.163
Summary:

Thanks JH for news of newly formed Astronomical Society; will be pleased to be a foreign correspondent for it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9965

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 October 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.300
Summary:

Of religious matters, accusations against the Queen, and of Charles Babbage [letter completed 1820-11-4].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5195

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.143
Summary:

Has returned from his holiday. Thanks for the chemical periodicals. Has evolved some new schemes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5196

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[24 October 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.144 (C: RS:HS 20.102)
Summary:

Thanks for all the packages. Would like to send copies of the supplement to John Brinkley and Fearon Fallows. Regarding D. F. J. Arago's statement. Method of making a barometer clock. Wishes the president of the R.S.L. was changed every four or five years. Message for W. H. Wollaston from J. B. Biot.

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John Herschel Project
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