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Herschel3046

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1829
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.201
Summary:

Has just received invitation. Regrets delaying JH's dinner. AQ is in the countryside. Asks to be allowed to visit toward the end of the dinner.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3044

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.199
Summary:

Regrets tremendously not being home when JH visited. Wishes to present himself at JH's hotel this evening. Would like to spend tomorrow together. Will discuss translation of Light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3045

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 June 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.200
Summary:

Is pleased to write letter to [G. P.] Dandelin for JH. JH should visit Mr. Van Rees at Liege, for which AQ will also write a letter of introduction. Nevertheless AQ believes JH's name suffices as introduction. If JH visits Namur, he should see the governor of the province, Mr. D'Omolius[?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L1104

From:
Adolphe Quételet
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
30 octobre 1829
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 351, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel2162

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 January 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.407
Summary:

Proposes to send telescope to JH to have a new lens made. Desires JH's opinion of the telescope's utility. Is hesitant to join Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2163

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 February 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.408
Summary:

Thinks his telescope was not well executed. Would be pleased if James South tried another. Advises how to improve performance of telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2164

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.409
Summary:

Anxious to hear the opinion of his telescope. Notices best resolution with a 3.5-inch aperture. Also, distinctness is best with correcting lenses in certain diametric position.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2165

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 August 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.410
Summary:

Discusses further adjustments for the telescope. If JH returns to England soon, AR will come to Slough with the telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L868

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jacques-Armans Eudes-Deslongchamps
Date:
16 juin 1829
Source of text:
musée Ampère, Poleymieux
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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L731

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Antoinette Carron (mère de Julie)
Date:
27 juillet 1829
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1943), p. 953-954.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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L732

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jean-Jacques Ampère (fils d'Ampère)
Date:
août 1829
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 704-705.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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L733

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Ampère, Albine (fille d'Ampère, épouse Ride)
Date:
16 août 1829
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 705.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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L735

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jean-Jacques Ampère (fils d'Ampère)
Date:
14 septembre 1829
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 706-707.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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L736

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jean-Jacques Ampère (fils d'Ampère)
Date:
18 septembre 1829
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 707.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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L869

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Daburon (Abbé)
Date:
18 novembre 1829
Source of text:
musée Ampère, Poleymieux
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel11189

From:
Baron Charles L. G. J. Keverbey de Kessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 June 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.79
Summary:

Greetings to Mr. and Mrs. Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10281

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 February 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.164
Summary:

Has requested his friend Thomas Henderson of Edinburgh University to call on JH. Would be pleased if JH can help him in any way.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-84

From:
William Baxter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
17 February 1829
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 105
Summary:

Baxter sends a copy of part two of Stirpes Cryptogamae Oxoniensis and also sends a prospectus for forthcoming work by Gerard Edwards Smith on the botany of southern Kent.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-99

From:
C. S. Bird
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
25 November 1829
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 126
Summary:

Makes arrangements to donate herbarium to the Cambridge Philosophical Society. The herbarium was purchased from Andrew Mathews, a gardener for the Horticultural Society of London, prior to him being sent to South America to collect plants.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-97

From:
Revd Andrew Bloxam
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
27 October 1829
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 164
Summary:

Sends JSH a list of flora from the Charnwood Forest and the area of Glenfield and Grooby Pool in north-west Leicestershire, together with a geological description. He offers to send specimens of these plants if required and asks JSH for Cambridgeshire specimens.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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