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Herschel3646

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 November 1850]
Source of text:
St. Andrews LB IV, 522-3 (C: RS:HS 7.313)
Summary:

Was pleased by JH's favorable opinion of his paper on the Vivarais. Finds JH's arguments concerning [John] Michell's theory of probabilities unconvincing. Will soon write a paper on the problems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0529

From:
James David Forbes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
12 Sept 1851
Source of text:
MS JT/1/F/28, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel3648

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 November 1851]
Source of text:
St. Andrews LB V, 103-4
Summary:

Regrets he has not been able to find anyone suitable for the chair of chemistry and natural philosophy at Sydney University.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0618

From:
James David Forbes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
16 April 1852
Source of text:
MS JT/1/F/29, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0888

From:
James David Forbes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
24 Feb 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/F/30; MS JT/1/TYP.12.3940, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1349

From:
James David Forbes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
6 March 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/F/31; MS JT/1/TYP/1/3941, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

RS-MM-000195

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
21 March 1857
Source of text:
MM/4/41, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Tyndall1447

From:
James David Forbes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
23 oct 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/F/32; MS JT/1/TYP/12/3942, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel9573

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 May 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.314
Summary:

Thanks for JH's article on meteorology from the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Has been investigating climatology lately. His own health has not been good. Sends some of his own reprints that may be of interest.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9574

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 June 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.315
Summary:

Article on glaciers is from the Encyclopaedia Britannica and was restricted because of space. Mistakes by John Tyndall and others have arisen because his own Letters on Glaciers has been overlooked. William Whewell is to be married.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9575

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 July 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.316
Summary:

Has he read John Tyndall's paper on the plasticity of ice and the theory of glaciers? Indebted to Michael Faraday for some excellent observations and the term 'Regulation.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3501

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 August 1858
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Tyndall1588

From:
James David Forbes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
12th Feb. 1859
Source of text:
JDF Incoming letters 1859, no.532, StA
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1594

From:
James David Forbes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
17 (1859), pp. 197-201, Phil. Mag.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel9576

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 March 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.317
Summary:

Has requested his publishers to send JH his recent volume on glaciers. Thanks for JH's Physical Geography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1627

From:
James David Forbes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
15 July 1859
Source of text:
MS JT/1/F/33; MS JT/1/TYP/12/3843, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel9577

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.318
Summary:

Is a candidate for the position of Principal at St. Andrews United College in succession to David Brewster, who has moved to Edinburgh. Would be pleased to receive a testimonial from JH. Has already received one from Brewster.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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