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From:
William Buckland
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
8 August 1833
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 55
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
C. De La Vane
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1833-8
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.488
Summary:
Is Miss Macqueen expected with him tomorrow and would she give the enclosed memo to JH [query as to whether the Duke of Gloucester was in Metz in 1776].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1833]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:
Wishes JH well on his upcoming trip to the Cape of Good Hope. Asks JH to study the lower part of the Scorpion, for William Herschel was mystified by the 'uncommon appearance of that part of the heavens.' [Written as a postscript to a letter by Margaret Herschel.]
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.145
Summary:
Accepts JH's invitation to demonstrate [on 28 Aug.] CW's portable optical and acoustical experiments and the 'whirling machine.' Asks JH to supply 'an electrical machine and a good sized jar.' Encloses copy of CW's paper on Jew's harp. Will bring another paper and new 'Symphonion' for Mary Herschel.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
William Clift
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
24 August 1833
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 89
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
John Dalton
To:
Jean Baptiste Biot
Date:
5 August 1833
Source of text:
MM/1/8, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Dalton
To:
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Date:
5 Aug 1833
Source of text:
MM/1/7, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 [Aug 1833]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 117
Summary:
Wishes CD well on his trip to General Juan Manuel Rosas. CD is to send word when he wants a boat; there is no hurry, for there is plenty of work for the sounders. He envies CD’s travels.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.58
Summary:
Copy of letter to Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) stating that the Duke's offer of a refracting telescope of great power, to Cambridge Observatory would be a valuable gift. To JH: Remarks on gift of telescope, planet reduction money, and on his geological exploration of the Charnwood Forest.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.59
Summary:
Has visited Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) at Buxton, who suggests that JH approaches R. A. Cauchoix for the glass for the new telescope.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
W. V. Harcourt
Date:
8 August 1833
Source of text:
Oxford, Bodleian Library MS.Eng.d.3873 ff.162-6
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Aug 1833
Source of text:
DAR 97(ser. 2): 14–15
Summary:
The [Megatherium] fossils were extremely interesting and were shown at the Geological Section of the BAAS meeting at Cambridge [1833].
The plants delight him; will work them out with W. J. Hooker.
CD should send every fossil he can find; minute insects will be nearly all new. Delighted with descriptions of the few animals alluded to.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.344
Summary:
Agrees with JH to go direct to the French optician [see JH's 1833-8-9] for a large object glass; HP will provide a telescope with such a lens if G. B. Airy agrees such a large telescope is appropriate to Cambridge Observatory.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James D Forbes
To:
William Somerville
Date:
20 Aug 1833
Source of text:
MSF 2 / 231, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.421
Summary:
Preparation to go to Madeira for health reasons.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Jane Marcet
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
?? Aug 1833
Source of text:
MSM 2 / 177, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Jane Marcet
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
26 Aug 1833
Source of text:
MSM 2 / 176, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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From:
Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
30 August 1833
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
John Narrien
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.145
Summary:
Hopes that JH will accept a copy of JN's work [on the history of astronomy]. Wishes JH all success in his forthcoming mission [to the Cape].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
John Phillips
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 August 1833
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project