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From:
John Price
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[July 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 40
Summary:

Tells CD he is recovering from the illness with which he was afflicted when CD visited.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1826-7
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.261
Summary:

Talks about Josef Fraunhofer's failing health and his making of flint glass.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 July 1826]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.167
Summary:

Reports that an accident destroyed one of the pendulums used by G. B. Airy and WW in their Dolcoath experiments. Obtained some results and believes in the general soundness of the method employed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 July 1826]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.24
Summary:

Instructions regarding the printing of his paper the 'Figure of the Earth' in the transactions. Details of the disappointing expedition to Falmouth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Pleasance Smith
Date:
3 Jul 1826
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/19/135, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Account of his and Charles' [nephew of Smith's] excursion to Sunninghill, [Berkshire, home of Smith's Kindersley cousins]; a violent storm with hail, which they collected for iced water; visited Mr Barclay's grand house, including stoves and botanic gardens; searched in vain for tomb or memorial of his uncle Ireland in Reigate, [Surrey], church, the sexton had known his uncle and knew of the "incestuous anecdote". Everyone praises his improved looks and colour. Looked at carpet patterns; his opinion. Sitting for last time for [Francis Leggatt] Chantrey [(1781-1841), sculptor] tomorrow.

[Letter incomplete: folio[s] missing or destroyed, fragment of second folio pasted to end of recto of folio]

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
Text Online
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
4 July 1826
Source of text:
SM MS 478/3, p.335-6
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
[4 July 1826]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0148; Reel 1054
Summary:

Chemical constitution of meteorites. JH suspects lead-iron alloy. Believes this has not been proposed before. Send specimen for JH's analysis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[6 July 1826]
Source of text:
RGO 6.803.9
Summary:

Comments on GA's observing in Cornwall, and on the geodetic calculations made by GA in a paper read by JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles L. Harding
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1826-7-7 or earlier
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.235
Summary:

A note to accompany one of CH's writings, together with some comments on comet sightings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 July 1826]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.25
Summary:

Thanking him for his letters of introduction to Paris. Remarks on one of GA's papers; one of his calculations incorrect.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Giovanni Antonio Plana
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 July 1826]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.422
Summary:

Has received a package of books from JH, some of which will be sent on as instructed. Is interested in the work of JH and James South on double stars. Also comments on parallax measure of the sun and on transits of Venus. Wants to respond to P. S. Laplace's theory of Jupiter and Saturn.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 July 1826]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.340
Summary:

About JG's children and his plans to move to Hastings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Auguste de La Rive
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
13 juillet 1826
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 182, f 49-50, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
15 Jul 1826
Source of text:
MSH 3 / 299, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
William Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
17 Jul 1826
Source of text:
HS 16.383, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
William Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 July 1826]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.383
Summary:

Accepts dinner invitation. Hopes no emergencies arise that would prevent their visit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
William Wilson
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
18 July 1826
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 41
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Jean F. A. Gambart
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 July 1826]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.39
Summary:

Has received JH's letter informing him that he has been made an associate member of the Astronomical Society. Is very grateful for this honor.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Roscoe
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
22 Jul 1826
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/17/140, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Only just received Smith's letter of 7 April [1826]. Pleased by Smith's opinion of his "Monandrian Plants". Discusses plants to be included in his proposed genus 'Matonia', the true 'Cardamom' of the East and 'Renealmia/Alpinia exaltata'; notes on character. Obtained specimens of an 'Amomum' nearly related to Smith's 'A. macrospermum', the 'Zingiber melegueta' of Gaertner. Hopes Smith's family are relieved from the "vexation & anxiety" arising from the character of Mr Martin's business partner; defends himself for not saying anything of it at the time.

Postscript in margin of recto of first folio: on Smith's recommendation giving his synoptical tables in Latin, not English.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Barnard
Date:
23 July 1826
Source of text:
Bence Jones (1870a) 1: 411-3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project