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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
4 May 1840
Source of text:
Bence Jones (1870a), 2: 105
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 May 1840
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.19
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
20 December 1840
Source of text:
MM/11/152, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[20 December 1840]
Source of text:
RS MM.11.152
Summary:

Discusses when and how often R.S.L. committees, particularly the physical committee, should meet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[9 December 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.11.3
Summary:

Arranges a meeting with CW and Edward Sabine to discuss Kew [magnetic] observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1841]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0145.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

Agrees to meet JH and Edward Sabine on Saturday. Kew Observatory was given to R.S.L., but R.S.L. has not yet taken possession of it. [JH annotation: election of General Morrison to R.S.L.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 June 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.148
Summary:

Encloses B.A.A.S. statement of objectives for Richmond Observatory, for which B.A.A.S. Council asks JH to organize goals and support annual subsidy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[17 June 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.149 (C: 22.125)
Summary:

Received prospectus of Kew observatory. Its objectives seem incompatible. It appears better suited as experimental institution. Refer Francis Beaufort to JH's 11 Oct. 1835 letter to Beaufort defining physical observatories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[4 December 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.11.4
Summary:

Sends CW a specimen of JH's 'mercurial photographic process.' JH is pleased that W. H. Fox Talbot received the Rumford medal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
27 November 1843
Source of text:
The Telegraphic Journal, 1876, 4: 80
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
c. November 1844
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[20 March 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.11.5
Summary:

Recommends Robert Hunt to fill the professorship at King's College, left vacant by the death of John F. Daniell.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 March 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.150
Summary:

Agrees that vacancy in chemistry professorship left by J. F. Daniell's death at King's College should be filled by Robert Hunt, but W. A. Miller appears likely to get job.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[6 April 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.11.6
Summary:

The continuation of magnetic and meteorological observatories is under question, and CW's instrument for observing atmospheric electricity should be part of the discussion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[15 April 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.11.7
Summary:

Makes some amendments in JH's request for information [see JH's 1845-4-6].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
5 December 1845
Source of text:
Bence Jones (1870a), 2: 214
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17 January 1846
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 April 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.151
Summary:

Gives JH directions to Kew Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 February 1847
Source of text:
W.A.F. Burdett-Coutts
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.152
Summary:

[George Eden] Lord Auckland seeks meteorological 'reports.' CW will contribute instructions on atmospheric electricity, photometry, and optical meteorology. W. R. Birt will report on meteorological instruments and wind observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project