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Herschel3399

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.149
Summary:

Agrees with papers demonstrating falsity of present methods of correcting barometer for moisture and 'dogma of one gas being a vacuum to another.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001125

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
19 January 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/165, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001126

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
20 January 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/166, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001127

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
20 January 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/167, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001128

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
21 January 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/168, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel3482

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
[2 February 1852]
Source of text:
RS MM 16.171
Summary:

Suggests course of action regarding 'Gen'l. Cullen's [?]' hydrometric observations submitted to R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001131

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
3 February 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/172, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001132

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
23 February 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/173, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001133

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
23 February 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/174, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001134

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
5 March 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/175, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel4506

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1852]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (99)
Summary:

Asks JH to look at a letter by John Forbes Watson, whose paper the R.S.L. recently refused to read.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3460

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 July? 1852]
Source of text:
RS MM.16.166
Summary:

Encloses newly-discovered proof that John Forbes Watson's wet bulb depression was not a clerical error.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2555

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
6 August 1852
Source of text:
RI MS F1 D13
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel3135

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 August 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.150
Summary:

Plans date and time for first ascent of balloon experiment. WS's daughter has fallen in love with JH's son William.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3122

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 October 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.151
Summary:

Describes travels abroad and their educational value, news on balloon ascents, barometer corrections, Henri Regnault's hygrometer, invention of electric weaver and other new applications of electricity throughout Europe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3415

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
[16 January 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.152 (C: RS:HS 23.188)
Summary:

Interprets [John] Dalton's theory of the nonelasticity of gas particles, expressing its limitations, particularly in regard to a Mr. Paton's paper.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3357

From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.153
Summary:

Before meeting of Balloon Committee, requests JH's opinion on value of renewing balloon ascents.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3169

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
[23 November 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.154 (C: RS:HS 23.246)
Summary:

Urges renewal of high balloon ascents with periodic observations both to further knowledge of law of decrement of temperature and pressure and for 'ulterior investigations.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Faraday3646

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
24 September 1859
Source of text:
WIHM MS 7844/076
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel3385

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
[24 October 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.155 (C: RS:HS 23.343)
Summary:

Stresses importance for Balloon Committee of obtaining corresponding temperatures and pressures; describes two highly sensitive thermometers that might be built for this purpose.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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