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Herschel3041

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.196
Summary:

Has missed seeing JH, who must be in the countryside with [Charles] Babbage. Hopes to see JH and ask advice for observatory at Brussels.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE592

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
William Somerville
Date:
26 Sep 1827
Source of text:
MSQ 1 / 1, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel5014

From:
André Marie Ampère
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.395
Summary:

Has received the new observations. Expresses his gratitude on being nominated as a Foreign Member of the R.S.L. Further regarding his experiments with electricity and magnetism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L866

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
John Herschel
Date:
6 septembre 1827
Source of text:
HS. l. 395, Archives de la Royal Society, Londres
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel3958

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 September 1827]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Writing her memoirs, CH sends for JH's perusal an account of her youth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN2655

From:
DeWitt Clinton
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
20 Sep 1827
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/3/79, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

His son [George William Clinton] who is destined for the medical profession, is enthusiastic in the pursuits of natural history and admires Smith and is sending him some specimens, hints that an acknowledgment would be appreciated. Received Smith's of 26 June. Comments on how much the names of [Thomas William Coke] and Smith are appreciated in his country. [David] Hosack has married "an excellent woman with a splendid fortune".

Small newspaper clipping attached entitled "More Wonders", a humorous piece on natural history curiosities and "gentlemens' corsets".

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel5269

From:
Elizabeth [Betty] Plumleigh Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.214
Summary:

Regarding the funeral of Charles Babbage's son.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5270

From:
Elizabeth [Betty] Plumleigh Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.215
Summary:

Thanks for JH's sympathy and help during Charles Babbage's bereavement following the death of his wife.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5271

From:
Elizabeth [Betty] Plumleigh Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.216
Summary:

Thanks, and hopes for the success of his help and consolation to Charles Babbage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0332a

From:
Everard Home
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
4 September 1827
Source of text:
WIHM MS Home autograph letter file
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

L711

From:
Gabriel Ride (gendre d'Ampère)
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
5 septembre 1827
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 698.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

LINNEAN2030

From:
George William Clinton
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
20 Sep 1827
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/21/66, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Sends collection of plants collected in the local vicinity this year, for Smith to return with their proper names affixed. Under Smith's obligation as author to his "Introduction to Botany"; apologises for the request.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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HENSLOW-54

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Leonard Jenyns
Date:
1 September 1827
Source of text:
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Jenyns Collection Letter 1010
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel10850

From:
James Holman
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.201
Summary:

Has arrived safely after a delightful voyage from England. Regrets JH was not with them. Will sail on to Fernando Po after a week with the transport. Will be writing soon to the Provost of Eton.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11345

From:
Joseph Johann Littrow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.253
Summary:

Sends some additions to an earlier paper on object glasses of telescopes; also some observations of the August comet, made by other astronomers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L712

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
5 septembre 1827
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1943), p. 947-948.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
Text Online

Faraday0333

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
5 September 1827
Source of text:
AS MS Ampère papers, Carton 9, Chap X, Chem 182, A<>
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday0334

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Phillips
Date:
10 September 1827
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel8168

From:
Sarah Wrangham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 September 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.435
Summary:

Regrets not thanking JH for his kindness during SW's visit to Slough.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN798

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Sir Thomas Gery Cullum
Date:
4 Sep 1827
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/13/106, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Laments death of Bishop of Carlisle [Samuel Goodenough]; [John] Latham and himself now the only surviving original members of the Linnean Society. Has not come to London this year as suffering from severe rheumatism in the same eye that suffered from erysipelas twenty-five years ago; asks Cullum to consult Mr Alexander for him. Recently received from Kent the true Swiss 'Ophrys arachnites' figured in [Albrecht von] Haller [(1708-1777), Swiss botanist].

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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