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Herschel4675

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.60
Summary:

Further discussion of the telescope being donated by Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4676

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.61
Summary:

Summary of the letter of same date sent to JH at Slough (HS.1.60).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0682

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Carlo Matteucci
Date:
1 October 1833
Source of text:
BPRE MS Regg E 210/11, doc 1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0681

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Richard Hamilton
Date:
1 October 1833
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society MS Journal MS ì (Schomburgk, R.H.)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel6

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[3 October 1833]
Source of text:
RGO 6.157.173
Summary:

Hugh Percy has approved the arrangements, which JH had made with R. A. Cauchoix [see JH's 1833-9-29].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10410

From:
Thomas Henderson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.290
Summary:

Memorandum on the site of N. L. Lacaille's Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-218

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Oct 1833
Source of text:
DAR 204: 120
Summary:

Urges CD to return to the Beagle early in November. Conrad Martens arrives to succeed Augustus Earle as artist for the expedition.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel9557

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.286
Summary:

Sending a proof of a paper he is now having printed. Wishes him all the best for his forthcoming expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12203

From:
Thomas Murdoch
To:
L. D. Webster Gordon
Date:
[4 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.60
Summary:

Letter introducing JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3015

From:
Wilhelm Struve
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.125
Summary:

Promises to write JH more often at the Cape. Is waiting for JH's work on nebulae. Promises to send his work on 3000 double stars. Plans to begin work on parallax of fixed stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11015

From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
6] October [1833
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.358
Summary:

Cannot move until Saturday due to medical reasons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10661

From:
James Hudson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.34
Summary:

Acknowledging receipt of tin box containing the papers of the late Sir William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9749

From:
Mario Gemmellaro
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.96
Summary:

Was pleased to receive JH's letter and his observations of Etna. Would like his memoir on the Nebulae of the Southern Hemisphere. Wishes him a prosperous time at the Cape. Would like some of the copper coins from Madagascar.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11544

From:
Martha Langton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
10 October [1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.461
Summary:

Would be grateful for the loan of £10 to meet urgent needs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0683

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward William Brayley
Date:
10 October 1833
Source of text:
The Literary Repository, 1957, No 4, p.1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel6876

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[10 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.149
Summary:

Arrangements related to JH's going to the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12812

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Miss C. Langton
Date:
[11 October 1833]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0218; Reel 1054
Summary:

Preparations for leaving England make it impossible for JH to [give money] to [Joseph] Langton, but JH has paid entire bill for fencing in the Merke, part of which Langton should have paid, and now dismisses Langton's £300 debt to JH, incurred on 8 June 1831.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6216

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.336
Summary:

Called on him yesterday to tell him that [Robert?] Maconochie has a copy of a work that JH wants and he would most likely let him have it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6737

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.55
Summary:

Hopes JH is still in England as the barometer indicates a gale. Gives some of his recent star observations. Was disappointed with the state of James South's instruments at Kensington. Met W. S. Stratford and Thomas Henderson there. William Lassell is an ingenious man.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-219

From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Oct 1833
Source of text:
DAR 204: 101
Summary:

Mainly news of the family and friends. Their joy at the abolition of slavery.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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