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From:
Leopoldo Nobili
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
2 août 1824
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 183, f 40-41, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Baldwin
Date:
[6 August 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0061; Reel 1054
Summary:

Received MB's letters of 19 and 28 May [1824]. Responds to news from Slough. Expedition to Sicily was successful, but C. G. B. Daubeny contracted malaria. Summer climate in Rome and Pontine Marshes. Danger of malaria forced JH and servant James [Child] to travel separately. [Letter continued 7 Sept.:] James arrived from Naples. JH's trip to Tivoli. Itinerary home through Germany. Send letters to Munich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Feliciano Scarpellini
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.169
Summary:

Praises JH, JH's father, and their telescopes highly. Asks JH not to forget commission to FS.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Ampère André-Marie
To:
Ampère Jean-Jacques (fils d'Ampère)
Date:
12 août 1824
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 340, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Davies Gilbert
Date:
12 August 1824
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.19; Reel 1053
Summary:

Oppressive heat. Toured Rome and Florence in early morning hours only. Low regard for Romans and southerners. Glad to be in civilized Tuscany. Describes Florence. Sorry to hear of Renuel's death. Began letter in Catania to Caroline Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Giovanni Inghirami
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 August 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.265
Summary:

Invites JH to the Observatory of the Museo di Fisica.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Pierre Simon Laplace
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
15 Aug 1824
Source of text:
MSL 2 / 80, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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From:
Claude-Julien Bredin
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
17 août 1824
Source of text:
Lettres inédites de Claude-Julien Bredin (Lyon: 1936), p. 162-165.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
20 Aug 1824
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/ADD/20, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Disappointed to be in England but unable to visit Smith in Norwich, for second time. Sent by the Emperor Alexander [I of Russia (1777-1825)] to obtain living plants for the St Petersburg Imperial Botanic Garden; brief history of the garden; he only has three months before expected back at St Petersburg. Encloses paper for Smith from Jussieu. Hopeful he can start work on a "Flora Russica"

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[22 August 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.20; Reel 1053
Summary:

Mail and news of acquintances at home. Met Jack Fuller, fellow of St. John's College. Visited astronomer Giovanni Inghirami. Describes Bologna. [Letter continued 23 Aug.:] Deciding route for trip home. Describes servant James Child. Journey from Bologna to Venice. Dismal condition of University of Padua. Describes Venice. [P.S. 24 Aug.:] Shipment to Mr. Beckwith from Rome includes engravings for J. H. Nelson.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Margaret Faraday
Date:
25 August 1824
Source of text:
Bence Jones (1870a), 1: 388-91
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Mary Baldwin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0623.12.1; Reel 1086
Summary:

Visit to Margate, including concert and dinners.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0623.12.2; Reel 1086
Summary:

Overjoyed upon receiving two letters from JH. Try to visit Caroline Herschel despite time added to journey. Asks for 'repeating watch' from Geneva.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Simon Goodrich
Date:
28 August 1824
Source of text:
SM MS Good A1090
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[30 August 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.21; Reel 1053
Summary:

Leaving tomorrow on expedition into mountains to search for minerals. Journey from Venice to Verona. Visited Giovanni Santini in Padua.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project