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SOMERVILLE591

From:
?Pierre Prevost
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
??/1833
Source of text:
MSP 5 / 282, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE435

From:
Charles Lyell
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
undated [c. 1833]
Source of text:
MSL 6 / 140, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel8575

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry William Pickersgill
Date:
[1833]
Source of text:
British Astronomical Association
Summary:

Must rearrange date of sitting for HP's preparation of a portrait of JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1171

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.31
Summary:

Encourages WS to spend time observing nebulae and double stars, especially the latter, 'since [James] South has given up observing, and [W. R.] Dawes is in habitual ill health.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11076

From:
William Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.413
Summary:

Has had no communication with Thomas Phillips regarding JH's portrait and they would approve of JH's choice of H. W. Pickersgill. Will call on Pickersgill when he is in town and arrange size of the portrait.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE639

From:
William Whewell
To:
William Somerville
Date:
1833
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 177, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel6272

From:
E. S. [Mrs.] Beckwith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.33
Summary:

In her absence JH has called on her. She would like to see him when convenient to arrange a new trustee for the marriage settlement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3013

From:
Wilhelm Struve
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.123
Summary:

Mentions [James] South's visit to Dorpat. Includes his observations of the past year. Concedes that JH saw Biela's comet first.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3659

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.2
Summary:

Asks JH to review a publication RS was preparing. Comments on James South's claim concerning supposed defects in the telescope made for him by Edward Troughton. Suggests JH intercede with the government to get it to support G. B. Airy's reduction of the Greenwich planetary observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14837

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
8 January [1833]
Source of text:
Kasslers
Summary:

Postpones visit of Lady [Margaret] Herschel to CW. Wishes to take CW's Symphonion to Slough. Has made favorable mention of CW's tuning fork experiments in paper on absorption [JH's 'On the Absorption of Light by Coloured Media...'].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE368

From:
James Ivory
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
9 Jan 1833
Source of text:
MSI 1 / 6, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel12025

From:
Roderick Impey Murchison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.387
Summary:

Further regarding the projected portrait of JH by H. W. Pickersgill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8868

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Philosophical Magazine
Date:
[12 January 1833]
Source of text:
P.M., n.s. 2 (1833), 110-12
Summary:

Reports observing curious depositions of ice around the decaying stems of vegetables during frost. Speculates on the possible source.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-195

From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Jan 1833
Source of text:
DAR 204: 74
Summary:

Family news. Uncle Jos [Josiah Wedgwood II] has been returned to Parliament with a fine majority.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3972

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1833]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0578.1; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH reports the birth of his son William James Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10292

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.175
Summary:

Congratulations on his addition to the family; hopes all are well. Would like JH to meet T. T. Grant, who has a new invention, which may prove of great utility.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5716

From:
Sarah Bowdich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.207
Summary:

Sending the Eloge on G. C. L. D. Cuvier. Plans to write a biographical memoir of Cuvier herself.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9083

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.184
Summary:

Comments on the optical experiments with 'Mr [Thomas] Malthus's eyes.' Reports that Richard Jones has received a professorship at King's College. Mentions WW's intention to investigate tides.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-196

From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 and 21 Jan 1833
Source of text:
DAR 204: 111
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of two letters from CD and a box of specimens.

Mentions attendance at BAAS meeting and a gift to him of a small living near Oxford. Some political news.

Congratulates CD on the work he has done – the specimens are of great interest. Gives advice on packing, labelling, and future collecting and suggests that – as a precaution – CD send home a copy of his notes on the specimens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8264

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John St. John
Date:
[15 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.68
Summary:

H. W. Pickersgill proposed to paint JH's portrait for free, to be given to St. John's College. Now finds JH must pay for picture. Will delay until another artist is chosen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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