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Herschel12350

From:
Alexis F. Orloff
To:
William Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.207
Summary:

Would like to know when he can call on the Herschels.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN3170

From:
Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
1 Oct 1821
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/8/12, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Received Smith's letter of January 1818. Requests Smith's advice and determination on enclosed plants, since Smith is "unanimously considered the prince of botanists and the world's oracle on matters botanical"; has not added any cryptogamic plants, considering it impossible to add anything to Smith's already complete collection, but includes a catalogue of Germany's mosses.

Has sought Robert Brown's "Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae" in vain, and is told the author has suppressed it. Both he and Dr [Carl Bernhard von] Trinius [(1778-1844)], author of "Fundamenta Agrostopraphiae", think Smith's 'Alopecurus alpinus' is interesting; requests specimens.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel13616

From:
[D. M.] Vallot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 October 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.458
Summary:

Missed JH (traveling with Charles Babbage) when they passed through Dijon. Provides some barometric observations along with a comparison of measuring instruments. Appears to be commenting on some of Charles Babbage's interests in statistics, and believes that G. W. Leibniz did some work in this also, but died before publishing it. [Parts of this letter illegible.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13353

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1821]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0554; Reel 1053
Summary:

Expects to be home in one week. May be delayed at Calais by astronomers' trigonometrical operations. JH's and Charles Babbage's excursion from Berne to foot of Alps. Visited [P. E.] Fellenberg at Hofwyl.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2878

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 October 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.369
Summary:

Thanks for forwarding notice on journal to [F.] Fallows. Hopes to use the longitudinal differences of English observations to improve observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13213

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[8 October 1821]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0515.5; Reel 1053
Summary:

Windy passage across Channel. Will arrive home in two days.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9831

From:
James A. Gordon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.165
Summary:

Was pleased to receive his letter. He too has been travelling abroad. Outlines his travels. Expects JH has a good collection of sketches. Saw Louis XVIII at Paris.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12351

From:
Alekis F. Orloff
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
16 October [1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.208
Summary:

Regrets to hear of the poor health of Sir William Herschel. Would like a few lines of Sir William's handwriting for his autograph collection.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN3464

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
John Bowyer Nichols
Date:
26 Oct 1821
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/JN/20, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Requests return of autographs of [Jean-Jacques] Rousseau [(1712-1778), philosopher], [Nicolas de] Condorcet [(1743-1794)], [William] Hogarth [(1697-1764)], and Ramsay, if Nichols has them. Hopes "Linnaean correspondence" is selling well, has not yet seen it reviewed.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel5217

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 October 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.164
Summary:

Has had a visit from Mr. Cox. Regarding payment of carriage for parcel from Vienna. Will be visiting him on Tuesday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1

From:
Mary Congreve
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Oct [1821]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 186
Summary:

Writes about London plays; wishes CD had been of the party.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel5218

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[29 October 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.165 & 20.125
Summary:

Is glad he is coming on Tuesday. Regarding the parcel of books from Vienna. Recent experiments with mercury.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1997

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Pond
Date:
[29 October 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.30 (C: RS:HS 20.126)
Summary:

Provides a detailed critique of a mathematical paper by [J. M. H.] Wronski, which JP presented on Wronski's behalf to the R.S.L. Suggests that JP urge Wronski to withdraw the paper.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1695

From:
David William Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 October 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.181
Summary:

Letter of thanks for greetings from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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