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DCP-LETT-634

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:
[late July–Aug 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 92: A16–17
Summary:

Has made an offer for house at Down, renting having been refused. Discusses price, risks involved, and Edward Cresy’s advice.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel2451

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1842-7]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.305
Summary:

Sorry [F. W.] Bessel's health is 'so indifferent.' Glad JH is coming to [B.A.A.S. meeting].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8540

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[1842-7]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225
Summary:

Informs FB on how to visit Woolwich Arsenal and Dock Yard.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9127

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1842?-7?]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20743 (C: RS:HS 22.126)
Summary:

Hopes to arrange a meeting with WW at the invitation of a Mr. Hope. Discusses JH's recent photographic works and sends some photographs of improved quality.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0150

From:
William Ginty
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Sunday morning, [July] 1842
Source of text:
MS JT/1/11/3583, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday1409

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Valentine Bartholomew
Date:
2 July 1842
Source of text:
RI MS F1 A15
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1410

From:
William Allen Miller
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
2 July 1842
Source of text:
NAC MG 24, A 13, volume 2, f.404
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1411

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts
Date:
4 July 1842
Source of text:
W.A.F. Burdett-Coutts
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

RS-MM-000688

From:
unknown
To:
D Nutt
Date:
5 July 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/203, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel5586

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.76
Summary:

About further travel plans, and people FB is meeting as he travels in Britain.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-213

From:
Joseph Henry
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
5 July 1842
Source of text:
Smithsonian Archives, Henry Papers Draft The Papers of Joseph Henry 5 (1985): 242-45
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel1281

From:
[Alexander J. B. Hope?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.53
Summary:

A proposal to complete the calculating machine has been made by Charles Babbage, and AH wants JH's opinion of it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000687

From:
unknown
To:
W E Shuckard
Date:
7 July 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/202, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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Faraday1413

From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 July 1842
Source of text:
UB MS NS 346
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1412

From:
George Fownes
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 July 1842
Source of text:
NAC MG 24, A 13, volume 2, f.435-6
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel8538

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[8 July 1842]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 22.127)
Summary:

Detailed arrangements for FB's visit [see JH's 1842-6].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6098

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.225
Summary:

Account of the eclipse seen at Pavia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1191

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.8
Summary:

Informs JH that the B.A.A.S. has place him on a committee to conduct experiments by capture balloon on the atmosphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1192

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.9
Summary:

Informs JH that the B.A.A.S. has placed him on a committee to supervise the translation and publication of foreign scientific memoirs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14216

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1842]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0428.14; Reel 1093
Summary:

JH, William Whewell, George Peacock, Humphrey Lloyd, and Edward Sabine are appointed by the B.A.A.S. to study systems of simultaneous magnetical and meteorological observations. They will be granted £89.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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