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L770

From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jean-Jacques Ampère (fils d'Ampère)
Date:
18 octobre 1831
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 736-737.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel6870

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.174
Summary:

His paper on double stars is required for press so would be grateful if it could be sent along. The society is short of papers for reading so any JH can produce would be very welcome.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE152

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
22 Oct 1831
Source of text:
MSD 3 / 119, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Faraday0517a

From:
Berkeley Westropp
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
19 October 1831
Source of text:
RHS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0517b

From:
Berkeley Westropp
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
21 October 1831
Source of text:
RHS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel3828

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 October 1831]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Received news from the Duke of Cambridge of JH's appointment to the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5319

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 October 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.266
Summary:

Please could he obtain through Miss Caroline Herschel several copies of the Hannover Gazette which includes his own name when he was awarded the Guelphic Order. There is talk that Frederick Augustus (Duke of Sussex) is going to Ireland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5321

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
29] October [1831
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.268
Summary:

One of Joseph Clement's workmen will be coming down to work on JH's telescope. Gives rates of pay, etc. Has just got the Treasury to give their order for the completion of the buildings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-139

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[4 or 11] Oct 1831
Source of text:
DAR 144: 113
Summary:

CD’s luggage is frightfully bulky, though he has been as economical as possible. Has made financial arrangements for his expenses.

Plans to study mathematics during voyage.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-140

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[4 or 11] Oct 1831
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 8 DAR/1/1/8)
Summary:

Asks JSH to take charge of his consignments of specimens from the voyage.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-142

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[10 Oct 1831]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 114
Summary:

Has just heard Beagle sailing is delayed so he will remain another week in London. Asks whether RF has a good set of mountain barometers, which geologists tell him are important.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-144

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
30 [Oct 1831]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 9 DAR/1/1/9)
Summary:

Hopes to be able to help Cambridge Philosophical Society with his collections, but thinks most will have to go to British Museum.

Describes Beagle quarters, the surgeon [Robert McCormick, M.D.], and officers.

Asks JSH’s advice on studying mathematics.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-145

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
[31?] Oct [1831]
Source of text:
DAR 154: 31
Summary:

Questions about his college bills.

Describes the living conditions he will have on the Beagle.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6197

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.322 & ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

Is sending the first sheet of [Stephen] Groombridge's catalogue. Regarding the costs of printing this catalogue. Fearon Fallows has died and Thomas Henderson has been appointed in his place. Congratulations on JH's knighthood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9281

From:
Gilbert Elliot, Second Earl of Minto
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.36
Summary:

Is grateful for the copies of his notes on his observations. Has compared them with his own and found them remarkably similar. JH should see Mr. Hildyard of Eton if he wishes to compare notes on their expeditions. Regarding JH's measurement of Etna.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-1251

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
C. G. B. Daubeny
Date:
17 October 1831
Source of text:
Magdalen College, Oxford MC:F26/C1/6
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-143

From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Oct 1831
Source of text:
DAR 204: 108
Summary:

Gives CD directions for sending him specimens from Beagle.

Writes of Cambridge politics.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel10071

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.408
Summary:

About JG's father-in-law's precarious position in the Protestant church of France.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10910

From:
James Ivory
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.256
Summary:

Packet sent to Scotland has now been delivered. Would like JH's advice on how to express thanks in the proper quarter. Thinks science would benefit by the presence of G. B. Airy or W. R. Hamilton at Greenwich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0516

From:
James William Morrison
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 October 1831
Source of text:
PRO MINT1 / 29, p.215-6
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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