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SOMERVILLE447

From:
Charles Macintosh
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
8 Jan 1832
Source of text:
MSM 1 / 158, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel5324

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[9 January 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.271 & 21.99
Summary:

Recent loss [death of his mother] has put the controversies temporarily aside. Gives further news of various matters which affect him. Feels angry at David Brewster's manner.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1039

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry
Date:
[9 January 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.3.3
Summary:

Comments on a letter from WH in which he discussed experiments WH had made on the infection of cowpox, typhoid, and scarlatina.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5325

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.272
Summary:

Has just heard of the death of Lady Herschel. Will be at Slough for the funeral on Friday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1697

From:
David William Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.183
Summary:

Letter of condolence on death of JH's mother.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6204

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.326
Summary:

Would like his opinion on a political matter viz disenfranchising of boroughs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8029

From:
James Wood
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 January 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.297
Summary:

Delighted by JH's discovery of orbit of Gamma Virginis. JH has conclusively established 'the indefinite extent and uniformity of the principle of gravitation.' Invites JH and wife to visit Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE587

From:
Julius Plucker
To:
Leonard Horner
Date:
11 Jan 1832
Source of text:
MSP 4 / 274, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

DCP-LETT-155

From:
Charlotte Wedgwood; Charlotte Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 and 29 Jan 1832 and 1 Feb 1832
Source of text:
DAR 204: 116
Summary:

Writes about Hensleigh Wedgwood’s marriage to Frances Mackintosh and her own engagement to Charles Langton. Also gives news of other relatives and friends.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6205

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[13 January 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.326bis (C: RS:HS 21.100)
Summary:

Responds to FB's request for advice on a political document prepared by Thomas Drummond analyzing parliamentary representation and taxation in mathematical terms.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10404

From:
Thomas Henderson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.284
Summary:

Spent a pleasant time with G. B. Airy at Cambridge. The 'Melville' ship sails from Portsmouth on Thursday and he has been promised a passage to the Cape in it. Proposes to call on him tomorrow to discuss certain things.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6872

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.176
Summary:

Returns his paper and would be glad to receive an abstract. JH has been removed from the Council of the R.A.S. in deference to his wishes. King of Denmark has offered a gold medal for the discovery of a comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1891

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Gore
Date:
[17 January 1832]
Source of text:
WT A-299
Summary:

Thanks MF for his kindness and attention to JH's mother in her final illness, and asks JG for his bill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3959

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 January 1832]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Saddened at the death of JH's mother; knows that 'it can't be long before I shall follow the dear departed.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE13

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
William Somerville
Date:
20 Jan 1832
Source of text:
MSB1 / 235, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel12860

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[25 January 1832]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0267; Reel 1054
Summary:

Attempts explanation of curious subterranean acoustic phenomenon at Nakoos. Explains other natural acoustic phenomena and eruptions of geysers in Iceland. P.S.: Do not nominate JH to council of Geological Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE90

From:
William Buckland
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
29 Jan 1832
Source of text:
MSB 15 / 426, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel10528

From:
Thomas Hodgkin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 January 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.405
Summary:

Was pleased to receive the elements of Gamma Virginis. Congratulations on his knighthood. J. J. Lister called on him recently and would like to see JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-157

From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Feb 1832
Source of text:
DAR 204: 110
Summary:

News of Cambridge: the recent examinations; memorial tablet for Marmaduke Ramsay.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

RS-MM-001649

From:
unknown
To:
Royal Society by George Hyde Wollaston
Date:
8 February 1832
Source of text:
MM/21/94, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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