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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Hodgkin
Date:
[1830-5-24 or later]
Source of text:
WT.Ho A.3
Summary:

Thanks TH for some crystals, including borax, as well as a paper by J. J. Lister. JH has been cutting the borax crystals preparatory to grinding and polishing them; JH has used these crystals to observe a phenomenon previously seen with a mass of niter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Hodgkin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.402
Summary:

Sending a paper by J. J. Lister on the microscope and some crystals of Borate of Soda. Carlo Gemmellaro has been examining temperature of air in the subterranean passage near Nicolosi. Hopes JH will visit Tottenham; would give him great pleasure to see him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Claude-Julien Bredin
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
25 mai 1830.
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 714.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[25 May 1830]
Source of text:
RGO 6.803.137
Summary:

About the prices of telescope mirrors, and specifically the one of T. J. Hussey; recommends use of certain stars to test the optical quality of the mirror.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
François Clerc
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
26 mai 1830
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 311ter., Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

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

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[27 May 1830]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.5 (C: RS:HS 21.70)
Summary:

Thanks WS for excerpt from Niccolo Cacciatore's letter; comments on the awarding of medals for merit, and points out some necessary conditions which must be considered if the observations of the satellites of Jupiter are to be used in determining the constant of aberration.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[31 May 1830]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 30)
Summary:

Glad WDF will visit him in Shrewsbury.

Hope visited CD; he and T. C. Eyton want CD to join them on an entomological trip to N. Wales; can WDF come?

William Yarrell has discovered a new wild swan in England; CD has had bad specimen of it stuffed for WDF.

Adds brief news of friends.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Kater
Date:
[1830 to 1833]-5-31
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.76
Summary:

Arrangements for R.S.L. annual banquet. Lord High Admiral may attend.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
William Wilson
Date:
1 June 1830
Source of text:
New York Botanic Garden Library
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 June 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.463
Summary:

Reports on discussion in Astronomical Society council whether to favor JH's recommendation of a new nomenclature regarding the angular positions of double stars, or to support JS's preference for William Herschel's method. Other activities concerning the Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Cockburn
To:
Wilhelm Siegmund Feldberg
Date:
4 June 1830
Source of text:
MM/21/35, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Charles Henry Knowles
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 June 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.89
Summary:

Returns the Edinburgh Review. Has written to the Morning Chronicle regarding G. B. Rodney's (1st Baron Rodney) naval maneuver. Sends three pamphlets.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Stokes
Date:
5 June 1830
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/1/04
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Henry Vivian
Date:
5 June 1830
Source of text:
NLW VP A.337
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Eliza Young
Date:
[5 June 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.312
Summary:

Received Thomas Young's portrait. Will send summary to Hudson Gurney soon. Suggests correction in proposed title.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Kater
Date:
[6 June 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.59
Summary:

F. G. W. Struve will arrive in July. Before HK and wife leave for Continent next week, please leave directions how Struve may obtain Struve's scale.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James South
Date:
[7 June 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.3
Summary:

Is defending a change in notation for the angles of position system that JH introduced in a paper. [Postscript dated 1830-7-7 marked 'Private' and deals with business relating to the Athenaeum and a comment on Charles Babbage's book.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Kater
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 June 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.15
Summary:

Does he want a scale ordered form George Dollond for Wilhelm Struve? Will not be in London when Struve arrives. Has written a paper on the Standards for the R.S.L. and will send JH a copy when printed. Comments on the comparison of Standards.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jean-Jacques Ampère (fils d'Ampère)
Date:
9 juin 1830
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 714-715-716.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère