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Herschel13888

From:
William Richard Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0235.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

Suggests that JH authorize special payment from Audit office to Benedetto Pistrucci. If JH will not come to Pistrucci's relief, then WH will assist Pistrucci. Is JH trying to reduce Pistrucci into submission?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14251

From:
Benedetto Pistrucci
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 April 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0430.12; Reel 1093
Summary:

Thanks JH for having the kindness to warn BP of construction on the wall adjacent to BP's studio. Asks for BP's salary again.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13716

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 April 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0071; Reel 1087 (ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book)
Summary:

Copy of Mr. Stewart's note to JH was sent to Baldwin Walker, surveyor of Navy, to evaluate new 'stopper' it recommended. Returns original to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11535

From:
Johann Lamont
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 April 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.452
Summary:

Bookseller at Stuttgart has requested JL to make a translation of JH's Outlines Astr. Would like JH's views on the matter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13023

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[James Calder] Stewart
Date:
[22 April 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0436; Reel 1055
Summary:

Enclosed items just arrived from Francis Beaufort. [Richard?] Jones is in good health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12762

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Richard Hamilton
Date:
[22 April 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0181; Reel 1054
Summary:

Private. Benedetto Pistrucci appealed to Lord Derby [E. G. G. S. Stanley]. If consulted, JH will recommend that former distinctions within Engraving department be abolished. If Pistrucci insists on using his former title, he may no longer do so as an officer of the Mint. Will approve pension if Pistrucci chooses to retire.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0621

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
April 22nd 1852 (being my 23rd Birthday)
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/193, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel13798

From:
Thomas Cole
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 April 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0149; Reel 1087
Summary:

Requests permission to visit Mint as personal favor to TC, whose father knew JH's father personally.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2516

From:
Charles Mansfield Clarke
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
23 April 1852
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

RS-MM-001135

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Thomas Bell
Date:
23 April 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/176, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel10126

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Grant
Date:
[23 April 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.15 verso (C: RS:HS 23.120)
Summary:

Thanks RG for a copy of the History of Physical Astronomy; comments on the behavior of cometary tails.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1293

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
23 April 1852
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.67, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Herschel13890

From:
William Richard Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0236; Reel 1087
Summary:

Benedetto Pistrucci reports that JH refuses to pay Pistrucci. Admonishes JH to treat Pistrucci kindly and prevent Pistrucci from having to beg for a living. Pistrucci also worries that new construction in Weighing Room at Mint will ruin Pistrucci's furnaces and prevent completion of Waterloo Medal. WH criticizes latest changes in Mint policies as injurious to great artists like Pistrucci for the sake of 'free Trade.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10477

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.355
Summary:

Sending a table of variable stars. Appears to have seen the new planet [Psyche] on 29 Jan.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12761

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Richard Hamilton
Date:
24 April [1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0180; Reel 1054
Summary:

Private. If JH did try to pay Benedetto Pistrucci as 'Chief Medallist,' Audit office would refuse to approve it, because that position no longer exists at Mint. No one opened walls of Pistrucci's studio for repairs; workmen simply requested permission to examine them to see if repairs were needed. Pistrucci was never denied access to dies for Waterloo Medal; he asked once for them when keys were not available and never came back.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4419

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[25 April 1852]
Source of text:
Cape Archive/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Andrew Bain's geological work received well. JH has little time for personal correspondence.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Tyndall0622

From:
Emil du Bois-Reymond
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
April 27, 1852
Source of text:
MS JT/1/M/145, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online

Faraday2517

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Grove
Date:
27 April 1852
Source of text:
SI D MS 554A
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel3278

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Robert Grove
Date:
[27 April 1852]
Source of text:
RI
Summary:

Offers assistance as needed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13693

From:
William Henry Bateson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 April 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0057.18; Reel 1087
Summary:

Cambridge University Commissioners will meet on 11 May.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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