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Herschel3075

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.240
Summary:

As 'perpetual Secretary' of the Academy, AQ expresses thanks for JH's work 'On the Advantages to be Obtained by a Revision and Re-arrangement of the Constellations.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-315

From:
David Thomas Ansted
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
24 Dec 1841
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 1a
Summary:

Asks JSH to make contact with Joseph Jukes, ahead of his 1842 expedition to New Guinea, the Torres Straits and Australia, in order to increase his understanding of botany.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE36

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Fred Adam
Date:
25 Dec 1841
Source of text:
MSB1 / 261, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel13793

From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1841]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0145.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

Agrees to meet JH and Edward Sabine on Saturday. Kew Observatory was given to R.S.L., but R.S.L. has not yet taken possession of it. [JH annotation: election of General Morrison to R.S.L.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-612

From:
Charles Robert Darwin; Charles James Fox Bunbury, 8th baronet; Arthur Aikin; George Bellas Greenough
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
[before 6 Dec 1841]
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (CM1/5)
Summary:

Committee suggests Council resolve to have William Lonsdale pack away non-fossil specimens from S. America and volcanic islands of the Atlantic [signed G. B. Greenough, A. Aiken, C. Darwin, C. J. F. Bunbury].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel2855

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.135
Summary:

Discusses recent magnetic disturbances and their publication, as well as sending reports on them to G. B. Airy, Humphrey Lloyd, C. F. Gauss, and others.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4655u

From:
Fifth Lord Dufferin
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
After 1841
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.25
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel14815

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1841]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

Sends JH a copy of Thomas Maclear's base measurements, and will transmit JH's letter to Maclear.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6594

From:
Francis R[awdon] Chesney
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.335
Summary:

Encountered storm and lost the Tigris and 20 men. Would like a preface on this subject from JH for his own forthcoming book.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel102

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 December 1841]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.265 (C: RGO 6.675.267 inc)
Summary:

Asks the Physical Committee (Chair, JH) of the R.S.L. to note the concurrent disturbances of magnetometers and the appearance of aurora borealis, and to make a long term study of this relationship.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel103

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 December 1841]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.268
Summary:

Points out an error in the instructions for magnetic observers provided for the Antarctic expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1746

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 December 1841]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0627.15 (C: RGO 6.340.340)
Summary:

A letter accompanying a 'fair copy' of the Report of the Standards Commission; GA indicates he has incorporated the views of all members of the Commission.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2898

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 December 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.389
Summary:

Asks about the claim that JH professes that the moon affects the atmosphere and about possibly related research. Received paper on constellations for Astronomische Nachrichten.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000652

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
unknown
Date:
15 December 1841
Source of text:
MM/11/159, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000653

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
25 December 1841
Source of text:
MM/11/160, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel3314

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 December 1841]
Source of text:
St. Andrews LB III, 292- (C: RS:HS 7.298)
Summary:

About various testimonials, from JH and others, for JF's application for a government pension.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0114

From:
John Tyndall
To:
John Tyndall, Snr
Date:
Tuesday night, (Dec. 7th, 1841)
Source of text:
MS JT/1/10/3258, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Tyndall0116

From:
John Tyndall
To:
John Tyndall, Snr
Date:
Thursday night. Dec. 17, 1841.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/10/3259, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Tyndall0117

From:
John Tyndall
To:
John Tyndall, Snr
Date:
Wednesday night, Dec. 30th, 1841.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/10/3260-1, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday1373

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Miss Pritchard
Date:
21 December 1841
Source of text:
RI MS ****
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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