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SOMERVILLE408

From:
John William Lubbock
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
?? Dec 1830
Source of text:
MSL 5 / 117, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel3856

From:
William Rowan Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 December 1830]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Sorry to hear that JH was not elected President of the R.S.L. Sending a supplement to WH's 'Theory of Systems of Rays' essay. Recommends [Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin,] Lord Adare for consideration as a member of the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10064

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 December 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.400
Summary:

Comments on JH's lost election for President of the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2167

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.412
Summary:

Pleased that JH enjoyed the ale. Asks whether comets could be portions of the luminous atmosphere surrounding the sun.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11229

From:
Dionysius Lardner
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.120
Summary:

Has received the parcels of corrected slips and directed the printer to continue composing from the corrected slips. Has been requested by the editor of the Edinburgh Review to prepare an article on Humphry Davy. Can JH supply such an article as DL has no time himself?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4660

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.44
Summary:

Encloses paper 'Figure of the Earth.' Wants information on rays in quartz. Has tried A. J. Fresnel's experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0469

From:
William Buckland
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
7 December 1830
Source of text:
Fitzwilliam Museum MS Perceval L35
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0469a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Buckland
Date:
8 December 1830
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0470

From:
John George Children
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
9 December 1830
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/3/10
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel5311

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[9 December 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.258
Summary:

Would he please send back the proofs he sent the other day as the printers have requested their return. Regarding affairs at the R.S.L. Has he heard from the Treasury?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-136

From:
G. E. Smith
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
9 December 1830
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 166
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel11005

From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
16] December [1830
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.349
Summary:

Wants to print some of JH's observations in his own appendix. Congratulates him on the progress and issue of the R.S.L. business. One of JH's papers was read at the Geological Society last evening and created a good impression, especially from Adam Sedgwick.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1218

From:
James Hudson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 December 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.42
Summary:

Informs JH that he has been put onto an R.S.L. committee to consider the continuation of observations in the Southern Hemisphere, and to announce a meeting of that committee and of the Glass Committee.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9486

From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 December 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.231
Summary:

JH's paper was read at the Geological Society and received great approbation; it will be printed in the Proceedings or Transactions. Was unable to be present as Mrs. Fitton gave birth to a son. Sorry state of the R.S.L. affairs. Intends to have nothing to do with the R.S.L. at present.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5968

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[19 December 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.92 & 21.76
Summary:

Concerning the necessity for two observatories in the Southern Hemisphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12021

From:
Roderick Impey Murchison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.383
Summary:

Regarding the printing of JH's memoir, which William Fitton has now taken to read: suggests it be printed in abstract first of all.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-137

From:
Joseph Cooper
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
22 December 1830
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 168
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel3464

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Peter Mark Roget
Date:
[22 December 1830]
Source of text:
RS DM.4.106 (ACCS: RS:HS B26.43)
Summary:

Will not be coming to either meeting [see James Hudson's 1830-12-18], because JH has fully expressed himself previously on the matter of Southern Hemisphere observations, and had already asked to be excused from further association with Glass Committee and any other connection with 'that subject.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0472

From:
Gerard Moll
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
24 December 1830
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0471a

From:
John William Lubbock
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
24 December 1830
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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