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Herschel5210

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[4 May 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.158 & 20.116
Summary:

Please forward the address of H. Meikle, the computer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0131

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Jane Barnard
Date:
5 May 1821
Source of text:
Bence Jones (1870a), 1: 325
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

LINNEAN3460

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
John Nichols
Date:
5 May 1821
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/JN/17, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Saw Mr Longman on his return through London yesterday, who expressed "great pleasure" in publishing the "Correspondence", and regretted that his house had formerly declined taking on the work. Offers his interest in this edition to Nichols for £100 and 150 copies, as it is the kind of book to make presents and exchanges with.

[Draft of Nichols' reply:] Declines Smith's offer.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel14634

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1821]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0620.2; Reel 1086
Summary:

William Herschel met with Mr. Gwatkin to discuss JH's proposal of marriage to Miss Gwatkin. MPH sees no impediment. WH wants JH to return soon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN1562

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Pleasance Smith
Date:
7 May 1821
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/19/114, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

A dinner with Correa, [Robert] Brown, [Charles] Konig, and Hare; Mr Forster thinks Correa's mental powers are failing. Correa's opinion of America. Walked to [Stoke] Newington and visited the Aikins, Mrs Barbauld, Mrs Lee, and Revd Mr Bransby. Unable to see [Nathaniel] Kindersley [Smith's cousin] before he goes to India. Visited Loddiges [plant nursery] where they have raised hundreds of 'Rhododendrum arboreum' from his seeds. His future activities. Has not heard anything yet about their journey to Southampton._x000D_

[Explanatory notes in pencil, by another hand, on first folio]_x000D_

[Letter incomplete: folio[s] presumed destroyed]

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel5211

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 May 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.159
Summary:

Will call on JH tomorrow. Has had a letter from Benjamin Gompertz.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN3461

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
John Bowyer Nichols
Date:
8 May 1821
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/JN/18, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Satisfied with arrangements for publication, and leaves arrangements with Longman to Nichols. Returns proof of index.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel1947

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Pigott
Date:
[8 May 1821]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.26
Summary:

Sends EP a copy of the first annual report of [Astronomical Society?] and invites EP to join the 'circle'.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8686

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date:
[9 May 1821]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Gauss 99 (C: RS:HS 20.117)
Summary:

Sends first annual report of the Astronomical Society and will be sending one of JH's papers ['On the Aberrations of Compound Lenses and Object-glasses,' RSPT (1821), 222-67], which JH summarizes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4106

From:
Edward Pigott
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.162
Summary:

Declines JH's 'polite and kind offer' due to declining health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5676

From:
Johann Elert Bode
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 May 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.164
Summary:

Thanks for letter. Will do all in his power to further the cause of the Astronomical Society. Missing parts of Nautical Almanac and R.S.P.T. Would JH look into matter. Unable to send complete set of his Astronomical Yearbook, but can supply some for a suitable sum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12418

From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 May 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.275
Summary:

Cambridge news, GP's own activities, and comments on the progress of the observatory plans.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L952

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Gaspard de La Rive
Date:
15 mai 1821
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 182, f 33-38, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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Faraday0133

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Benjamin Abbott
Date:
15 May 1821
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 123
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0132

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Hatchett
Date:
15 May 1821
Source of text:
Archives of University College Swansea, Royal Institution of South Wales Papers, Hatchett MS A/25
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel11326

From:
Joseph Johann Littrow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 May 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.232
Summary:

Welcomes astronomical correspondence. Is grateful for having his name proposed as a member of the Astronomical Society. Comments on the work of the Observatory. Would like the memoir of Edward Troughton.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8664

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Rennie
Date:
[16 May 1821]
Source of text:
NatLibScot MS.19830, f.210
Summary:

Wishes JR to secure for the syndics of Cambridge University Observatory a copy of JR's plan for a Cape Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7801

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Nicolas Nicollet
Date:
[17 May 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.10h
Summary:

Sends packet by Mr. Sellique containing report of Astronomical Society council and James South's corrections for June to Dec. 1821.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN3120

From:
Franz Karl Mertens
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
18 May 1821
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/7/69, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for letter of 22 March and specimens, although latter have not yet arrived.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel10279

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 May 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.162
Summary:

Sending some observations on a comet which appeared last month. Has had the pendulum up for some weeks but has been unable to carry out many observations owing to official duties. Has been working a good deal on occultations. Wishes some had been published as they are of great practical use.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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