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From:
Charles Grant
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1839]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.24
Summary:

CG (Lord Glenelg) raises questions about the suitability of Mr. Train for a position teaching in the government schools at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Grant
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.273
Summary:

Would like to assist James Stewart as JH asked, but CG resigned recently as Colonial Secretary and cannot help. [JH annotation: 'Called on Lord G. [Glenelg, i.e., Charles Grant] with Js St. [James Stewart] May 1/39.']

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Charles Hudson
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
23 April 1839
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 February 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.147
Summary:

Invites JH to Kew Green to see Francis Bauer's plates etched by J. N. Niepce's photographic process. Perhaps L. J. M. Daguerre assumes more credit than is due. Heard Niepce visited London in 1826, but his paper was rejected by R.S.L. at W. H. Wollaston's urging.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Charles William Pasley
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 January 1839
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Charles William Pasley
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 January 1839
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Charles William Pasley
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
9 February 1839
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Christian F. Schönbein
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 September 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.354
Summary:

Sorry he did not see JH at B.A.A.S. meeting in Birmingham. Asks if he may call at Slough.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
18 February 1839
Source of text:
UB MS NS 328
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
21 April 1839
Source of text:
UB MS NS 330
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
3 July 1839
Source of text:
UB MS NS 331
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17 December 1839
Source of text:
UB MS NS 335
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
To:
Lord Northampton
Date:
15 January 1839
Source of text:
MM/12/41, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
To:
Lord Northampton
Date:
19 January 1839
Source of text:
MM/12/43, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
To:
Lord Northampton
Date:
11 February 1839
Source of text:
MM/12/45, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
To:
Lord Northampton
Date:
14 February 1839
Source of text:
MM/12/47, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
To:
unknown
Date:
30 April 1839
Source of text:
MM/21/29, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Comte Jarsana de Briguola
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 April 1839]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.2.11 verso; Reel 10
Summary:

Encloses statutes of General Shipwreck Relief Society, which JH is interested in joining.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Joshua Cooper
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
30 May 1839
Source of text:
MM/9/49, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Joshua Cooper
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
25 June 1839
Source of text:
MM/9/50, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society