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Faraday4676u

From:
Henry Holland
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
Between 1831 and 1834
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/2/17
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4631u

From:
William Thomas Brande
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
Between 1831 and 1852
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/2/15
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4362

From:
Elise Rufenacht
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1831 or later]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:

Thanks Herschel family for their 'kind interest' in her behalf.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5673

From:
Gilbert Blane
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1831 or 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.162
Summary:

Has had great satisfaction in reading JH's book on Natural Philosophy, but would like to correct his statement regarding the date of the introduction of lemon juice as a treatment for scurvy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-139

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Robert Brown
Date:
1 January 1831
Source of text:
British Library Add. 32441: 133-34
Summary:

Sends Brown a copy of his recently published paper, On the Examination of a Hybrid Digitalis. Comments on Brown’s work, Observations on the Organs and Mode of Fecundation in Orchideæ and Asclepiadeæ and says he is looking forward to fact checking it in the summer. Asks to visit Brown for another ‘lesson’.

Says he has not had time to examine mignonette specimen, hopes to do so soon and complete drawings. Sends some of the wood specimens being gathered for Cambridge Botanical Museum, largely from the plantations of his father in law, George Leonard Jenyns.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE409

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
1831
Source of text:
S.284, JWL, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Faraday0474

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Dominic Paul Colnaghi
Date:
1 January 1831
Source of text:
SI D MS 554A
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4694u

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Magrath
Date:
1831 or after
Source of text:
WIHM MS 7844/86
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel14702

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[1831]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0784.2; Reel 1084
Summary:

Plans to arrive tomorrow for visit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5669

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Miles Bland
Date:
[1831-1]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.157 & 21.76
Summary:

Takes a lively interest in his application for a professorship at Durham. Remembers him gratefully as his coach for mathematics while at Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1485

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[1831]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.10
Summary:

Recommends WS pay attention to planetary nebulae, solid clusters, and double stars in his observations. JH lists some of each.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1878

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
1831
Source of text:
WT 91800.1
Summary:

Wants WS to make a choice between the several skeleton forms JH has devised for recording astronomical observations. Also comments on orbit of Gamma Virginis and 30 Scorpii, as well as Encke's Comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9074

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1831]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20721
Summary:

Expresses thanks for extract on cholera. Sends a copy of a paper on double stars. Hopes soon to be able to send supplement on double star orbits.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10339

From:
William Vernon Harcourt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.222
Summary:

Would like JH's views on the proposed meeting at York of the Friends of Science (later the B.A.A.S.).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8257

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hudson Gurney
Date:
[2 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.16
Summary:

Surprised that HG misinterpreted JH's comments to suggest disrespect for Thomas Young. Will not defend them. If HG does not want to include these in Young's biography, then return manuscript to JH and destroy all copies of it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0475

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John William Parker
Date:
3 January 1831
Source of text:
RI MS F1 A04
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel5668

From:
Miles Bland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.156
Summary:

Has had many melancholy afflictions since they last met. Would like JH's support for his intended application for Professorship of Mathematics at the forthcoming University of Durham.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-140

From:
Edward Wilson
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
3 January 1831
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 169
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel4661

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.46
Summary:

Opinion on M. C. T. Damoiseau's theory and tables; worth a medal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1000

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Fearon Fallows
Date:
[9 January 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.1.17
Summary:

Brings FF up-to-date on astronomical news in England, and suggests that JH may come to the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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