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Herschel9851

From:
James A. Gordon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 July 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.185
Summary:

Sending details of a case of mesmerism known to him. Met one of his sons the other day. Pleased to hear JH is to become a Crown Commissioner. Wishes Mr. Naish was accessible to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2303

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Henry Bowie
Date:
1 July 1850
Source of text:
NLS MS 581 <(499)>
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2304

From:
Charles Barry
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
2 July 1850
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Tyndall0410

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Heinrich Debus
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/357, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Tyndall0411

From:
James Craven
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
July 5, 1850
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/11/3542, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel12568

From:
Giovanni Antonio Plana
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.438
Summary:

Asks for some of JH's memoirs to complete GP's collection. Has observed the comet recently discovered. Comments on one of GP's recent memoirs, and asks if JH has a copy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3611

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[R.S.L. Council]
Date:
[6 July 1850]
Source of text:
RS RR.2.237
Summary:

Reports on paper by William Thomson on mathematical theory of magnetism. Approves paper, but believes JH lacks expertise to report properly on it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1277

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
6 July 1850
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.44-46, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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Faraday2305

From:
Joseph Antione Ferdinand Plateau
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 July 1850
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1343

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James de Carle Sowerby
Date:
8 July [1850]
Source of text:
Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (17 June 2010)
Summary:

Has received plates. Gives instructions for scale and arrangement of engravings.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall0412

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
July 9th, 1850
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/148, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel4195

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 July 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.299
Summary:

Sends JH copy of his address to Royal Geographical Society. Inquires about a means to make astronomical instruments steadier with poles devised by JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0413

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/529, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2306

From:
Second Marquis of Breadalbane
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
10 July 1850
Source of text:
Rosalind Brennand
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

JHC109

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir William Jackson Hooker
Date:
11?-7-1850
Source of text:
JDH/1/10 f.292-293, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

RS-MM-000487

From:
Edward Joshua Cooper
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
13 July 1850
Source of text:
MM/9/67, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

DCP-LETT-1343A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Downie
Date:
14 July [1850]
Source of text:
Autos & Autos (dealers) (Catalogue 839)
Summary:

An enquiry about the availability, size, and cost of cork-lined boxes for entomological collections.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday2307

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts
Date:
15 July 1850
Source of text:
W.A.F. Burdett-Coutts
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4204

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[15 July 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.88
Summary:

Compliments WS on a written address. Describes how to set up a telescope to avoid unnecessary vibration; includes diagram.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5575

From:
Friedrich Eduard Beneke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 July 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.65
Summary:

Letter to accompany the second part of FB's popular psychology, together with more of FB's constant urging of the need for psychology in England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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