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From:
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
To:
Pettigrew
Date:
18 September 1830
Source of text:
MM/5/34, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 September 1830]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Giving information on his voyage, which he may use as he desires. In the course of 89 days he passed through the Pacific, rounded Cape Horn, and crossed the South Atlantic without seeing any land. Would be pleased to provide any further details.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
C. J. Bishop
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
20 September 1830
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 159
Summary:

Thanks JSH for copy of A Catalogue of British Plants Arranged According to the Natural System and offers praise.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Babbage
To:
William Somerville
Date:
2 Sep 1830
Source of text:
MSB1 / 229, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Daniel Birkett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 September 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.97
Summary:

Sending a book of Henry Moseley for JH's comments, and would be pleased if he would supply a testimonial for Moseley's use.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Daniel Birkett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 September 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.98
Summary:

Thanks for his reply, which he will pass on to Dr. Henry Moseley. Mr. Atkinson is in town and it may be advisable to bring Thomas Beckwith's affairs to a conclusion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[8 Sept 1830]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 32)
Summary:

Very sorry to hear bad news of Mrs Fox.

Shooting not good, but has done some entomology.

Has enjoyed Maer.

Has a horse which he thinks will make a very good hunter.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Descoutures
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
5 septembre 1830
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 332., Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
Dionysius Lardner
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 September 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.117
Summary:

Encloses slips of the mss. as far as he has sent it and three extra copies. Will JH decide how to arrange it in chapters. Gives suggestions for the title page. Does he wish the letters F.R.S. to be added?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
H. T. Ellacombe
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
20 September 1830
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 159a
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
F. W. A. Argelander
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 September 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.368
Summary:

South's double stars. Regarding Francis Baily's observations and catalogue of stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Leslie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 September 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.473
Summary:

Accept his best thanks for his article on Sound. Would be grateful for his discourse on Light. Will soon send his own dissertation on the Progress of Science.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Smith
Date:
3 September 1830
Source of text:
PRO ADM106 / 1519, f.169
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
West
Date:
10 September 1830
Source of text:
SI D MS 554A
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[8 Sept 1830]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 48
Summary:

Papa has been expecting CD to come and slay some partridges.

Has heard CD has a horse 18½ hands high.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Dionysius Lardner
Date:
[1830-9]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.118 & 21.74
Summary:

Gives reason why he wishes to omit the F.R.S. from the title page. Gives layout of entry for the title page. Prints the slips into a book so would like them printed on one side only of the page.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1830-9
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.517a (C: TxU:H/L-0537.5; Reel 1053)
Summary:

John [Stewart] arrived with news that JH's basket never reached MH. JH will come to London tomorrow. Baby Caroline is at Windsor with grandmother Mary Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[6 September 1830]
Source of text:
APS B.Sm98.7 (C: RS:HS 21.75)
Summary:

Discusses WS's observations of double stars and method of averaging positional determinations. Believes he has verified the two Uranian satellites observed by William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Stephen Peter Rigaud
Date:
[7 September 1830]
Source of text:
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Summary:

[Responding to SR's 1830-9-6], provides information on James Bradley's observation; also notes a 'striking' anomaly in observation. Mentions study JH is doing on the Castor star system and JH's observations of Uranus's two moons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
1830-9-26 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.371
Summary:

Sending books for Wilhelm Struve. Would like to see the latter before he returns to Germany.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project