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HENSLOW-40

From:
G. H. Vachell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
1830
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 163
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

RS-MM-000825

From:
unknown
To:
unknown
Date:
c.1830s
Source of text:
MM/13/131, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel2166

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 January 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.411
Summary:

Sent some Edinburgh ale to the Herschels. Will not patent telescope. Discusses Giovanni Santini's article on telescopes in the Quarterly Journal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE469

From:
Frederick Marryat
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
early 1830s
Source of text:
MSM 2 / 186, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Faraday0421

From:
John Ayrton Paris
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
c1830
Source of text:
RI MS F8, 390
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

RS-MM-000823

From:
John William Lubbock
To:
J Hudson
Date:
1830s
Source of text:
MM/13/129, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000821

From:
John William Lubbock
To:
J W Lubbock
Date:
c.1830s
Source of text:
MM/13/127, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000824

From:
John William Lubbock
To:
J W Lubbock
Date:
c.1830s
Source of text:
MM/13/130, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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Herschel2648

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.339
Summary:

Asks JH to send the astronomical part of her manuscript [Mechanism of the Heavens] by Mr. Richards on Thursday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project, Brigitte Stenhouse
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Herschel2649

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.340
Summary:

Used a counter spell to keep the moon at a 'due distance.' Her previous computations were careless. Asks JH to return part of her manuscript [Mechanism of the Heavens] for corrections.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project, Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel3286

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.1
Summary:

Responds to JH's request for RS's opinion on [H. C.] Schumacher's contributions to astronomy. Praises Schumacher extensively.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5452

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1830 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.399
Summary:

Please send enclosed to Mr. Tukinor [?]. Gives brother-in-law's statement concerning Mrs. Urquhart and Mr. Deguise.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10065

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Grahame
Date:
1830
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.401
Summary:

Silly story asking 'what has become of JG?'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12638

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Baldwin
Date:
[1830]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0058; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH shocked by MB's note. Will tell Mrs. Moorsom tomorrow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2637

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[1830-1?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.382 (C: RS:HS 25.13.29b)
Summary:

Admires her manuscript [Mechanism of the Heavens]. Wishes [P. S.] Laplace would have lived to see it. Notes a problem with the principle of virtual velocity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9243

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mr. Roberts
Date:
[1830 or later]
Source of text:
Yale Univ.
Summary:

Wanted [Michael] Underwood's book on the diseases of children [Treatise on the Diseases of Children], not [Astley P.] Cooper's book on surgery [Lectures on the Principles and Practices of Surgery]. Is an exchange possible?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN812

From:
Susannah Arethusa Milner- Gibson
To:
Pleasance Smith
Date:
[1830s-1850s]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/13/119, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for gift of book and letter of recollections. Gratified by Lady Smith's support of her husband's late conduct [Thomas Milner Gibson (1806-1884), politician] and its contrast from the ill nature and persecution they have received from those that previously professed friendship. Invites Smith to visit.

[Note in red ink on verso of second folio giving brief biographical details of the letter sender. Letter dated 14 September but no year given]

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

DCP-LETT-75

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[3 Jan 1830]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 25)
Summary:

Spent three weeks in London with Erasmus.

Entomologised with Hope, Stephens, and G. R. Waterhouse.

Cambridge is very quiet, men reading at a wonderful pace. Dined with Sir J. Mackintosh.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel760

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1830]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.505a
Summary:

About the state of the renovations [see JH's 1829-12-[21]], and JH's plans for coming to London, where he needs to do some business both for himself and his mother.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel762

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[5] January 1830
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.505c
Summary:

There are some problems with some of the renovations [see JH's 1830-1-3].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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