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Herschel7512

From:
John Wrottesley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.29; Reel 9
Summary:

Received Cape Results. Compliments JH's industry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7513

From:
John Wrottesley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
14?] August [1847
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.30; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude on behalf of Institution for receipt of [Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2012b

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Beriah Drew
Date:
14 August 1847
Source of text:
Parliamentary Papers, 1847-8 [888] [895] XXXII, p.88
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1108

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Forbes Royle
Date:
14 Aug [1847]
Source of text:
DAR 147: 401
Summary:

CD thanks JFR for remembering about the work he wanted to borrow [Trans. Agric. & Hortic. Soc. India].

Does JFR have Ambrose Blacklock, Treatise on sheep [1838]?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel10459

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John R. Hind
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.337 & 22.325
Summary:

Obviously a ring of planets is being discovered. Congratulations on the discovery. Is the reading based on one night's observations only? Gives it a female name, possibly Iris.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel952

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
JHS 6.39
Summary:

Has been to Cambridge to support a friend in a vote; JH comments on the dry state of the countryside, and responds to a number of family matters, including one in which JH is trying to get the message across that he is not interested in personal advancement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1108F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Josiah (Jos) Wedgwood, III
Date:
14 Aug [1847]
Source of text:
Alan Wedgwood (private collection)
Summary:

Sends a letter for JW to forward to Charles Stokes concerning the purchase of Leeds and Bradford railway shares for Emma Darwin’s trust fund.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-329

From:
William Whewell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
14 August 1847
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 351
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel11243

From:
William Lassell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.134
Summary:

Grateful for JH's Cape observations. Has nothing new to report on the ring of Neptune. Has been troubled with dew on his prism, but has now succeeded in overcoming this difficulty.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7435

From:
William Smith Williams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/3.5; Reel 9
Summary:

Bookbinder is inserting epigraphs into selected copies [of JH's Cape Results] for distribution Monday to addresses in London. Took liberty to include four copies for members of Royal Society in Edinburgh. Waiting for JH's instructions for dispatch to Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7514

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.31; Reel 9
Summary:

Grateful for receipt of [Cape Results].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7759

From:
Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 14/3.7.3 verso; Reel 11
Summary:

Sends Parliament papers relating to clock proposed for tower of Westminster Palace. Asks JH to comment on letters from G. B. Airy to [Stratford] Canning and to [E. J.] Dent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2335

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.206
Summary:

Sent new actinometers and thermometers to various observatories along with JH's instructions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

HENSLOW-240

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
William Whewell
Date:
16 August 1847
Source of text:
Trinity College Cambridge Whewell Add.Ms.a.206: 68
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel10460

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.338
Summary:

Giving the details of his planetary discovery. Likes JH's name, but several more have been suggested. K. L. Hencke may have observed the new planet, but sees no reason why it should not have an English name.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7645

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Phillipe Jarnac
Date:
[16 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/6.11; Reel 9
Summary:

Asks instructions for shipping copies of JH's Cape Results for distribution to French institutions and individuals. Gratitude for delivering copy to French sovereign.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9290

From:
William Empson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.44
Summary:

Encloses Thomas Longman's letter. Is very pleased that JH is undertaking the great work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3084

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.249
Summary:

Thanks JH for introducing him to Robert Kane. Hears that JH will publish Cape results. Impatient to see them. Mentions JH's philosophical work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10665

From:
James Hudson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.38
Summary:

Was pleased to see one of JH's letters with his mail that morning. Recalls his first meeting with JH. Has arranged for JH's name to be added to those who receive free copies of the Journal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1268

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
17 August 1847
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.33, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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