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Herschel3042

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.197
Summary:

Thanks JH for letter. Regrets having missed possibility of seeing JH while in England. Asks JH to convince [Charles] Babbage to pass through Brussels instead of Rotterdam.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L713

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

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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L715

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
?
Date:
13 octobre 1827
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1943), p. 949-950.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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L714

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Adolphe Quételet
Date:
13 octobre 1827
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1943), p. 948-949.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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L1072

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Lombard (notaire)
Date:
16 octobre 1827
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 393ter., Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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L716

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jean-Jacques Ampère (fils d'Ampère)
Date:
20 octobre 1827
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 699-700.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel1306

From:
Charles Tulley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.32
Summary:

Comments on [Pierrre] Guinand's glass making process. Believes the glass made Guinand's way will be too expensive [see JH's 1827-10-20].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12168

From:
Claude Louis Mathieu
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.26
Summary:

Thanks for the works. How can he send some for the R.S.L. and Astronomical Society?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0335

From:
Dionysius Lardner
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
2 October 1827
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

LINNEAN1926

From:
George Bentham
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
6 Oct 1827
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/20/76, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Sends parcel of plants from [George] Arnott, just returned from excursion to Scotland. Sends copy of his work on Pyrenaean plants; apologises for delay; printed in a hasty manner. The last year so taken up with his legal studies that he has neglected botany, but time spent with Arnott and [William Jackson] Hooker has revived his interest; wrote to Montpellier, [France], to have his herbarium sent over.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel4651

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.35
Summary:

Requesting a copy of JH's paper on 'Object planes.' Encloses with this letter his own paper on 'Eyepieces.' Requesting that Greenwich Observations be sent to the University Library, Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN2436

From:
Gerard Edwards Smith
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
9 Oct 1827
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/25/54, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Encloses specimen of 'Cyperus longus', and remarks and sketch of an unidentified grass, to be returned, and sketch of floret and advanced seed vessel of 'Phyteuma spicatum'. Lost most of his 'Ophrys' specimens; encloses one.

His pleasure at receiving so flattering a letter from Smith, "what a charm is thrown by this delightful science over the most dull & painful hours of sickness".

[Separate note] Does not believes colour should be used as a character for 'Ophrys apifera'; remarks on its colour.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

Herschel10024

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.359
Summary:

Looking for winter lodgings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10025

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.360
Summary:

Has taken lodgings at 5 Kensington Square, and now needs introductions to friends of the Herschels in the area [letter completed 1827-10-8].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9608

From:
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.349
Summary:

Expressing the thanks of the Académie for Observations made with a 20-foot telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12281

From:
Joseph Nicolas Nicollet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.137
Summary:

Has just returned from the Alps, where he worked on the glacier at Chamouny and in the St. Bernard. Comments on his work and on the work of the actinometer. Regrets to hear of the death of Mrs. Babbage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-56

From:
R. T. Lowe
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
30 October 1827
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 68
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel10211

From:
Mary Ann Gilpin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.97
Summary:

Her mother has died and she would like him to use his influence at the R.S.L. to raise a subscription for the benefit of her and her brothers and sisters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0334a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Herapath
Date:
1 October 1827
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/1/2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0336

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Dionysius Lardner
Date:
6 October 1827
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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