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RS-LP-001187

From:
Domenico Cirillo
To:
William Watson
Date:
7 February 1770
Source of text:
L&P/5/173, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-LP-001213

From:
Andrew Coltee Ducarel
To:
William Watson
Date:
25 January 1771
Source of text:
L&P/5/224, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-LP-001243

From:
Johann Reinhold Forster
To:
William Watson
Date:
10 January 1772
Source of text:
L&P/5/282, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-LP-001257

From:
Richard Pulteney
To:
William Watson
Date:
12 March 1772
Source of text:
L&P/5/314, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-LP-001265

From:
Andrew Coltee Ducarel
To:
William Watson
Date:
2 November 1772
Source of text:
L&P/5/325, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000230

From:
Benjamin Franklin
To:
William Watson
Date:
18 November 1773
Source of text:
MM/4/84, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-LP-001292

From:
Daines Barrington
To:
William Watson
Date:
25 December 1773
Source of text:
L&P/6/45, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-LP-001425

From:
Thomas Ryves
To:
William Watson
Date:
21 November 1778
Source of text:
L&P/7/71, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-LP-001463

From:
William Herschel
To:
William Watson
Date:
18 October 1780
Source of text:
L&P/7/184, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-LP-001469

From:
William Herschel
To:
William Watson
Date:
1781
Source of text:
L&P/7/195/1, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-LP-001466

From:
William Herschel
To:
William Watson
Date:
27 March 1781
Source of text:
L&P/7/192/1, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-LP-001495

From:
William Watson
To:
unknown recipient
Date:
26 March 1782
Source of text:
L&P/7/252, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-LP-001558

From:
Anthony Fothergill
To:
William Watson
Date:
12 November 1784
Source of text:
L&P/8/122/1, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-LP-001559

From:
Anthony Fothergill
To:
William Watson
Date:
12 November 1784
Source of text:
L&P/8/122/2, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-LP-001565

From:
J Lane
To:
William Watson
Date:
4 January 1785
Source of text:
L&P/8/132, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel7905

From:
Sir William Watson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 September 1816]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.109
Summary:

Enjoyed visit of William Herschel and JH. Sorry about accident with coach. Discusses Horne Tooke's search for metaphysics through etymology. Extensive analysis of nature of verbs. Notes [daughter] Joy's response to JH's Masonic sign.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7906

From:
Sir William Watson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 November 1816]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.110
Summary:

Thanks JH for William Herschel's gift. Wishes Horne Tooke had lived to publish third volume. E. D. Clarke's experiment with oxygen-hydrogen fuel mix to blowpipe was anticipated by Americans. Cites 1803 journal from New York.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7907

From:
Sir William Watson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1816]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.111
Summary:

Thanks JH for cheeses and etymology letter. 'Substantive quality' of names. Agrees with [Thomas] Hobbes, questions sensible perceptions. Invites WH for visit as respite from bad health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7908

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William Watson
Date:
[15 February 1819]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.112 (C: RS:HS 20.64)
Summary:

JH's father and mother will call on WW during visit to Bath, scheduled after wedding of JH's cousin. Spent three weeks meeting science luminaries in Paris. Notes continuity of scientific endeavors there over three generations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7909

From:
Sir William Watson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 May 1819]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.113
Summary:

Delighted that JH proposes to use William Herschel's 20-foot telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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