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From:
Edward Forster
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
1 Jan 1824
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/ADD/28, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

The work Smith is referring to is third edition of Candolle and Lamarck's "Flore Française" [(1815)]; corrects error in description of 'Rubus glandulosus'; uncertain if Smith's specimen is the same as their common plant; observations.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
J M Johnson
To:
Unknown
Date:
[1824-1826]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/11/1, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Engraving of a middle-aged Carl Linnaeus. Inscription in pencil on bottom of page: "given by Mr Brightwell 1826. Taken from a bust in the Royal Gardens in Stockholm by J M Johnson, 1824".

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1824-1
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.342
Summary:

Sending copies of his Éloge on William Herschel, and requesting some information regarding his publications.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Joseph Planta
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1824 to 1827?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.166
Summary:

Regrets missing JH's visit. Refers JH to [Charles] König for admission to Department of Natural History at the British Museum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Lyell
Date:
1824
Source of text:
Lyell (1825), 95
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Mrs. Mary Frances Kater
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.19
Summary:

Many thanks for his beautiful ballad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
David Brewster
Date:
1824
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0112; Reel 1054
Summary:

Letter to [Edinburgh Philosophical] Journal calling attention to 1809 article by [Paul] Erman of Berlin, which some say anticipated JH's 1824 Bakerian lecture on 'Motions produced in fluid conductors when transmitting the Electric current.' JH compares both papers, admits Erman's priority on some theoretical points but claims originality for JH's experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Giuseppe Piazzi
Date:
1824
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Defends William Herschel's views against charges of hostility to religion. Describes his father as 'a sincere believer in, and worshipper of, a benevolent, intelligent, and superintending Deity....","L

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1824 to 1848]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0743; Reel 1089
Summary:

Received [?]'s inquiry of 1 Feb. Lists all biographical notices pertaining to William Herschel. Comments in detail on biography and philosophy of WH in David Brewster's Edinburgh Review.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1824 to 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.355
Summary:

JH is correct, and TY's 'little man is wrong.' Moon's apparent angular motion increases as spectator moves closer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Smith Williams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1824 or later]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 6/2.1 verso; Reel 8
Summary:

Packets will be sent Saturday by Smith, Elder & Co., so that the one for [Caroline] Herschel will not be late for Mr. Köhler.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Furly Forster
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
3 Jan 1824
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/22/49, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Sending cask of cranberries. Very unwell for the last 7 months, which has delayed his projected work on 'Rubus'; offers to send Merten's 'Rubus'. Anticipating Smiths annual visit. Doctors say his complaint is a disorder in his liver. Comments on naming of his 'Rubus elegans'.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
Text Online
From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Marguerite Carron (femme de François Carron)
Date:
4 janvier 1824
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1943), p. 936-937.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
William Edward Parry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 January 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.218
Summary:

Regrets delay in answering JH's communication, but was away from Bath when the letter arrived. Interested in the extraordinary local attraction observed by Mr. Duncan in 1791. Gives locations of three such situations in his recent voyage. Comments on the use of Peter Barlow's plate. Will write to Barlow before his next voyage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Samuel Goodenough
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
5 Jan 1824
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/12/86, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for turkey. Mrs Goodenough and himself have been ill with the "epidemic cold" common in London, she was treated "very dextrously, & most humanely" by Dr [William George] Maton. Linnean Society council meeting called for Wednesday by [Alexander] Macleay but no indication of purpose; Wednesday also the general meeting for the National Schools so unsure of his attendance. [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert just called on him "almost out of his wits" about the rarities brought from Mexico by [William] Bullock [(c 1780-1849), naturalist and antiquary] and Bullock's interviews with a great Spanish botanist, who escaped from the gallows of that country, and is the successor of D'Also "of great celebrity".

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James South
Date:
[8 January 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.426a (C: 20.173)
Summary:

If JS has not already passed on to Humphry Davy JH's letter of 1823-12-21, JS should do so immediately. If post of Astronomer Royal should become vacant, JH would be interested in it, but would not wish to work with Stephen Lee, then under consideration for appointment as head assistant at Greenwich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James South
Date:
[8 January 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.432 (C: 20.172)
Summary:

Wishes JS immediately and confidentially to pass on to Humphry Davy JH's letter of 1823-12-21, making clear that JH does not favor appointment of Stephen Lee as head assistant at the Royal Observatory. Has heard that JS has felt that JH slighted JS in JH's letter. Denies this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Taylor Combe
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
9 January 1824
Source of text:
RS MS 241, f.10
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Fearon Fallows
To:
John Barrow
Date:
10 January 1824
Source of text:
MM/15/3, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexis Bouvard
Date:
[15 January 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.3
Summary:

Acknowledges letters from AB and French Board of Longitude received by Astronomical Society. Thanks for care given to JH's reflecting theodolite by Mr. Schenk. Promises copy of JH's and James South's [1824] article on double stars. Hopes to hear from J. B. Fourier regarding biography of William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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