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DCP-LETT-80

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[9 May 1830]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 29)
Summary:

Very sorry WDF was obliged to go to Cheltenham with his parents instead of coming to Cambridge, for the weather is fine, the beetles numerous. Adds news of friends and facts about his collection of insects.

Thinks of reading divinity with Henslow the summer after next.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday0445

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
10 May 1830
Source of text:
RS MS RR 1.165
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel2948

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[10 May 1830]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #2 (fragment (French) Académie belgique: #3)
Summary:

Tells AQ of 'negligent inattention' regarding Belgium's instruments. Has extracted promise from [William?] Simms that the equatorial should be finished by Christmas and mural circle within the following year. Mentions seeing Colonel Blake and [G. P.] Dandelin. Regrets [P. F.] Verhulst's illness. Discusses lichen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-117

From:
G. E. Smith
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
10 May 1830
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 141
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-118

From:
J. J. Audubon
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
12 May 1830
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 142
Summary:

Has just returned to England from America and been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Acknowledges receipt of money in return for works delivered to JSH.

Has completed 50 drawings in America as improvements on The Birds of America and asks JSH for help with increasing subscriptions. Comments on animal specimens.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-119

From:
G. A. W. Arnott
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
13 May 1830
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 143
Summary:

Discusses planned trip to the Scottish Highlands with William Jackson Hooker and his hopes to explore in Breadalbane area.

Responds to JSH’s Salix request list, together with other plant requests, and asks for specimens. Discusses observations of Salix fragilis and Russelliana in the Edinburgh region.

Responds to JSH’s offer of plant specimens. Provides a list of species, stating that it only covers Cambridgeshire deficiencies in his British specimen collection.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Faraday0446

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Davies Gilbert
Date:
13 May 1830
Source of text:
PRO ADM1 / 3471 (in file dated 5 June)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

RS-MM-000511

From:
Adolph Theodor Kupffer
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
15 May 1830
Source of text:
MM/10/35, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

SOMERVILLE239

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
15? May? 1830?
Source of text:
HS 16.336, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Herschel2645

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.336
Summary:

Sending back part of manuscript [Mechanism of the Heavens] for criticism. Hopes Mrs. Herschel and baby are well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project, Brigitte Stenhouse
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Faraday0447

From:
William Henry
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
15 May 1830
Source of text:
MU MS 173
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-120

From:
William Wilson
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
15 May 1830
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 144
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel12186

From:
Eilhard Mitscherlich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.44
Summary:

Has received the R.S.P.T. Also comments on several chemical matters, including isomorphism and crystallization.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3048

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.203
Summary:

Announces second volume of translation of JH's Light is out in Paris. Is sending a copy. Work progresses slowly. Problems because of revolution. AQ's collaborator [P. F.] Verhulst is very ill. Will leave for Italy soon. Discusses his previous trip to Germany. Saw [William] Whewell. Has received Astronomical Society's memoirs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3967

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[19 May 1830]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0575.1; Reel 1058
Summary:

Reports on good health and behavior of JH's new daughter, Caroline Emilia Herschel. Comments on Greek music and on recent results of the R.S.L. Glass Committee.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L744

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Boubée de Lespée
Date:
21 mai 1830
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1943), p. 956.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel5305

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[22 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.252 (ACCS: RS:HS 25.1.1)
Summary:

Has read his book on the decline of science and thinks that the book may do some good. Comments on various parts, and outlines things that could happen as the result. Has replied to Encke's letter about Ephemeris.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel879

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Dionysius Lardner
Date:
[22 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.2
Summary:

Is reluctant to sign any certificates for memberships in the R.S.L. just now [does not explain reason].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L745

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jean-Jacques Ampère (fils d'Ampère)
Date:
23 mai 1830
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 713-714.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel4658

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.42
Summary:

Wants JH's views on a 20-foot reflector. Inviting him to Cambridge. With this letter he encloses Volume 2 of the Cambridge Observatory's Observations and Lectures in Optics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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