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L1014

From:
Avignon
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
1er avril 1824
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 311, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel9982

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 April 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.317
Summary:

Sends blessings on JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13216

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[2 April 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.2 & -0517.3; Reel 1053
Summary:

Foul weather in Dover delays departure of JH and servant James Child for Calais. Geological formations along road to Dover. Instructions on numbering and preserving personal letters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13217

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.4 & -0517.3; Reel 1053
Summary:

Weather is good for Channel crossing. Returns 'book of rates.' It is too cumbersome.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7776

From:
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1824]
Source of text:
RAS:WH Archive 1/13.F.7; Reel 13
Summary:

Has received JH's note, and JF will visit JH next Wednesday, accompanied by D. F. J. Arago and [C. L.] Mathieu.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13218

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[7 April 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.5; Reel 1053
Summary:

Arrival in Paris. Names chemists, mathematicians, and others whom JH met at Institute. Breakfast with D. F. J. Arago at observatory. Problems with passport. Purchase of carriage for trip to Italy. [Letter continued same day from Melun:] En route to Lyons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0230c

From:
George Ledwell Taylor
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
9 April 1824
Source of text:
YUL MS OSB. 14852
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel11339

From:
Joseph Johann Littrow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 April 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.247
Summary:

[Repetition of information in JL's 1823-11-17 and JL's 1824-2-10.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14655

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 April 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0623.1; Reel 1086
Summary:

Correspondence with Babbages. Caroline Herschel asks JH to meet Mr. Kestner, private secretary of Hanoverian ambassador to Rome. Regards from Miss Delevaux.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5248

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[11 April 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.194
Summary:

Relates experiences and persons met recently in Paris. Account of Alpine scenery and travel experiences. [Continued 1824-4-20 Turin:] Events while travelling to Turin. [Continued 1824-4-22 Alessandria:] Has met Plana at Turin Observatory. Five days of discussions with him. Please order two specified books and send to Plana. View of the Alps.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4432

From:
[Luigi] Poletti
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.173
Summary:

Presents JH with his solution to a mathematical equation in finite differences; asks for JH's solution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0231

From:
Charles Pickslay
To:
James Stodart and Faraday
Date:
14 April 1824
Source of text:
RI MS F3 B143
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel14656

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 April 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0623.2; Reel 1086
Summary:

Pleased to hear about JH's travels in Europe. Visit to London with Mary Baldwin. News of acquaintances. Describes a dinner with the Copelands. Death of [Susan] White's husband. Sent money and Richard Copeland's drawings to Caroline Herschel via Mr. Golterman. Misses Slough. Mr. Robinson made offer to Mrs. Morice for manuscripts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13219

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[19 April 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.6; Reel 1053
Summary:

Describes travels in Savoy and Sardinia. Snowstorm on Mont Cenis. Arrived in Turin on Good Friday. Meeting with G. B. Plana at Turin observatory. Leaving for Rome next week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001653

From:
John Knowles
To:
George Harvey
Date:
24 April 1824
Source of text:
MM/21/98, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

LINNEAN2538

From:
Nathaniel John Winch
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
[26 April 1824]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/26/62, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Printed list of plants, titled "Desiderata" in manuscript. Address label to "Dr Smith" in Winch's hand on recto of folio.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel13220

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[26 April 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.7; Reel 1053
Summary:

Describes Turin and church politics. Ill health of the Pope {Leo XII]. [Letter continued 27 April between Genoa and Modena:] Met F. X. Zach in Genoa. Incident of anti-Jewish bigotry in Genoa. [Letter continued 2 May in Florence:] Met G. B. Amici in Modena. Clarity of Amici's telescope. Describes Bologna.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L660

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
27 avril 1824
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 652-653.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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Faraday0232

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
27 April 1824
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

LINNEAN217

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Alexander Macleay
Date:
27 Apr 1824
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/AM/170, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

He has been confined for a month with influenza, his "old enemy inflamm[atio]n on the lungs", and much fever, debility, and irritation, but now thinks he is recovering; impossible for him to be in London on 4 May but hoping to arrive by 22 May, if he can leave at all.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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