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Herschel9126

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1842-6]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20752 (C: RS:HS 22.120)
Summary:

Alerts WW that F. W. Bessel, in very poor health, will attend the Manchester B.A.A.S. meeting. JH plans to bring Bessel to Collingwood after the meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9127

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1842?-7?]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20743 (C: RS:HS 22.126)
Summary:

Hopes to arrange a meeting with WW at the invitation of a Mr. Hope. Discusses JH's recent photographic works and sends some photographs of improved quality.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9128

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[21 July 1842]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20753 (C: RS:HS 22.131)
Summary:

Invites WW for a short visit, JH's wife being ill. Thanks WW for paper on cause and effect. Clouds kept JH from photographing a recent solar eclipse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9129

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[21 July 1842]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20754 (C: RS:HS 22.131)
Summary:

[Same message as JH's letter of 1842-7-21, but sent to a second location.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9130

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[29 September 1842]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20755 (C: RS:HS 22.136)
Summary:

Congratulates WW on a testimonial held in WW's honor in Lancaster. Reports the birth of JH's sixth daughter [Julia].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9131

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 December 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.200
Summary:

Comments on JH's translation of Friedrich Schiller's poem 'The Walk.' Invites the Herschels to Trinity Lodge, then under repair. Mentions James South's odd behavior.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-216

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
William Whewell
Date:
29 December 1842
Source of text:
Trinity College Cambridge Whewell Add.Ms.a.65: 30
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel9132

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 April 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.201
Summary:

Asks JH about a comet JH had been observing. Notes the publication of J. S. Mill's System of Logic, describing it as closer to JH's than to WW's position.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9133

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[29 November 1843]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20756 (C: RS:HS 22.172)
Summary:

Recounts visit to Collingwood by the novelist Maria Edgeworth. Thanks WW for information on Charles Prichard and his school.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-220

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
William Whewell
Date:
1 March 1844
Source of text:
Trinity College Cambridge Whewell Add.Ms.a.65: 31 (1-2)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel9134

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[15 May 1844]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20757 (C: RS:HS 22.194)
Summary:

Has been converted to some of WW's philosophical views. Accepts WW's invitation to stay at Trinity Lodge during the 1845 B.A.A.S. meeting in Cambridge. W. R. Dawes has taken a house in Kent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9135

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[22 July 1844]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20758 (C: RS:HS 22.201)
Summary:

Seeks WW's advice on a proposal that an international magnetic congress be held in conjunction with the 1845 B.A.A.S. meeting in Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9136

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 July 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0566
Summary:

Approves the idea of a magnetic conference sponsored by the B.A.A.S. Assumes Edward Sabine will lead the way.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9137

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[27 August 1844]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20759 (C: RS:HS 22.203)
Summary:

Has WW received a packet of letters for the magnetism committee, which packet was circulating.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9138

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 August 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0567
Summary:

Have received the packet of 'magnetic letters' and passed them to George Peacock. Will attend the York B.A.A.S. meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9122

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0568
Summary:

Sorry that WW cannot go to London to meet [with the magnetic committee]. Regrets missing JH at York B.A.A.S. meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1646

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Whewell
Date:
9 November 1844
Source of text:
TCC MS O.15.49, f.14
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1648

From:
William Whewell
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 November 1844
Source of text:
TCC MS O.15.49, f.53
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1650

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Whewell
Date:
14 November 1844
Source of text:
TCC MS O.15.49, f.15
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1173

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1845 to 1850?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.33
Summary:

Comments on WW's publication on education [Liberal Education, 1845 ?], especially as it applies to the teaching of mathematics. JH has been teaching JH's son William mechanics by WW's book on the subject.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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