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Herschel4099

From:
A. Beale
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1840 or later]-4-15
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67
Summary:

Discusses glass manufacturing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9006

From:
A. W[auchope?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
18 February [1840]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.34
Summary:

Writes to support the candidacy of Francis Tudhope for a position teaching in the Government Schools at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11205

From:
Adolph Theodor Kupffer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1840-9-1/13
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.94
Summary:

Sending the fourth volume of the magnetic observations; comments on these.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3063

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 February 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.218
Summary:

Sends publications from Royal Academy and Brussels Observatory. Asks 'particular indulgence' for one about vapors. Is now able to do observations required by R.S.L. A Gauss instrument has been mounted. Gives times of observations each day. Continues horary observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3064

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 June 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.219
Summary:

Still waits for the instrument that Edward Sabine had built. Wishes to make actinometer observations but has no instrument. Asks JH to have one made. Sends observations from Italy trip to Sabine to present to R.S.L. Continues horary observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7398

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 August 1840]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 5/2.1.24; Reel 8
Summary:

Royal Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts acknowledges receipt of JH's 'On the Chemical Action of the Rays of the Solar Spectrum.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3065

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 September 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.220
Summary:

Refers to meteors of August. JH's account similar to [Edward] Herrick's. More meteors seen in America. Sends magnetic and meteorological works. Had hoped to go to Glasgow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000641

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
Date:
28 June 1840
Source of text:
MM/11/145, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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Faraday1233

From:
Alexander Dallas Bache
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17 January 1840
Source of text:
RS MS 241, f.80
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-577

From:
Frances (Fanny) Allen
To:
Gilbert Nicholas Smith
Date:
19 Aug [1840]
Source of text:
Tenby Museum
Summary:

Forwards list of questions from CD relating to GNS’s paper on Caldy [see 576].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel4590

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[17 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.21
Summary:

Apologizes for not visiting Slough. Tells of difficulties of attempting to move his family to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4440

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.22
Summary:

Thanks JH for offer of financial assistance which he declines. Expresses concern over the impending decision concerning his pension. Discusses arrangements for his family's voyage to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4292

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 March 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.23
Summary:

The Treasury awards AS a pension.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4316

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 August 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.24
Summary:

Statement describing 'The conduct of Sir G. Napier in relation to Sir Andreas Stockenström and his former office as Lieutenant Governor.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Faraday1316

From:
Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
21 October 1840
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.34
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday1277

From:
Arthur-Auguste De La Rive
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
15 May 1840
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday1290

From:
Augusta Ada Lovelace
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
10 June 1840
Source of text:
RI MS F1 H13
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel6881

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 June 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.184
Summary:

Possible to purchase 12 postage covers for 11d in the Strand. Points out an apparent error in one of JH's books on sound. How does an open pipe vibrate? Regarding the private character of J. L. Lagrange.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Faraday1332

From:
Aylmer Bourke Lambert
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
26 December 1840
Source of text:
RI MS F1 I134
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10308

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.191
Summary:

Francis Beaufort has shown him his copy of the 'Requiem' and would be pleased if JH would send him a copy. Mr. Harvey and himself have been observing nebulae on the clear nights. Is having a Munich object glass mounted. Will be in town towards the end of the month.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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