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Herschel14516

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0552.20; Reel 1093
Summary:

Asks for JH's opinion on enclosed note from accountant W. G. Anderson.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7636

From:
Annibal de Gasparis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1852-3-21 or later]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/6.3; Reel 9
Summary:

[JH note:] Annibal de Gasparis acknowledged receipt of JH's Cape Results [sent in 1847] 'by letter of March 21/52!!'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9697

From:
Annibal de Gasparis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 March 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.46
Summary:

Has discovered another new planet [Psyche]. Gives readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2504

From:
George Richmond
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
21 March 1852
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel9236

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[21 March 1852]
Source of text:
Univ. of Witwatersrand
Summary:

Gives RM a letter from Charles Bell [see Bell's 1851-10-28] on a geological map and collection prepared by Andrew Bain. Suggests the British Museum might wish to purchase Bain's collection of fossils.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2505

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Mansfield Clarke
Date:
22 March 1852
Source of text:
Museo di Storia della Fotografia Fratelli Alinari
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2506

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Gideon Algernon Mantell
Date:
22 March 1852
Source of text:
National Library of New Zealand MS Papers 83 (Mantell family) folder 38
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

JHC1399

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
22 March 1852
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.195, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Herschel12665

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
23 March [1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0086 & L-0085; Reel 1054
Summary:

Suggestions and diagrams for projecting sound great distances by means of small arms and parabolic reflectors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14798

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[23 March 1852]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Misc F26F1.1
Summary:

The theoretical considerations that JH would take into account if he were going to study the subject of 'increasing and conveying to great distances and in given directions the reports of guns or other explosive instruments, as signals.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13715

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0070; Reel 1087 (ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book)
Summary:

JH's paper will 'infuse new life into' sound experiments now being conducted at Woolwich [Academy].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14260

From:
H. R. Reynolds
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0438; Reel 1093
Summary:

Altered draft security bond to make Mr. Shaw obliged to Queen instead of to master of Mint. Left penalty amount blank for JH to fill in. [JH annotation: Completed draft of bond and returned it.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0611

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
24th March 1852
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/549, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel14799

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[24 March 1852]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Misc F26F1.2a
Summary:

A note probably accompanying JH's 1852-3-23. Comments concerning someone's collection.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11252

From:
William Lassell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 March 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.143
Summary:

Is well satisfied with the names JH has suggested for the satellites, but wonders whether the continental astronomers will accept them. Is puzzled by the orbits of two satellites.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0612

From:
George Wynne
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
25 March/52
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/5/1844, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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HENSLOW-1036

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Charles Roach Smith
Date:
25 March 1852
Source of text:
Uppsala University Library Waller Ms alb-40:271
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Faraday2507

From:
Jacob Herbert
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
25 March 1852
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/1/50&51
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel11253

From:
William Lassell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 March 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.144
Summary:

Found he had made an error in his letter of yesterday. Encloses an amended table.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14249

From:
Benedetto Pistrucci
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 March 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0430.10; Reel 1093
Summary:

Refuses JH's proposal that BP accept the title of Modeller and Engraver with a £400 salary. Also requests that the monthly coal allowance for BP's workshop be restored.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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