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Herschel8384

From:
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1824-2
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.218
Summary:

Sends notes on a paper which are to be submitted to James South. Also included [?] are copies of the paper for JH. Attached is a note by JH about the papers of JH's father, William.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0218

From:
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
4 February 1824
Source of text:
Bod MS Montague d.11, f.273-4
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

LINNEAN2329

From:
Robert Briscoe Owen
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
4 Feb 1824
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/24/47, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

His campaign to be elected FLS: first attempt failed after certificate was signed by two FLS and an ALS, Dr Andrew Duneau; postponed trying again until gaining his medical degree, which having done so he was proposed by [Archibald] Menzies. Thanks for Smith's letters; he is soon to sail for Bombay.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel13215

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.1; Reel 1053
Summary:

Mrs. Babbage, still recuperating, wishes to visit Slough. Recent publication of Charles Babbage's book should excite insurance directors. Paper by Mary Somerville was read at R.S.L. last week. Invitation for MH to visit Somervilles at Chelsea. JH admitted to Geological Society yesterday, presided over by William Buckland. Encloses JH's diploma from Royal Academy of Copenhagen. News of MH's London acquaintances.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0219

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Henry Vivian
Date:
7 February 1824
Source of text:
NLW VP A.189
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0220

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Henry Vivian
Date:
7 February 1824
Source of text:
NLW VP A.188
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel9981

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 February 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.316
Summary:

On JG's concern for JH's well-being.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7405

From:
Johann Wilhelm Pastorff
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 February 1824]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 6/2.10 verso; Reel 8
Summary:

Requests answer to JP's earlier letter. Observations of photospheres around planets and satellites.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L652

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Carron, Eliza (fille de François Carron, épouse Rivail)
Date:
10 février 1824
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1943), p. 938-939.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel5806

From:
John Brinkley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.276
Summary:

Has just received his letter and Struve's observations. Comments on these and those of F. W. Bessel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11338

From:
Joseph Johann Littrow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.246
Summary:

Has sent money for Robert Molyneux clock care of Friess, the bankers. Is grateful for JH's trouble over the clock. Do not print certain observations he sent as they form the subject of an argument with F. X. von Zach.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN1991

From:
Richard Bright
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
10 Feb 1824
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/21/30, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Addresses Smith as Chair of the Committee of the Bristol Institution. Aware of Smith's offer to lecture through his letter to Revd M Maurice but forced to decline it as their programme for spring is already full and they would not be able to guarantee proper support for an additional course of lectures. Will communicate with Smith about lecturing in the autumn or next spring.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel4637

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
James South
Date:
[13 February 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.21
Summary:

Concerning calculations for the parallax of Mars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4636

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 February 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.20
Summary:

Description of theory of a telescope, though not practical yet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0221

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Fisher
Date:
13 February 1824
Source of text:
Parry (1825), 240
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0222

From:
George Fisher
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
c14 February 1824
Source of text:
APS Misc MS Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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L941

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
14 février 1824
Source of text:
The Correspondence of Michael Faraday , vol. vol. 1 (1811-1831) (London: 1991), Letter 223, pp. 337-339.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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Faraday0223

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
14 February 1824
Source of text:
HSP SGC, Case 12, Box 8, under Michael Faraday.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel8446

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James South
Date:
[15 February 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.426b (C: RS:HS 20.177)
Summary:

Urges that JS not get so emotionally involved in issues concerning astronomers. 'For my own part I mean to make Science my amusement, not my business....' Comments on JS's relations with John Pond.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN3031

From:
Aylmer Bourke Lambert
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
16 Feb 1824
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/6/94, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for turkey. Sir Abraham Hume has arrived in London from Brighton, following the King [George III (1738-1820)]. Much talk of [Robert] Sweet, [(1783-1835) botanist, was accused of receiving batch of plants stolen from Kew], trial is on the 18th [he was acquitted], [James] Colvill [(1777-1832) nurseryman who employed Sweet] very distressed. Mr Webb is considering taking [Mariano] Lagasca [y Segura] as an assistant. Pleased with progress of Smith's "Flora". Linnean Society membership growing fast. Last sheet of "Description of the genus Pinus" almost ready. [Charles Henry Bellenden] Ker [(c 1785-1871)] working in the Linnean Society library every day.

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The Linnean Society of London
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