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Herschel5154

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[12 December 1818]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.104 (C: RS:HS 20.61)
Summary:

Remarks on CB's article on analysis and the examples used. Hopes to see him at Christmas; then they can talk about the projected visit to Paris.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5155

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 December 1818]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.105
Summary:

Regarding one of JH's papers in the Analytical. P.S. dated 19 Dec.: Is glad to hear he would like to go to Paris.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-1195

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
J. C. Dale
Date:
18 December 1818
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History Archive Collections, James Charles Dale Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel5156

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[20 December 1818]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.106
Summary:

Hopes CB will visit Slough soon to discuss the proposed trip to Paris. Gives a sketch of his investigations on theorems connected with series.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L571

From:
Claude-Julien Bredin
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
21 décembre 1818
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 545.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel5157

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 December 1818]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.107
Summary:

Will visit him at Christmas. Regarding the theorem quoted by JH [see JH's 1818-12-20].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN1682

From:
William Lloyd Baker
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
22 Dec 1818
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/2/1, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Observations on 'Lignum cyprinum', following an article in "Linnean Transactions"; has compared it with specimen of the same in [Richard] Pococke's herbarium, in the possession of Baker, and compares it to the 'Liquidamberi arbor' of [Leonard] Plukenet's "Phytographia", identified by [Paul Dietrich] Giseke as the 'Liquidambar styraciflua' of Linnaeus, and 'Acer campestre' from [Caspar] Bauhin's "Prodromus". Offers Smith any information from Pocoke's herbarium if required.

Outline sketch of leaf on verso of second folio.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN2480

From:
Thomas Stewart Traill
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
25 Dec 1818
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/26/1, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Negotiations for fixing [William] Roscoe's pictures at the Liverpool Institution have failed and Roscoe is now pressing to auction the collection in London; suggests Smith approaching [Thomas William] Coke about purchasing it to prevent its dispersal. Collection valued at 1,500 guineas, but Roscoe offered it to the Institution for 1,200; lists some of the contents, contains 42-43 pictures.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN2544

From:
Samuel R Wood
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
26 Dec 1818
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/26/68, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Encloses "small volume" [unnamed but probably Augustus Hillhouse's "Description of the European Olive tree"], handed to him by Hillhouse in Paris; apologises for delay in sending it.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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L922

From:
Claude-Julien Bredin
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
28 décembre 1818
Source of text:
Lettres inédites de Claude-Julien Bredin (Lyon: 1936), p. 120-121.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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L923

From:
Claude-Julien Bredin
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
29 décembre 1818
Source of text:
Lettres inédites de Claude-Julien Bredin (Lyon: 1936), p. 121-122.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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