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HENSLOW-66

From:
Lord Braybrooke
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
20 March 1828
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 78
Summary:

Asks JSH to get a chemist to analyse two different specimens of chalk being used in agriculture with different results.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Faraday0351

From:
Davies Gilbert
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
5 March 1828
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/3/04
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel5276

From:
Elizabeth [Betty] Plumleigh Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 March 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.221
Summary:

Thanks for JH's efforts on behalf of her son (Charles Babbage) on his election to the Lucasian professorship at Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5952

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.75
Summary:

Thanks for his paper on light. Regarding the meeting on Friday. Pendulums. Invitation to dine with him. Geological Society has been offered room; would like him to think about the possibility of one for the Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10164

From:
George Griesbach
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 March 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.51
Summary:

Was away from home when JH's letter came, which accounts for his belated reply. Would welcome a situation as clerk at the Bank of England should JH have any influence there.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12430

From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.288
Summary:

About the election of Charles Babbage to the Lucasian professorship.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000826

From:
Davies Gilbert
To:
Davies Gilbert
Date:
29 March 1828
Source of text:
MM/14/4, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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HENSLOW-64

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Leonard Jenyns
Date:
6 March 1828
Source of text:
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Jenyns Collection Letter 1011
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-67

From:
Rev.d J. Holme
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
24 March 1828
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 79
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel10030

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.365
Summary:

Invites himself and his brother to JH's for tea.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10031

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.366
Summary:

Of people JG has met.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9609

From:
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 March 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.350
Summary:

Sending the Memoires of the Académie.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0352

From:
John Millington
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
10 March 1828
Source of text:
CWM JMP 65 M59, I: 14a
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1275

From:
Joseph Clement
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.45
Summary:

Needs more money to proceed with Charles Babbage's calculating machine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-65

From:
J. C. Loudon
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
7 March 1828
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 77
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel7299

From:
Martin Davy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.478
Summary:

Babbage has been elected Lucasian Professor by a large majority. Is pleased by the unselfish service of JH to scientific research.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0353

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Jerdan
Date:
12 March 1828
Source of text:
Physics Department, Birmingham University
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-40

From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[9 Mar 1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 44
Summary:

Went recently to Tommy Hunt’s festivities before Lloyd Kenyon joined his regiment.

Hopes Caroline and Catherine Darwin will visit in a week.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-41

From:
Sarah Harriet Mostyn Owen; Sarah Harriet Williams; Sarah Harriet Haliburton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Mar [1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 60
Summary:

Caroline and Catherine Darwin were at the Forest a few days last week and Susan Darwin comes the next day. Mentions other relatives, friends, and acquaintances.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel11130

From:
Mrs. Mary Frances Kater
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
18 March [1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.20
Summary:

Has just had a visit from James Graham[e], who came to apologize for a misunderstanding. Sends a Hindoo myth, which she is sure he can utilize for a poem. Her husband was pleased with JH's paper on light. Has himself written a paper on the collimator.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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