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Herschel8641

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Sir] R[ichard] Phillips
Date:
[1826]
Source of text:
Huntington Library
Summary:

Encloses an outline of JH's paper on iron [? 'On the Separation of Iron from Other Metals,' RSPT (1821), 293-9].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12577

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hans Christian Oersted
Date:
1826
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.228
Summary:

Thanks HO for JH's election to the Royal Academy of Copenhagen. Comments on some chemical and magnetical experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN2423

From:
Thomas Salwey
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
[1826]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/25/42, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Indebted to Smith's publications for the progress he has made in botany; offers to send 'Lichen' specimens not in "English botany" for Smith's opinion at later date, and now sends others, including: 'Parmelia conoplea', 'P. subiginosa', 'P. plumbra', 'P. ambigua', 'P. farrea'; observations. He and Mr Knight found 'Targionia hypophylla' last summer in Radnorshire, also found in Montgomeryshire.

Requests that Smith mark the specimens he has sent in a particular way. Remarks on habitats of 'Parmelia scrobiculata', 'P. aquila', and 'P. perforata'.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel8088

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1826 to 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.354
Summary:

Errors in equinoctial time calculated by John Pond. Suggests limiting decimal places in value of equinoctial time to reflect this uncertainty. Making error uniform will make it awkward to alter future almanacs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8090

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1826 to 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.356
Summary:

Resolved puzzle about sidereal year, which needs better definition. Error between true and nominal positions prevents TY adopting 'equinoctial time' for chronology investigations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1375

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1826-1]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.324
Summary:

Comments on several experiments with spectra passing through glass films.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-19

From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood; Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 [Jan 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 18
Summary:

A ball and two concerts at Shrewsbury; guests at the Darwins’: Mr and Mrs Mathew, three Mr Clives, Emma Wedgwood.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-777

From:
Lord Palmerston
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
2 January 1826
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8339:17
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel1307

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 January 1826]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.257
Summary:

Asks JH about Dr. Balfour's account in Asiatic Researches about lunar effects on humans in India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-779

From:
W. Margetts
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
5 January 1826
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8339:19
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-781

From:
Fred Calvert
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 Jan. 1826
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8339:21
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-20

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
6 Jan 1826
Source of text:
DAR 154: 28
Summary:

CD comments on lectures and lecturers at Edinburgh.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-780

From:
Whitworth Russell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6th January 1826
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8339:20
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-782

From:
W. Clive
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
7 January 1826
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8339:22
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-784

From:
R. C. Hildyard
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
9 January 1826
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8339:24
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-785

From:
S. Jones-Loyd
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
9 January 1826
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8339:25
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-783

From:
Lord Palmerston
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
9 January 1826
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8339:23
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Faraday0279

From:
John Lewis Guillemard
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
10 January 1826
Source of text:
RS MS 241, f.17
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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L877

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Constant Duméril
Date:
11 janvier 1836
Source of text:
musée Ampère, Poleymieux
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

LINNEAN3035

From:
Aylmer Bourke Lambert
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
12 Jan 1826
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/6/98, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for turkey and specimens of 'Dianthus'. [Samuel Goodenough] ill. Fonthill Abbey and grounds purchased by [John] Benett [(1773-1852), his brother-in-law], the walks and drives to kept in good order. The abbey itself is in ruins, mentions the tower falling with a "tremendous crash" and the previous owner, [John] Farquhar [(1751-1826)], having a narrow escape. Acquired work on Brazilian ferns.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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