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Herschel8180

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[17 November 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.128
Summary:

Sixteen-month delay in receipt of FB's observations. Willing to publish James Bradley's observations of Halley's Comet but questions accuracy of Nathaniel Bliss's. Sends John Brinkley's analysis [of April 1821 comet observed by Basil Hall in southern hemisphere]. Please describe Georg Reichenbach's new [transit] circle at Königsburg.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4259

From:
Thomas Glanville Taylor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 November 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.333
Summary:

Sends corrections to Polaris observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0159

From:
Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
19 November 1821
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel8049

From:
Samuel Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.316
Summary:

Sends form signed by SY's eldest son [George] to JH, who will stand proxy for SY's son, still at sea. SY eager to exchange minerals with JH. Invites JH to Formosa Cottage after Christmas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8531

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[20 November 1821]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 20.128)
Summary:

Responds to FB's much delayed answer to JH's 1820-5-9; comments on some observational matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN3523

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Nathaniel John Winch
Date:
23 Nov 1821
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/MS321/4, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for letter and packet. Observations on Winch's specimens: leaving the roses until he comes to that section of "[English] Flora", but having briefly examined them concurs with Winch's opinions and compliments him as "a faithful & original observer"; believes the genus ['Rosa'] is a perfect example of the saying "the more cooks, the worse broth"; has no true authority for 'Rosa villosa' being wild in Britain.

Has not yet read [William Jackson] Hooker's work on roses, but thinks Hooker was "too hasty" with 'Salix' and showed he had not studied them properly, which he has told him, will avoid doing so in public. Criticises various recent publications on 'Salix' including by De Candolle and Sprengel, in which his own work on willows has been "jumbled", and Seringue, leading to nurserymen applying his names to common varities, leading him to be "plagued with enquiries".

Observations on Winch's remaining specimens: Winch's 'Salix forsteriana' and 'S. andersoniana' correct; the 'Salix' of fifth and sixth editions of [William] Withering's ["Botanical arrangement"] is 'S. myrsinites'; 'Cypripedium calceolus'; 'Saxifraga hirculus'; Winch's 'Epilobium alpestre' his 'E. alsinifolium'; 'Thlaspi hirtum'; Winch's new 'Veronica' is his 'V. saxatilis'.

Thanks for Winch's last work, has sent a copy to [Robert] Brown. Apologises for not being "a good correspondent", he has too much other writing; deeply engaged with "Flora Graeca", and following a trip to Holkham [Hall, Norfolk, home of Thomas William Coke] intends to focus on "English Flora", which he longs for "more than a schoolboy for his holidays".

[On recto of second folio] Two lists of plants sent to Smith, dated 12 March 1823, and 26 April 1824 "with desiderata" [in Winch's hand, see RelatedMaterial below].

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN1290

From:
William Roscoe
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
23 Nov 1821
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/17/129, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Taking up Smith's proposal of his going direct from London to Holkham, [Norfolk, home of Thomas William Coke], and visiting his friends at Norwich [Smith] and Yarmouth [Dawson Turner]. Publishing a vindication of himself. Failed to see Lord Mountnorris [George Annesley] at Sir George Cockburn's [10th baronet (1772-1853), naval commander]. Eager to finish his "wearisome task" in London; hopes it will answer purpose of showing [Jean Charles Léonard] de Sismondi [(1773-1842), historian and economist] in his "true light". Intends to finish his catalogue [of Holkham manuscripts] whilst there.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel5220

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[25 November 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.167 & 20.129
Summary:

Regarding barometric observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L610

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Félix Savary
Date:
27 novembre 1821
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 575.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel12421

From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.278
Summary:

News of Cambridge University.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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