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L605

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Claude-Julien Bredin
Date:
15 août 1821
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 569-570.
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La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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L606

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Simon Speyert van der Eyk
Date:
15 août 1821
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 570-571-572.
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Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel9830

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James A. Gordon
Date:
[15 August 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.164 & 20.124
Summary:

Wet weather has given him time for letter writing. Spent a week in Paris. Passed through Dijon, and has spent some time at Geneva, where there is a flourishing Philosophical Society. Comments on the meetings. Weather has been bad. Gives a Neapolitan story.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13211

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[15 August 1821]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0515.3; Reel 1053
Summary:

Describes scenery at Mont Blanc. Trip by mules into mountains. Barometer measurements by Charles Babbage. [Letter continues 16 Aug.:] Plans today include visit to Mar de Glace glacier. [Letter continues 20 Aug.:] Found excellent guide, Coutet, with knowledge of geology. Describes expedition to Mar de Glace glacier and JH's sketches. More barometer observations. [Letter continued 22 Aug. in Geneva:] No mail arrived from Slough. Leave tomorrow for Chambéry and Turin. Planning to leave Italy by 2 Sept.

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John Herschel Project
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