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Herschel14248

From:
Benedetto Pistrucci
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0430.9; Reel 1093
Summary:

Rejects the Treasury's offer as 'dishonorable and degrading to my character as an artist.' Disagrees with combining the offices of Clerk of Irons, Superintendent of Machinery, and Chief Coiner. Lists eleven names of Mint officers, comparing years of service in relation to their retirement settlements. Proposes to accept £400 annual salary with the title of Her Majesty's Chief Medalist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1786

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0635.4 (C: RGO 6.341.23)
Summary:

Is asking JH to bring the long version of Richard Sheepshanks's paper to the next meeting of the Standards Committee [see JH's 1852-2-11].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2502

From:
Griffith George Lewis
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
9 March 1852
Source of text:
RS MS 241, f.127
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel13486

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
9 March [1852?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0719.2; Reel 1089
Summary:

Submits to Treasury commissioners a design by L. C. Wyon for Kaffir medal. [Addressed to 'My Lord'.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0608

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Elizabeth Steuart
Date:
10th March 1852
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/10/3335, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel1846

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[11 March 1852]
Source of text:
WT 68037.14
Summary:

Says JH will not join the society to which he has been invited, because he has done nothing on the subject for a long time and JH's attendance would not be productive. Thanks for some lectures and papers sent to him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0609

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Francis
Date:
Friday
Source of text:
Authors' Letters, StBPL T&F
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

RS-MM-001687

From:
George Peacock
To:
[John Dunn Gardner]
Date:
13 March 1852
Source of text:
MM/22/24, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel690

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[13 March 1852]
Source of text:
JHS 1.82
Summary:

Describes music making evenings with daughters Caroline and Isabella; has made arrangements for the sale of a carriage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-363

From:
William Clark
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
14 March 1852
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177:92
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1477

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Syms Covington
Date:
14 Mar 1852
Source of text:
Sydney Mail , 9 August 1884, p. 254
Summary:

Asks for details about the discoveries of gold in Australia.

Has published one book on barnacles [1851].

Sulivan has just returned from his cattle farm in the Falklands.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel1787

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0635.5 (C: RGO 6.341.24)
Summary:

Agrees with JH's idea of decimalizing the pound weight, but the stone should not then be used [see JH's 1852-3-5].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12579

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Hallowes Miller
Date:
[15 March 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.118
Summary:

Identifies WM as a committee member for the R.S.L.; raises the question of standard weights in relation to weighing gold bullion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2364

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 March 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.235
Summary:

Discusses regulations of bequest, which will benefit chemistry and physics. Discusses relationship between solar spot period and magnetic disturbances. Wants JH's comments on paper regarding this topic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2503

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas John Fuller Deacon
Date:
16 March 1852
Source of text:
Elizabeth M. Milton
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-840

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Parsons, 3d earl of Rosse, Lord Rosse, Lord Oxmantown; Royal Society of London
Date:
16 Mar [1852]
Source of text:
The Royal Society (RR2: 226)
Summary:

Referee’s report on paper by Daniel Sharpe ["On foliation and cleavage", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 142 (1852): 445–62].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6544

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Joshua Cooper
Date:
[16 March 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.119
Summary:

Offers a variety of solutions to stopping 'offensive light' during solar observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13767

From:
William Thomas Brande
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0118; Reel 1087
Summary:

Asks JH for introduction to C. E. Trevelyan for WB and Mr. Jenkins, representative for Mrs. Finch, to discuss their claims against Company of Moneyers regarding apprenticeship fee.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0610

From:
Andrew Ramsay
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
18 March 1852
Source of text:
MS JT/1/R/2, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel13099

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[18 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0482.14; Reel 1055
Summary:

Notifies commissioners of Treasury that Mastership of Mint is not included among official government offices listed in Superannuative Act.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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