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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Magrath
Date:
July 1836
Source of text:
RI MS F1 G17
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 July 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.246
Summary:

Sending some curious magnetic observations made at the Cape. Regarding chronometer measurements. Changes of temperature over sea and land compared.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Fairbairn
Date:
[1836-7]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.145
Summary:

Feels unfitted for the appointment of Commissioner offered in JF's letter of 13 July.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[1836-7?]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Believes that JH and TM can compile a better comet catalog together than they could separately.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[3 July 1836]
Source of text:
Univ. of London Library
Summary:

Has received Francis Baily's Account of the Rev. John Flamsteed [1835]. Comments that its best part is Baily's restoration of the British Catalogue. JH now thinks less of Flamsteed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Dominique François Jean Arago
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
4 July 1836
Source of text:
DP
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Wilbraham
Date:
7 July 1836
Source of text:
Anon (1837), 21-2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 July 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.134
Summary:

Regarding his own observations of the recent solar eclipse. Is sending G. B. Airy's report on Alexander von Humboldt's letter on magnetic observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John William Parker
Date:
8 July 1836
Source of text:
WIHM MS FALF
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 July 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.247
Summary:

Sending a packet. Weather and winds have been unsuitable. Will send Thomas Maclear's packet by the next vessel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Peter Mark Roget
To:
P M Roget
Date:
8 July 1836
Source of text:
MM/12/14, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
9 July 1836
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 30 DAR/1/1/30)
Summary:

Asks JSH to propose him for Geological Society. His meeting with Sir John Herschel and Andrew Smith at Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Peter Mark Roget
To:
Anthony Panizzi
Date:
9 July 1836
Source of text:
MM/12/15, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.182
Summary:

Sending him the Calculus of Functions, which he may retain, and also some maps of the stars published by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The R.A.S. is preparing a picture of Francis Baily and has added JH's name to the subscription list. Supposes he has fixed a date for his return. Regarding 'Warren's jet blacking.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Peter Mark Roget
To:
P M Roget
Date:
10 July 1836
Source of text:
MM/12/16, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Thomas Glanville Taylor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.334
Summary:

JH's reaction to Madras Results Volume III pleases TT. Discusses his observing methods in the volume.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Cary
Date:
11 July 1836
Source of text:
ChUL, Frank Webster Jay Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 July 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.89
Summary:

Was necessary to reduce the whole of the sixth months' observations. More scanty than he desired but much of his time was taken up observing the comet stars. Is now busy with the comet stars. Does not send the precession as JH has them in his list.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Fairbairn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 July 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.144
Summary:

JH has been nominated a member of the newly formed commission to inquire into the suitability of Table Bay as a port.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny
Date:
13 July 1836
Source of text:
private possession
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project