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Faraday0676

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Phillips
Date:
15 August 1833
Source of text:
UMO MS JPP 1833 / 21.1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[15 August 1833]
Source of text:
RGO 6.157.162 (C: RS:HS 25.3.16)
Summary:

Encourages GA to consider favorably the offer of Hugh Percy [Duke of Northumberland] of donating a telescope to Cambridge Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8667

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Henderson
Date:
[15 August 1833]
Source of text:
NatLibScot MS.3134, no.51
Summary:

Arranges to meet TH, probably at Slough, and also to get a barometer from TH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0677

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Eilhard Mitscherlich
Date:
17 August 1833
Source of text:
DM HS 778
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel12289

From:
John Narrien
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.145
Summary:

Hopes that JH will accept a copy of JN's work [on the history of astronomy]. Wishes JH all success in his forthcoming mission [to the Cape].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8525

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

Offers a paper ['Note sur la manière d'agir de l'acide nitrique sur le fer,' Annales de chimie, 54 (1833), 87-94] for publication in Annales de chimie. Informs FA how to correspond with JH while JH is at the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4673

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.58
Summary:

Copy of letter to Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) stating that the Duke's offer of a refracting telescope of great power, to Cambridge Observatory would be a valuable gift. To JH: Remarks on gift of telescope, planet reduction money, and on his geological exploration of the Charnwood Forest.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE207

From:
James D Forbes
To:
William Somerville
Date:
20 Aug 1833
Source of text:
MSF 2 / 231, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel7943

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[21 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.146
Summary:

Invites CW to Slough to demonstrate CW's 'elegant experiments on light & sound.' Will need time to get JH's electric machine in order. Asks for copy of CW's paper on Jew's harp.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6736

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.54
Summary:

Has just arrived in London and will proceed to Slough tomorrow in the company of William Lassell.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7944

From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.145
Summary:

Accepts JH's invitation to demonstrate [on 28 Aug.] CW's portable optical and acoustical experiments and the 'whirling machine.' Asks JH to supply 'an electrical machine and a good sized jar.' Encloses copy of CW's paper on Jew's harp. Will bring another paper and new 'Symphonion' for Mary Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10343

From:
William Vernon Harcourt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
23 August [1833?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.226
Summary:

Pleased to hear of JH's success with his application to the Treasury. Would like a statement from him on the nature of his communication to the Cambridge meeting concerning the actinometer. Hopes he is not too busy preparing for his voyage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-302

From:
William Clift
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
24 August 1833
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 89
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-212

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 [Aug 1833]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 117
Summary:

Wishes CD well on his trip to General Juan Manuel Rosas. CD is to send word when he wants a boat; there is no hurry, for there is plenty of work for the sounders. He envies CD’s travels.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel11672

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.37
Summary:

Has been residing with [Robert?] Lee at Hartwell for a few days. Hears that JH and Benjamin D'Urban will be travelling to the Cape on the Elphinstone; is this true?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4674

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.59
Summary:

Has visited Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) at Buxton, who suggests that JH approaches R. A. Cauchoix for the glass for the new telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE460

From:
Jane Marcet
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
26 Aug 1833
Source of text:
MSM 2 / 176, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[27 August 1833]
Source of text:
RGO 6.157.164
Summary:

A note along with letters from R. A. Cauchoix, the telescope maker, and [J. C. Spencer,] Lord Althorp, about the B.A.A.S.; JH is trying to clean up observation reports before leaving for the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10084

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.421
Summary:

Preparation to go to Madeira for health reasons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 August 1833]
Source of text:
RGO 6.157.167
Summary:

Further about the telescope to be donated by Hugh Percy [see JH's 1833-8-15], along with a promise that JH will write to R. A. Cauchoix about the telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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