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Herschel5117

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1816-[8]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.66
Summary:

Is glad to hear that he will be coming to Torquay. Regarding his new method of solving functions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN707

From:
Samuel Goodenough
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
3 Aug 1816
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/12/25, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Saw 'Rubus chamaemorus' in fruit on the mountains near Bewcastle, Cumberland. Doubts whether 'Galium witheringii' is distinct from 'Galium uliginosum' having found 'G. witheringii' growing very similar to 'G. uliginosum' in ditches. Specimen of 'G. witheringii' enclosed [extant].

Specimen, labelled 'G. witheringii'.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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L851

From:
Pierre-Louis Dulong
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
5 août 1816
Source of text:
Chymia. Annual Studies in the History of Chemistry , vol. 1 (1948), p. 175-176.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel12388

From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 August 1816]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.245
Summary:

News of his travels in Italy. Has lost their trunks.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0065a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Daniel Clarke
Date:
6 August 1816
Source of text:
Herbert Obodda
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0065b

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Daniel Clarke
Date:
8 August 1816
Source of text:
Herbert Obodda
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

LINNEAN3023

From:
Aylmer Bourke Lambert
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
9 Aug 1816
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/6/87, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Believes Smith is determined not to see Boyton House. Has successfully raised many new plants to flower this year but lost 'Bartonia', [Thomas] Nuttall's [(1786-1859)] "white and yellow 'Oenothera'" which have failed elsewhere are hardy in his garden. Has stayed with Marquess of Blandford [George Spencer-Churchill] at Whiteknights, [Reading, Berkshire], "never saw the vegetable kingdom brought to such perfection". Returned with a Mexican 'Verbena'. Blandford acquired [Christian Gottfried] Nestler's "Monographia de Potentilla ". Enquires after Smith's publications.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

RS-MM-001511

From:
Joseph Banks
To:
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton
Date:
9 August 1816
Source of text:
MM/19/119, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel3374

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Henry] Wilkinson
Date:
[14 August 1816]
Source of text:
St. John's College, Cambridge
Summary:

Gives necessary information for printing end of JH's and Peacock's translation of [S. F.] Lacroix's text on the calculus. Requests news about Cambridge. Tells of JH's travels through England, and Charles Babbage's interests.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9939

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 August 1816]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.273
Summary:

Family news; is preparing his writings on population [see JG's 1816-2-8] for publication.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN2604

From:
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
17 Aug 1816
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/3/32, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

'Menispermum cocculus'.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN3044

From:
Patrick Neill
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
17 Aug 1816
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/7/104, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for introduction to Mr and Mrs Kett, bad weather prevented them from doing much together. Pleased with second edition of the "Compendium [florae Britannicae]". News of David Don [(1799-1841)], second son of George Don, who has discovered a new 'Carex'. Encloses flower of 'Astragalus campestris'. 'Assa foelida' has flowered, advice on growing it from seed.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN2561

From:
William Treppass
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
17 Aug 1816
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/26/9, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Apologises for not acknowledging receipt of payment from Smith. Sent a copy of the "Insects" as requested [probably Smith's "The natural history of the rarer lepidopterous insects of Georgia" (1797)], happy to supply Smith with any books, Abbot is marked 22 guineas.

Thanks for Smith's portrait, with which he intends to illustrate a copy of the "Tour to Hafod" along with portrait of [Thomas] Johnes. Sorry they have not yet sold the coppers [for "Hafod"] yet, [Joseph Constantine] Stadler [(fl 1788-1820), engraver] objects to taking them. Hopes Smith "will not be a looser by [his] American friend".

Bill to Smith for "Abbot and Smith's Insects" £14 14s.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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Faraday0066

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Benjamin Abbott
Date:
20 August 1816
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 123
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10865

From:
Thomas Smart Hughes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 August 1816]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.215
Summary:

Regrets to hear JH's father is not well and hopes the sea air will be of benefit. Would like to accompany him on the Continent whenever it suits him. Gives all the Cambridge news.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN525

From:
Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
25 Aug 1816
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/10/6, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Writes to Smith for first time after several years of interruption due to the war. Sends some of his botanical works. Requests seeds for the the Florence botanical garden which he is recultivating; after some years as a "culture garden" it is reverting to its original function as the botanical school is to be attached to it. Offers to send Italian seeds and samples of mineralogy.

On verso of first folio Smith has annotated "Ansd. Nov. 8. 1818 by Dr Stevenson - with 50 sorts of Cape seeds".

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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Faraday0067

From:
Edward Daniel Clarke
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
26 August 1816
Source of text:
WIHM MS Clarke autograph letter file
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0067a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Daniel Clarke
Date:
27 August 1816
Source of text:
Herbert Obodda
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

LINNEAN855

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Sir Thomas Gery Cullum
Date:
28 Aug 1816
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/13/50, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Sends Cullum a "perfect" copy of his "Compendium [florae Britannicae]"; notes that though he has observed some of [Olof] Swartz and [Robert] Brown's 'Orchidea' genus he has given them "new, easy, & plain characters" of his own. Currently very ill.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel7977

From:
John William Whittaker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 August 1816]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.244
Summary:

Manuscripts for [1816 translation of S. F. Lacroix's Traité du calcul différential et du calcul intégral] are ready. Send notes and missing appendix quickly, or press will stop.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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