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Herschel7309

From:
C. De La Vane
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1833-8
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.488
Summary:

Is Miss Macqueen expected with him tomorrow and would she give the enclosed memo to JH [query as to whether the Duke of Gloucester was in Metz in 1776].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3832

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1833]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Wishes JH well on his upcoming trip to the Cape of Good Hope. Asks JH to study the lower part of the Scorpion, for William Herschel was mystified by the 'uncommon appearance of that part of the heavens.' [Written as a postscript to a letter by Margaret Herschel.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE461

From:
Jane Marcet
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
?? Aug 1833
Source of text:
MSM 2 / 177, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2512

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[3 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.422 (C: RS:HS 21.144)
Summary:

Received £500 from J. C. Spencer (Lord Althorp) for reduction under the direction of G. B. Airy of earlier planetary observations. Althorp conferred with Lord Grey. Conjectures possible need of a larger grant.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5989

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[3 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.115 & 21.143
Summary:

Has received a note from J. C. Spencer (Lord Althorp) stating that a grant of £500 is available for them [R.A.S.?]. He has acknowledged it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000008

From:
John Dalton
To:
Jean Baptiste Biot
Date:
5 August 1833
Source of text:
MM/1/8, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000007

From:
John Dalton
To:
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Date:
5 Aug 1833
Source of text:
MM/1/7, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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Faraday0672a

From:
Third Earl of Egremont
To:
Faraday
Date:
6 August 1833
Source of text:
UTA Stark Library, tipped Greville (1874), volume 3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-682

From:
William Buckland
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
8 August 1833
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 55
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-1057

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
W. V. Harcourt
Date:
8 August 1833
Source of text:
Oxford, Bodleian Library MS.Eng.d.3873 ff.162-6
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Faraday0673

From:
John Phillips
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 August 1833
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel12477

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[9 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.343 & 21.145
Summary:

JH has written to James South again [see JH's 1833-7-8] but has received no answer; is suggesting that it may well be that [R. A.] Cauchoix, the French optician, can supply object glasses as good as those James South has.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8524

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[11 August 1833]
Source of text:
Académie des sciences (Paris)
Summary:

[Extract from a letter of this date to James South:] Tells FA that FA's magnetic experiments have been successfully repeated in England by Peter Barlow, Samuel Christie, Charles Babbage, and JH. Gives details. Publication in process.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11671

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.36
Summary:

Hears that Thomas Henderson is in town and thinks of bringing him down to Slough. Intends to take some iron bedsteads to the Cape; can JH advise him where they may be obtained?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12478

From:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.344
Summary:

Agrees with JH to go direct to the French optician [see JH's 1833-8-9] for a large object glass; HP will provide a telescope with such a lens if G. B. Airy agrees such a large telescope is appropriate to Cambridge Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10408

From:
Thomas Henderson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.288
Summary:

Has written two letters from the Cape. Arrived three days ago. Will shortly proceed to Edinburgh. Has left the barometer on the ship. Compared this barometer with the one at St. Helena.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0675

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Phillipps
Date:
13 August 1833
Source of text:
Bod MS Phillipps-Robinson b.127, f.14
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0674

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Jerdan
Date:
13 August 1833
Source of text:
SI D MS 554A
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel3014

From:
Wilhelm Struve
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.124
Summary:

Sends letter from 'chronometer expedition' in Baltic Sea under the leadership of [T. F.] Schubert and supported by the Prussian, Danish, and Swedish governments. Mentions talk written for a larger audience in French publication. Envies JH's opportunity to observe the southern hemisphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6735

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.53
Summary:

Business matters calls him to London and would be happy to make his acquaintance. Will visit Slough if necessary.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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