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From:
A. B. Orlebar
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.181
Summary:

Circular Magnetic results. Observations of solar spots. Determining Longitude.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
A. B. Orlebar
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 February 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.182
Summary:

Circular Magnetic and meteorological observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[8 January 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.429
Summary:

Thanks her for her hospitality. Discusses letter read at Geological Society the previous night. Asks that Mrs. [G. B.] Airy's picture be returned.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
24 October 1846
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
19 November 1846
Source of text:
RI MS F1 I062c
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Antoine C. G. Jobert
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.331
Summary:

Is applying for the French Mastership at the Belfast Academy and would be pleased to receive a testimonial from JH. Is also inviting subscribers for a new work to be published later.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Antoine Lombardi
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 July 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.489
Summary:

H. C. Oerstedt has been elected to the Society to replace F. W. Bessel, who has died. The Society is lacking one part of the Memoirs of the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Arthur-Auguste De La Rive
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 May 1846
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Asa Gray
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 August 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.121
Summary:

Has sent to the R.S.L. Vol. 2 of the Memoirs of the American Academy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
August Wilhelm Hofmann
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
After 1846
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.5
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
August Wilhelm Hofmann
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
After 1846
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.5
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 February 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.228
Summary:

Should have returned the paper before, but has been very busy with the Annual Report and other matters. Paper seems worthy of publication.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 July 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.229
Summary:

By which of JH's photographic processes can drawings be made permanent? Hopes printing goes on well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.230
Summary:

Has been planning the new duties for officers of the R.A.S. now that Francis Baily is dead. Hopes JH will consent to become president now, in order to give the prestige of the Society a boost.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.232
Summary:

Is beginning to work on the Annual Report. Has he any information about F. W. Bessel or J. J. L. Lalande's catalogue?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Baden Powell
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
7 April 1846
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Barthes & Lowell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 January 1846]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 4/7.11; Reel 7
Summary:

Received P. S. Laplace's [book] from Paris and sent it to Mr. Stewart as JH directed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Benjamin Dann
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
5 April 1846
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Carlo Matteucci
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
27 August [1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.306
Summary:

Happy to hear that JH is to preside over the Physical and Mathematical Section. Will present Miss Robina Young to Lady Herschel before leaving for Southampton.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Robert Chambers
To:
William Kemp
Date:
4 Dec 1846
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/41)
Summary:

Asks for assistance investigating raised beaches on the river Tweed around Galashiels.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond