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Herschel5296

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 December 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.241
Summary:

Regarding the monetary affairs of his sister-in-law. Has had discussions regarding his machine. Has just commenced writing a pamphlet on the state of science in England. Everyone has been asking for JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-105

From:
East India House
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
31 December 1829
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 131a
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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L1010

From:
Fauché
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
6 décembre 1829
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 359, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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Faraday0415

From:
Francis Legatt Chantrey
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
11 December 1829
Source of text:
HSP SGC (Alphabetical) under Francis Chantrey
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10058

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 December 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.393
Summary:

Needs a copy of Euclid from JH; quotes some Latin poetry of Nicholas Copernicus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0418

From:
Joseph Blanco White
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
18 December 1829
Source of text:
PU Blanco White family papers, Box 1, folder 7
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4467

From:
Joseph von Utzschneider
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 December 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.457
Summary:

Has seen JH's article on light in an encyclopedia, and writes to ask if JH would send JU a copy of it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0414a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Tod
Date:
1 December 1829
Source of text:
NLS MS Acc 4543/11
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0417

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Percy Drummond
Date:
17 December 1829
Source of text:
RMA WO150 / 3, f.72
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0419

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Ayrton Paris
Date:
23 December 1829
Source of text:
Paris (1831), 263
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0420

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Percy Drummond
Date:
28 December 1829
Source of text:
RMA WO150 / 4, f.164
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0416

From:
Percy Drummond
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
16 December 1829
Source of text:
RS MS 241, f.29
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0414b

From:
Robert Smirke
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
3 December 1829
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/2/2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0414c

From:
Robert Smirke
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
5 December 1829
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/2/3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel606

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[6 December 1829]
Source of text:
RGO 6.803.118
Summary:

Comments on several astronomical topics, viz., the publication of unreduced observations, the strange behavior of some of GA's clocks, the problem of no significant stars in some areas when sweeping the sky, and the effects of Venus and the Moon on each other's behavior; asks GA for confirmation of some star positions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2127

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
[7 December 1829]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/TR60 (C: RS:HS 21.53)
Summary:

Congratulates TR on his volume of astronomical observations. Skeptical about alleged changes in Orion nebula. Feels better telescopes and drawings would be needed to confirm this. Discusses own double star observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel753

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1829-12-[10 or earli
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.504a
Summary:

Is reporting on the state of renovations at Slough.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel751

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[11 December 1829]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.504b
Summary:

About the renovations at Slough [see JH's 1829-12-10 or earlier], and about a poem by Ovid JH had been reading.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5297

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[15 December 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.242
Summary:

Will be in town on Thursday to execute the deed of attorney. Is glad to hear that Arthur Wellesley (1st Duke of Wellington) has taken an interest in the machine. Remarks on his pamphlet State of Science in England. Alterations at Slough.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel752

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[15 December 1829]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.504c
Summary:

More about the renovations at Slough [see JH's 1829-12-11], and about JH's travels from London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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