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From:
E. Wrangham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822-8 or earlier]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.434
Summary:

EW and daughter look forward to visiting Slough on Monday with Mr. Beckwith.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822-8]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.390
Summary:

Needs the Ephemerides for 1769. Can he ask [James?] Graham[e] for any old pamphlets. Is expecting William Whewell and George Peacock and would be glad if JH can come as well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henrik Johan Walbeck
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 August 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.11
Summary:

Received JH's letter [29 Apr. 1821] with 'Memoirs of Astronomical Society' and observations of recent solar eclipse. Has not published eclipse calculations. Convinced that moon's diameter is accurately determined. Latitudes, longitudes for sites in Finland. 1820-22 observations from Ã…bo. Design of new Ã…bo observatory. New instruments from Munich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Maria Edgeworth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 August 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.20
Summary:

Encloses list of books on Ireland as requested. Her brother is in London. Hopes that JH will visit them should he come to Ireland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Kater
Date:
[2 August 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.25
Summary:

Encloses table of star declinations for 1815 and 1820, received from F. W. Bessel, who used different meridian circles for each year.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mr. Byam
Date:
[2 August 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.23a (C: RS:HS B28.3)
Summary:

Orders lithograph of enclosed letter and tables for Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Young
Date:
[2 August 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.24 (C: RS:HS B28.4)
Summary:

Leaving for two weeks in Netherlands.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 August 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.176
Summary:

Regarding the construction of the model machine. Things appertaining to the Netherlands. Regarding his new chemical theory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 August 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.325
Summary:

Has no errands for JH in Holland or Flanders. Asks for details on JH's and Charles Babbage's method of determining heights by barometrical observations. Hopes to use this to confirm TY's method by 'my formula deduced from refraction.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mr. Byam
Date:
[6 August 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.23b
Summary:

Orders 30 copies of lithograph.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
David Brewster
Date:
[7 August 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.27 (C: RS:HS 20.150 & B28.6a)
Summary:

Sends circular of F. W. Bessel's 'Declinations.' Sent paper on 25 July for Royal Society of Edinburgh, similar to DB's paper outlined in previous issue [of Edinburgh Journal of Science]. Argues for continuity of color spectrum versus 'per saltum' transitions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[7 August 1822]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 19.26, 20.151, & B28.5)
Summary:

Thanks for the publications by FB that FB sent. JH has sent the copies to the persons FB designated. Discusses the 'enigmatical difference in the places of the stars as observed here & on the Continent.' Cannot explain this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Herschel
Date:
[7 August 1822]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0555; Reel 1053
Summary:

Leaving for Calais tomorrow. Unable to see Mr. Beckwith. Hopes [Susan] White arrived safely in Slough. Encloses Astronomical Society's notice of F. W. Bessel's determination of declinations of fixed stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Samuel Goodenough
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
10 Aug 1822
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/12/77, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Obliged to the Smiths for their condolences following the death of his daughter, Mrs Charlotte Lynn. She had nearly recovered from her long troubles with chest disorders and dangerous inflammations by taking extract of hemlock but was taken ill after drinking a glass of cold water following an exerting walk and never recovered. She has left twelve children between ages of sixteen years and six months. Two months ago he received and ignored a letter from Smith's sister, Mrs Lloyd, complaining of her husband's, Dr Lloyd, and Smith's confinement of her. Relieved that the King [George IV (1762-1830)] did not come via Carlisle on his way to or from Scotland. Thinks the current session of Parliament has gone on long enough and does not approve of the new principle of bringing every complaint, well or ill-founded, before it.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1822]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0621.4; Reel 1086
Summary:

Received JH's letter from Calais. Visitors to Slough. Marquess of Londonderry committed suicide.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Thomas Gery Cullum
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
13 Aug 1822
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/13/73, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks Smith for Hull Botanic Garden account, which he shall bind with [William] Roscoe's Liverpool and [William] Curtis' 1778 proposal for a subscription for a London botanic garden at Lambeth Marsh. His sister's health very precarious but he intends to tour Suffolk and Norfolk before end of summer. His daughter-in-law recovered a little from taking the waters at Barèges, [France], they intend to winter in Italy. Reports that Mr Grigby of Drinkston, Suffolk, was seized with a paralytic affection of his lower extremities whilst walking.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
Text Online
From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jean-Jacques Ampère (fils d'Ampère)
Date:
14 août 1822
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 592-593-594.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1822]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0516; Reel 1053 (C: RS:HS B28.6.b)
Summary:

Travels with James Grahame from Calais to Brussels. Visit with General Pierre Cambronne and tour of Waterloo. Leaving tomorrow for Antwerp. Mr. Gibson is useless as traveling companion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jacques Roux-Bordier
Date:
20 août 1822
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 594-595.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1822]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0621.5; Reel 1086
Summary:

William Herschel is dangerously ill. Hurry home.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project