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RS-MM-000649

From:
unknown
To:
Secretary of the Royal Society
Date:
20 September 1841
Source of text:
MM/11/156, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000689

From:
unknown
To:
D Nutt
Date:
1842
Source of text:
MM/11/204, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000691

From:
unknown
To:
D Nutt
Date:
1842
Source of text:
MM/11/206, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000692

From:
unknown
To:
JD Roberton
Date:
1842
Source of text:
MM/11/208, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000685

From:
unknown
To:
W E Shuckard
Date:
c.1842
Source of text:
MM/11/198, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000686

From:
unknown
To:
D Nutt
Date:
29 June 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/200, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000688

From:
unknown
To:
D Nutt
Date:
5 July 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/203, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000687

From:
unknown
To:
W E Shuckard
Date:
7 July 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/202, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000690

From:
unknown
To:
D Nutt (?)
Date:
20 July 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/205, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel14710

From:
'Q in a Corner'
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 March 1842]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0908; Reel 1083
Summary:

Encloses newspaper clipping that reports JH is member of commission of inquiry on weights and measures. Protests that the poor are defrauded more by false scales than by nonstandard weights. Proposes remedy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12324

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

Herschel12325

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

Herschel4099

From:
A. Beale
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1840 or later]-4-15
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67
Summary:

Discusses glass manufacturing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9006

From:
A. W[auchope?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
18 February [1840]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.34
Summary:

Writes to support the candidacy of Francis Tudhope for a position teaching in the Government Schools at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14818

From:
A[?] M[?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1847]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

In Francis Beaufort's absence, AM is trying to clarify the matter of an astronomical instrument, apparently obtained from George Merz & Son.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-610

From:
John Abberley; Robert Waring Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Oct 1841
Source of text:
DAR 162: 78
Summary:

The family gardener reports on seeds he has gathered. RWD transmits the letter.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel12010

From:
Adalbert Adolf Mühry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 March 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.372
Summary:

About the health of Caroline Herschel, and other news from Hanover.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12012

From:
Adalbert Adolf Mühry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.374
Summary:

About the financial arrangements for Caroline Herschel [see JH's 1844-1-2], and news of her health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2513

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.423
Summary:

Discusses prior meeting of B.A.A.S. to determine if [Cambridge] University would receive it. Says meeting went well. Asks if JH will agree to chair the B.A.A.S. meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2515

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 April 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.425 & RS:HS 15:460
Summary:

Discusses meetings of B.A.A.S. Describes [Robert Chambers's] Vestiges of Creation as a 'singularly shallow work.' Asks various astronomical questions of JH. Says the author misunderstands P. S. Laplace and Auguste Comte. AS is quite harsh in criticism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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