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Herschel11863

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
29] March [1837
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.222
Summary:

Call on Col. G. G. Lewis; the latter expressed a desire to see the rods laid off. Can JH come and breakfast with them to see the operation? JH needs a rest from astronomy to restore his health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3834

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 March 1837]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Experiencing 'a daily increase of pain and feebleness.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4978

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[3 April 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.361 & 21.219
Summary:

Regarding the meteor seen in New York. Gives tables of meteors seen during a specified time. Comments on the phenomenon of meteors. Sun spots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0981

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Henry Blaauw
Date:
5 April 1837
Source of text:
RI MS F1 A10 [report] and IEE MS SC 132 [letter]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel13008

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Calder Stewart
Date:
[6 April 1837]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0421; Reel 1055
Summary:

JS's serious illness, recovery, and return to England. JH dismisses hope of devising phonetic alphabet for Chinese. Poem by Michelangelo. Notes on classic literature.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0982

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
7 April 1837
Source of text:
BL add MS 37190, f.93
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel6013

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[7 April 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.139 (C: RS:HS 25.8.10)
Summary:

Would FB convey his thanks to the R.S.L. for the award of their medal. Has observed the whole of the southern hemisphere twice. Is pleased to hear of the American support for science.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10414

From:
Thomas Henderson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 April 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.295
Summary:

Sending a few lines via Captain Basil Hall. Has sent his observations of the refractions of stars at lower altitudes than 5 degrees, to the R.A.S. Started work on determining the position of the stars from Baily's zodiacal catalogue. Government has authorized the printing of the observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11833

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
7?] April [1837
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.192
Summary:

Sends the Comptes rendus in which he will find the notice TM alluded to. Beautiful definition last night. Gauze diminishes the light without further mischief.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10304

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 April 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.187
Summary:

Encloses a dispatch from Thomas Henderson, who is very pleased with his work and a word from JH would spur him on. Is more out of touch with science at Edinburgh than JH is at the Cape. Young engineer, J. S. Russell, has idea for swift towing canal boats. Doubtless he has seen Francis Baily's supplement on John Flamsteed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-354

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield
Date:
10 Apr [1837]
Source of text:
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Summary:

Discusses possibility of publishing the zoology of the voyage of the Beagle. Will need help from more able naturalists. Would LJ object to describing the fishes for such a work rather than for scientific journals? Is working on his Beagle journal.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE203

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Somerville
Date:
10 Apr 1837
Source of text:
MSF 1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Faraday0983

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Somerville
Date:
10 April 1837
Source of text:
Bod MS Somerville dep. c.370 MSF-1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0984

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Barrow
Date:
13 April 1837
Source of text:
PRO ADM1 / 4614, f.101
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0985

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
15 April 1837
Source of text:
BL add MS 37190, f.102
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0986

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Gravatt
Date:
15 April 1837
Source of text:
RMA WO150 / 18, f.87
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0986a

From:
Faraday report
To:
Faraday report
Date:
17 April 1837
Source of text:
Dickson (1837), 37-8
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10305

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 April 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.188
Summary:

Further information about boats in canals. Sends proof sheets of the article in question.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0987

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Leverton Donaldson
Date:
21 April 1837
Source of text:
RIBA MS Elgin Marbles Committee Minutes, f.12-13
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0989

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
22 April 1837
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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