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RS-MM-000731

From:
unknown
To:
J W Lubbock
Date:
4 March 1839
Source of text:
MM/12/50, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000733

From:
unknown
To:
J W Lubbock
Date:
4 April 1839
Source of text:
MM/12/52, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000734

From:
unknown
To:
JED Bethune
Date:
18 May 1839
Source of text:
MM/12/53, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel12345

From:
Abraham Follett Osler
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 September 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.202
Summary:

Sends a pamphlet containing an account of AO's anemometer, also an account of the great storm of January last. Comments on his own and William Reid's theories of storms.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4464

From:
Acton Tindal
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.438
Summary:

Informs JH that JH has been recommended to the Queen for the Commission of Peace.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE595

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
20 Feb 1839
Source of text:
MSQ 1 / 5, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel3060

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.215
Summary:

Sends continuation of Belgian meteorological observations. Just finished magnetic observations. Plans to continue certain ones. Regrets being alone, without aids, 'in front of the transit instrument, the mural circle and the equatorial.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3061

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 August 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.216
Summary:

Addresses a few last words before departing for Italy with his wife. Sends 3 memoirs just published. Will be in Paris to observe meteors. Proposes to redo terrestrial magnetism observations in Italy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3062

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.217
Summary:

Is comparing 'points and measures' of new stations with [François] Arago. Also busy with daguerreotypes. Thanks for encouragements. Has necessary instruments for meteorological and magnetical observations. Mentions work done and astronomers met on Italy trip. Discusses Prince Albert.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1143

From:
Alexander Philip Wilson Philip
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
13 February 1839
Source of text:
RI MS F3 D169
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday1160

From:
Alfred Swaine Taylor
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17 April 1839
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1693

From:
Andrew Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 July 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.179
Summary:

Declines an invitation to visit JH; comments on political situation in South Africa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4351

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 February 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.15
Summary:

Awaits decision on his fate as Lieutenant Governor at the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4198

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.16
Summary:

Outraged over a [London] Times report of a massacre at Fort Natal in the Cape colony, which AS believes cannot be true; backs up his belief with a letter from a soldier at Fort Natal. Will take a business trip to Holland after which he 'will be ready for anything the Government may please.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4199

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[28 June 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.17
Summary:

Thanks JH and MH for their support. Admits that before leaving the Cape he told the governor that he had no intention of returning. Ascribes difficulties of his term as Lieutenant Governor to problems inherent in having a military man in office.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4311

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 July 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.19
Summary:

Discusses Lord Glenelg's role in the decision to keep him as Lieutenant Governor of the Cape and his support during the inquiry of AS's actions in a confrontation with the natives. Writes of Glenelg's retirement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4604

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 September 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.20
Summary:

Colonial Secretary Lord Normanby dismissed AS Lieutenant Governor at the Cape, citing the feelings toward him in the colony. AS declares, 'I rejoice in having done with the Cape.' Declines an offer of a government position in the West Indies. Claims his future depends on how much he will be given as a pension.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-1049

From:
David Thomas Ansted
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
19 December 1839
Source of text:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
Text Online

Faraday4624u

From:
Antoine-César Becquerel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
Either 1839 or 1840
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

RS-MM-000637

From:
James Apjohn
To:
unknown
Date:
1 August 1839
Source of text:
MM/11/141, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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