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Herschel13136

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[25 January 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.5; Reel 1055
Summary:

Requests permission to pay Mint expenses from special account until Parliamentary grant becomes 'available.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11991

From:
François N. M. Moigno
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.353
Summary:

Thanks for his articles on the prediction of time; comments on it. Has been translating an article of John Tyndall.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13448

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Charles Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[27 January 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0681; Reel 1089
Summary:

Requests permission from Treasury to draw from Master's account at Bank [of England] to cover expenses that cannot be paid from depleted Exchequer account before 31 Mar., when Parliamentary grant for next fiscal year becomes available.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12717

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Miss Cornwallis
Date:
[27 January 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0132; Reel 1054 (C: RS:HS 23:142)
Summary:

Rapid changes in science leave JH unable to recommend newest things in organic chemistry. Suggests works by H. V. Regnault or Justus von Liebig, and Lyon Playfair's work on chemistry of foods. Notes error in Liebig's work on body chemistry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13648

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 January 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0031; Reel 1062
Summary:

Saw in the Times that JH is working on universal alphabet. Sends Wolfgang Kempelen's book (1791) on mechanism of speech. Speculates on machine that could produce phonetic sounds for universal language.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12703

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Christian C. J.] Bunsen
Date:
[30 January 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0117 & -0018; Reel 1054
Summary:

Unable to attend today's conference on replacing present system of English writing with phonetic system such as 'Missionary Alphabet.' Hopes no final conclusions will be drawn without opportunity for further discussion. Gives JH's opinions and objections. Contrasts systems proposed by [Charles] Trevelyan, [J. B.] Gilchrist, and [Thomas] Young.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel678

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Isabella Herschel
Date:
[30 January 1854]
Source of text:
JHS 1.70
Summary:

Family news and comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7564

From:
John Banks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 January 1854]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.81; Reel 9
Summary:

Requests donation of copy of JH's Cape Results to library of Mechanics Institution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12687

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Thomas Brande
Date:
[31 January 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0108.1; Reel 1054
Summary:

Notes deficit in Coining Room between 23 and 28 Jan.. Following enquiries in December into similar shortages, JH now requires that WB submit written reports of daily accounts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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