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Herschel5449

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1851 to 1853?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.396
Summary:

Will he and David Brewster dine with him on Tuesday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13647

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 February 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0030; Reel 1062
Summary:

Sends deciphered code. Explains how CB solved it. [CB note dated 24 Mar. 1846: Technique for deciphering code.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1552

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[15 February 1851]
Source of text:
BL Aaa 37194.478
Summary:

CB has 'decyphered' JH's puzzle. JH will not try to puzzle CB again.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5373

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[6 May 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.320
Summary:

Would like a reference from him regarding a candidate for a position at the Mint. Would like him and David Brewster to dine with him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2429

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
3 June 1851
Source of text:
BL add MS 37194, f.541
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel5374

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[19 August 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.321
Summary:

Please let him have David Brewster's address.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5375

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[21 August 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.322
Summary:

Will show his friends round the Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5376

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 October 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.323
Summary:

Regarding his plans for lighthouses. Had a visit from L. F. Menabrea in his absence. Who manufactures the specified telescopes?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5377

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[30 October 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.324
Summary:

Further regarding lighthouses.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5432

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1852?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.379
Summary:

Can he lend him the Cambridge Calendar or tell him the examiners in the mathematical tripos.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5378

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[19 February 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.325
Summary:

Does not wish to become a Vice-Patron of the College of Preceptors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-261

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
7 March 1852
Source of text:
British Library Add. 37195: 37-8
Summary:

Encloses seeds gathered from Heracleum sphondylium. Brief discussion of William Jackson Hooker’s trip to the Alps region, including failed attempt to climb Mont Blanc.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel5379

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[3 December 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.326
Summary:

Invitation to attend the wedding ceremony at St. James' Piccadilly [for the wedding of Caroline E. M. Herschel and Col. Alexander H. Gordon]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5430

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1853 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.377
Summary:

Number of half-crowns minted in the years 1832-53.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5446

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1853?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.393
Summary:

Send the names and addresses of any friends who may wish to see the Mint. Thanks for pamphlet on income tax.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5380

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[22 December 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.327
Summary:

Hopes CB will dine with JH at Hawkhurst next week as JH hears CB will be in the neighborhood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13648

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 January 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0031; Reel 1062
Summary:

Saw in the Times that JH is working on universal alphabet. Sends Wolfgang Kempelen's book (1791) on mechanism of speech. Speculates on machine that could produce phonetic sounds for universal language.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Faraday2796

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
24 February 1854
Source of text:
BL add MS 37195 f.452
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1256

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.19
Summary:

Sends JH a copy of a recent issue of the Athenaeum in which falsehoods, copied from a Richard Sheepshanks pamphlet, have been printed. CB wants JH to respond to, and correct, these falsehoods quickly.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1257

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[15 December 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.20
Summary:

Refuses to become a partisan in this conflict [see CB's 1854-12-13]. JH would only become involved if he felt he could be a peacemaker.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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