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SOMERVILLE45

From:
Francis Baily
To:
William Somerville
Date:
3 Feb 1833
Source of text:
MSB 4 / 290, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel4671

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 February 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.56
Summary:

Inviting JH to his house if he attends the meeting of the B.A.A.S. Proposes to visit JH in London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12026

From:
Roderick Impey Murchison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.388
Summary:

Further comments on the painting of H. W. Pickersgill. Hopes that JH will sit for Pickersgill. Also hopes that JH will attend the Geological Society Anniversary on the fifteenth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10081

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 February 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.418
Summary:

Of health and reminiscences of the past [letter completed 1833-2-22].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1522

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. Robertson
Date:
[15 February 1833]
Source of text:
APS B.H435p.6
Summary:

Has sought, and is agreeing with, advice given about JH's involvement with several trusts [?] during JH's time in South Africa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13602

From:
Siméon Denis Poisson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 February 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.15
Summary:

Best wishes to JH on his voyage to the Cape, and comments on what wonders JH may observe there. [Letter largely illegible.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3592

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
[20 February 1833]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 17 (C: RS:HS 21.129)
Summary:

Congratulates JF on obtaining, after some difficulty, the Chair of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh. Accepts offer to discuss meteorology with JF's relation Leslie Melville[?], and hopes to mention his actinometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5717

From:
Sarah Bowdich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 February 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.208
Summary:

Is grateful for his letter and offer to show her any G. C. L. D. Cuvier letters. Was pleased to see his letter as she heard he was at the Cape in pursuit of constellations. What shall she do with the forthcoming copies of her book on fishes he ordered?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8265

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Kater
Date:
[23 February 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.69 (C: RS:HS 21.130)
Summary:

Shocked to read in paper of HK's loss. Offers condolences.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13000

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart
Date:
[23 February 1833]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0413; Reel 1055
Summary:

JS is most welcome to visit Slough to see new baby [William James]. [Margaret Herschel note: Invites JS to christening.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11669

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 February 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.34
Summary:

Hears that JH is contemplating a rotatory roof for his telescope at the Cape. Sends details of a method he has devised for his own observatory. Will send a drawing of it next week. Will be pleased to show it to JH if he is that way.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11012

From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
25] February [1833
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.355
Summary:

Exhibits on Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Sends tickets. Hopes to dine at the Athenaeum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7287

From:
John Dalton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 February 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.466
Summary:

Thanks for sending him his paper on sound. Comments on this and gives some of his own findings on this subject.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6210

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.331
Summary:

Unable to help him as Richardson's Brisbane Observations have not yet come to hand. Feels the same as JH does regarding the presentation of the true colors of his parents.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-200

From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 & 6 Mar 1833
Source of text:
DAR 204: 99
Summary:

Captain Beaufort has offered to get one more letter to CD before the long voyage around the Horn;

SD brings family news up to date.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel1318

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.268
Summary:

Asks about rumor regarding JH going to Cape. Describes some electrical experiments WT saw at Royal Institution and refers to some WT carried out years earlier.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5331

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.278
Summary:

Has glanced over the papers and made a few corrections. Suggests one point for alteration.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11948

From:
Charles May
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.310
Summary:

Has received the glasses from Dr. John Dalton with very minute answers. Dalton gave a paper on this subject in 1794 to the Manchester Society. Will bring them to London tomorrow. Dr. Simms is in a critical condition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-202

From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Mar [1833]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 75
Summary:

Sends her love and family news.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-201

From:
Robert Waring Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Mar 1833
Source of text:
DAR 204: 94
Summary:

Writes of the pleasure all feel in CD’s continued good health and joy in his voyage.

Tells of the banana tree he bought, which he sits under and thinks of CD "in similar shade".

CD’s financial accounts are correct.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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