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Herschel6655

From:
[Sarah] [Newnham-]Collingwood
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.358
Summary:

Does not know the answer to his query regarding the pew, but has written to her lawyer about it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10940

From:
Henry Anthony Jeffreys
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.284
Summary:

Returns the documents with many thanks. Augustus De Morgan's letter seems very satisfactory. Regarding the expenses of management. Will call on him later.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1552

From:
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 February 1844
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.35
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1553

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Date:
8 February 1844
Source of text:
BrUL MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel7428

From:
Peter Stewart
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
8 February [1844]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/1.11; Reel 9
Summary:

Sends sample of paper to show JH. Postpones visit [to Collingwood] until PS has more information. Anxious that PS's last letter [see PS's 1844-1-29] did not clarify how government grants were applied to publications of [Andrew] Smith and Charles Darwin. News of Stewart family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6894

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.192
Summary:

All the tables in Charles Ansell's work are expressed in decimals. Gives advice on type of insurance for sickness and death. Regarding the true inventor of J. E. Bode's law. Very few at the Anniversary dinner.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6145

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.271
Summary:

Would like to hear from him regarding 'Argo.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0292

From:
Jean Lancaster
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
le 10 fevrier 1844
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYPE/11/3737, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel12330

From:
Sir Richard Owen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.187
Summary:

At the request of Mr. Clift, acknowledges JH's communication of the case of the Mare with the intestinal calculi. The specimens are very acceptable.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2961

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[11 February 1844]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #19 (draft Académie belgique: #20)
Summary:

Will attempt to arrange publication and reception of AQ's work in England. Grieves that AQ has suffered attacks because of his zeal in meteorological observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6146

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[11 February 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.272 (C: RS:HS 25.8.63)
Summary:

Gives his own views regarding 'Argo' and the renaming of the constellations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6147

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 February 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.273
Summary:

Further regarding the arrangement of 'Argo.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0293

From:
Joseph Payne
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Monday morning | Feb 12. 1844
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYPE/11/3845-3846, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-735A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Wicksted
Date:
13 Feb [1844?]
Source of text:
George Clive (private collection)
Summary:

Inquires about the habits of a litter of foxhounds whose sire was particularly good at recovering the scent in paths or roads.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel5618

From:
William Radcliffe Birt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 February 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.107
Summary:

Can sympathize with JH as he has just lost a close relation. Has been unable to contact Edward Sabine. The Dublin and Munich curves have been engraved. Thanks for the Annalen. Howard Elphinstone has sent his [?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6148

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 February 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.274
Summary:

Regarding the arrangement of 'Malus.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1554

From:
John Peter Boileau
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
15 February 1844
Source of text:
RI MS F1 K04
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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KEMP53

From:
Thomas Walker
To:
William Kemp
Date:
[15 Feb 1844]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/33)
Summary:

Has got in a controversy about tar burning with a man from Musselburgh.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond
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Tyndall0287

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir Robert Peel
Date:
February 16th, 1844
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/11/3916-3918, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel11204

From:
Charles D. E. König
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 February 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.93
Summary:

Regarding the disposal of Andrew Bain's fossil remains from the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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