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Herschel4284

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.239
Summary:

Agrees to contribute to W. S. Stratford memorial presentation. Agrees with JH that Jupiter satellite observation was an optical illusion; sends sketches of more Jupiter observations. Sends data obtained with new instruments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6617

From:
Henry Coddington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.354
Summary:

Mr. Knowles has left college and taken the plates of quartz that illustrated the experiment so well. Sends further explanations of the experiment he previously mentioned to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L725

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Gabriel Ride (gendre d'Ampère)
Date:
16 juillet 1828
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 702.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel3513

From:
J. K. Eduard Schmidt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.176
Summary:

Requests permission to translate JH's work on light into German.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11577

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Kater
Date:
[17 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.19
Summary:

JH very upset at the government abolishing the Board of Longitude; has many questions as to what will happen now.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2160

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.405
Summary:

Asks JH to report how James South's telescope performs. There was a defect in the settings of the telescope. Hopes JH's method of eliminating chromatic aberration improves the microscope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11217

From:
Dionysius Lardner
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
18 July [1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.106
Summary:

Is engaged in preparing a new popular cyclopaedia, and would be pleased if JH would contribute an article on Light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11120

From:
Henry Kater
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.10
Summary:

Sends Knowles's paper for his comments. The Board of Longitude has now been officially dissolved. Hopes the R.S.L. will not take on its work unless well paid by the government. Answers to JH's queries regarding the Nautical Almanac and other works of the Board of Longitude. Present time not good for state recognition of science.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6187

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.312
Summary:

Regarding Richard Taylor the printer and the printing of the papers of the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0368

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
21 July 1828
Source of text:
RS MS HS 7.176
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1277

From:
Joseph Clement
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.47
Summary:

Wants to meet with JH, and needs more money to continue work on Charles Babbage's calculating machine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9810

From:
Joseph Goodall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.145
Summary:

Would like him to come to dinner next Saturday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9774

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Davies Gilbert
Date:
[21 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.113 (C: RS:HS 21.21)
Summary:

Understands the Board of Longitude has been dissolved. Wonders what the position now is regarding the Optical Glass Committee. Outlines his own views and would welcome DG's instructions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9423

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
[21 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.176 & 21.20
Summary:

Hears that the Board of Longitude is to be dissolved; it will therefore be necessary to seek a new source of income for the continuance of the Optical Glass experiments. Will be guided by MF's wish whether to continue the experiments. Charles Anderson has showed him curious experiments with the fusion of Fluor with clay.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4513

From:
Giovanni Santini
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.344
Summary:

Hopes to meet with Charles Babbage in Vienna. Inquires if JH received a set of books from University of Padua for the Astronomical Society. Praises JH's double star work; uses it for own observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9383

From:
Robert Everest
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.136
Summary:

Has given away all his drawings; all he has left is a small oil-color of Christiana. Comments on the scenery of Norway. Hopes the paintings will stimulate interest in a country of which he is very fond.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9424

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.177
Summary:

The furnace is breaking away at the top, and he encloses Joshua Ramsay's estimate for its repair. Thinks the present a suitable time for the repairs. Would JH speak to the Council?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1278

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Clement
Date:
[24 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.48
Summary:

Is concerned about the rapid rate of expenditure of the money on Charles Babbage's calculating machine. Recommends a reasonable rate of expenditure until Babbage returns home, which should be in about four months.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11346

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Johann Littrow
Date:
[24 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.254 & 21.22
Summary:

Has been overwhelmed with work, which accounts for the delay in writing. Thanks for communications. Both are now printed. Comments on some of the points raised.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9775

From:
Davies Gilbert
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 July 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.114
Summary:

Has just returned from an exhausting meeting. Has no doubt funds will still be available for the Optical Glass experiments. Has written to Michael Faraday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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